Tell Congress to Pay for Health Care Reform through Fair Taxes Please fill out the form below to send your Members of Congress a letter via email.

November 21, 2009 Subject: Dear Representative/Senator: As your constituent, I want you to know that I strongly support health care reform that results in comprehensive, secure, and affordable health coverage for all. I also understand that adequate federal revenues will be needed to pay for this vital national priority, and urge you to support additional revenues raised in a fair and progressive manner. Although reducing health care costs is also a key part of sustainable reform, it is not possible to provide the benefits we need without additional revenues. For health care reform to work, the nation needs tax policies that will raise enough over time, collected fairly according to ability to pay, to sustain comprehensive reform without saddling future generations with burdensome levels of debt. There are many fair options; just one example would make the Medicare tax more progressive and apply it to investment income (now only work is taxed). Even after excluding the first $50,000/$100,000 in investment income for those 65 and over, such a tax would be highly targeted to upper-income households and would raise about $500 billion over a decade. In 2007, millionaires averaged $120,000 each from the tax cuts enacted between 2001 and 2006, while taxpayers at the bottom of the income scale received only $20. Upper-income households can and should contribute more towards achieving health care reform. You are probably hearing from special interests opposed to one or another of the fair and responsible revenue sources Congress should be considering. Please know that your constituents are counting on you to put the public interest first by voting for fair and adequate revenues to pay for the health care we need. We will add your signature from the information you provide.		First Name* Last Name* Email* Street* Street 2 City* State/Province* Select a state Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Armed Forces (the) Americas Armed Forces Europe Armed Forces Pacific Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory Other Zip/Postal Code* Send an Email