from: William Hughes

On Thursday, July 30, 2009, advocates for a Single Payer Healthcare system (Medicare Expanded for All) stormed Capitol HIll, in Washington, D.C. This date marks the 44th birthday of the Medicare program. Taxis circled Capitol Hill with “Single Payer” signs hanging from their windows; cup cakes and birthday cards were delivered by activists to each Congressional office; and rousing speech making took place at the Upper Senate Park, just south of the U.S. Capitol. Appearing on stage were members of the Code Pink organization, one of this country’s finest activist groups. It has been in the vanguard in the struggle against the illegal and immoral Iraq War and in exposing the serial excesses of the Bush-Cheney Gang. The Code Pink contingent was led by its cofounder, Medea Benjamin. The Code Pink activists shouted out: “Healthcare, Not Warfare!” They were introduced by activist, Donna Smith. See: http://www.codepinkalert.org/
For background on Single Payer, see: http://www.healthcare-now.org and
http://singlepayeraction.org and http://md.pnhp.org and
http://www.prosperityagenda.us/ In the House of Representatives, Single Payer advocates are pushing HR 676; and in the U.S. Senate--S 703.