The letter below will be sent to Senator Baucus and the other members of the Senate Finance Committee as well as your two senators. Tell them that while we appreciate a private meeting for single payer -- that is not good enough. Single payer needs to be on the table, because with fair consideration single payer will be the health care plan adopted by the nation.

November 21, 2009 Subject: Dear Senator: I am writing to thank Senator Baucus for meeting with a delegation of single payer advocates. While we appreciate that single payer advocates are being heard, a private, off-the-record meeting is not good enough. Single payer needs to be at the table. It needs to be fairly compared to the multi-payer option currently being considered. On every measure single payer wins on the facts. 1. It is the only system that will ensure that every American has access to health care throughout their lives. Single payer will allow people to keep insurance unrelated to their employment. 2. It is the only cost-effective way to achieve health care for all because it immediately saves $400 billion in health insurance created bureaucracy, it will uncover hundreds of billions in waste, fraud, and abuse, it will allow for negotiation on the price of pharmaceutical drugs and and it will reduce malpractice as people with bad health outcomes will have health care to treat them. 3. Single payer provides people with the maximum choice. They will no longer be limited by the insurance or HMO "approved" list but rather will be able to pick their doctor, their hospital and their treatment. Real reform of health care is needed. We do not need to tinker with the broken multi-payer system. We do not need to preserve the costly, failed private insurance system -- we need to change it. Single payer has worked in every country that has tried it. Medicare is working in the United States. Single payer is merely expanding improved Medicare to all Americans. It is time to put single payer on the table, indeed it is time to make it America's national health policy. A private meeting will not relieve the political pressure the Senate is feeling. We want real change not symbolic meetings. 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*