Health Care Heroes

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These progressive members of Congress are joining together to make sure that any health care bill passing the House of Representatives will include a robust public option -- no co-ops, no triggers.

Health care is a fundamental human rights issue. These Representatives are taking incredible risks to defend the right of every American to have good, affordable health care. They promise to stand strong against those who would turn health care reform into a bailout of the insurance industry -- in defiance of the lobbyists, the PACs and the influence peddlers of the medical industrial complex who have "captured our political system," in the words of Marcy Wheeler.

They stand for what they believe is right, without the support of the party, the leadership or the liberal institutions who should be backing them.

We feel confident that when they time comes, these members will stand strong for us and won't bow to pressure. Please let them know how grateful we are.

http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/publicoption

(Links to each members' pledge, including videos and statements, are included in the notations. Click on the members' name.)


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Raul Grijalva

AZ-07 (Map)

"Our insistence on this is based on real public policy -- we don't want a trigger, we don't want a public plan that has no network of providers...I think the President respects the fact that these are principled issues we're taking. This is not petty. I'm not saying "no" just to be spiteful, or petulant. This is a principled vote. It's a principled decision." --- Rep. Raul Grijalva

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Keith Ellison

MN-05 (Map)

"I will not vote for any healthcare that does not include a public option. I will not do it, that's a guaranteed no vote and I will not be dissuaded from that." -- Rep. Keith Ellison

Raised on this page: 227 1,621
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Maxine Waters

CA-35 (Map)

"For the majority, I think, of our members a public option is a compromise -- we wanted single payer as you know, and we backed off because they said that was going to be impossible to do. Again they brought up the more conservative elements, etc. etc., and so we will not support any bill that does not have a public option in it. -- Rep. Maxine Waters

Raised on this page: 219 1,488
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Emanuel Cleaver

MO-05 (Map)

"I have said from the very beginning and I will say even to the end that I will not support any health care program that does not have a very strong public option. If there is no way to guarantee from the very beginning that every American will have access to adequate insurance coverage, that I will not support it." -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

Raised on this page: 211 1,394
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Lloyd Doggett

TX-25 (Map)

"We do need reform of health care so desperately. And I've joined in the communications to our leadership,and I've said withing the Ways & Means Democratic Caucus -- no public plan, no vote for me. -- -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett

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Bob Filner

CA-51 (Map)

"We need to do this now. People say we are rushing it, we have been waiting since 1948 to take health care reform seriously. We cant afford much longer at this rate....So lets get the public health option, and I am not going to vote for any healthcare reform plan that does not include such a public option....We need the guarantee of accessibility on day one. Any trigger as far as I am concerned, kills my support for the bill." -- Rep. Bob Filner

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Jerrold Nadler

NY-08 (Map)

"In May, I began whipping my colleagues on the absolute necessity for a public option and convinced many of them to commit, as I have done, to voting against any health reform bill that excludes the public option. This commitment will give us leverage to oppose the insurance company lobbyists, and force inclusion of a robust public option in the developing health insurance reform plan." -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler

Raised on this page: 212 1,285
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Chellie Pingree

ME-01 (Map)

"I'm not going to vote for any House bill that doesn't include a robust public option without any triggers or coops--that's a must-have for me." -- Rep. Chellie Pingree

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Lynn Woolsey

CA-06 (Map)

"Oh I will vote against anything that does not include ... and it's got to be real. I mean, you can call it anything you want ... I believe there are enough of us, among the 120 in the tri-caucus and the progressive caucus, that can stop any votes.... Any health care reform that does not include a strong, robust public option for all Americans will not be health care reform." -- Rep. Lynn Woolsey

Raised on this page: 215 1,588
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Phil Hare

IL-17 (Map)

"The purpose of having a public option -- and that's why I can't vote for any bill that doesn't have one -- is that without the public option, people don't have any place else to go, except for the insurance companies." -- Rep. Phil Hare

Raised on this page: 207 1,170
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Barney Frank

MA-04 (Map)

"I am a strong supporter of single payer, and I do reluctantly accept a full public option as the best we can do. So I am strongly committed to a public option and I will not vote for a bill that does not include a nationwide, genuine public plan ... I am not talking now about a trigger, which I greatly oppose." -- Rep. Barney Frank

Raised on this page: 73 662
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Carolyn Maloney

NY-14 (Map)

"I have decided I will not vote for a health care bill in the House that doesn’t include a real public option and I Pledge to uphold the public option principles agreed upon by the Progressive Caucus." -- Rep. Carolyn Maloney

Raised on this page: 67 352
Raised across ActBlue: 2,235 59,109

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Robert Wexler

FL-19 (Map)

Rep. Wexler's office confirms that he is committed to vote against any bill that does not conform to the principles of the CPC, which means that it must contain a public plan that has no triggers and is available nationwide to everyone, and that it must also have the ability to negotiate for rates in order to keep costs down.

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Donna Edwards

MD-04 (Map)

"Taking the FDL pledge... the pledge is consistent with what I've outlined as important components for any reform to be called reform. Signing up for the pledge now. But, progressives need to hold tight on this one. We cannot allow the language of robust reform to be used to describe something that is not. -- Rep. Donna Edwards

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Yvette Clarke

NY-11 (Map)

Rep. Clarke: There is no health care reform without a robust public option.

Eve Gittelson: You are saying you will not vote for any bill through conference that does not have a public option.

Rep. Clarke: That is correct. -- Rep. Yvette Clarke

Raised on this page: 32 223
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John Conyers, Jr

MI-14 (Map)

"The centerpiece of this reform is a robust Medicare-like public health insurance plan tied to the Medicare provider system. Like many of my colleagues in both the House and Senate, I will oppose any health care reform bill that lacks such a plan. I will also oppose any legislation that seeks to replace a robust public health insurance option with health care cooperatives or which ties the availability of the public option to a trigger mechanism." -- Rep. John Conyers

Raised on this page: 29 180
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FDL Action PAC

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