One hundred plus HCAN protestors arrived at the South Tower of UnitedHealth Group about 10:00 AM, Monday, October 5. Two school busses and some vans delivered the crew to UH HQ. The individuals told their stories of why change was needed now. Six were arrested by Minnetonka Police when they refused to leave the front door.
Health Care for America Now! is hitting the airwaves with ads focused on Republican officials and candidates on health care -- and Third district Republican candidate Erik Paulsen is on the list.
Have a look:
Similar ads are running against vulnerable Republicans in districts across the country, as well as against John McCain in the presidential race. From HCAN's press release:
"With less than thirty days to go before Election Day, it is urgent that voters know where the candidates stand on health care," said Richard Kirsch, National Campaign Manager, Health Care for America Now. "For families struggling to make ends meet, the high cost of health care has been a leading economic indicator. Now is the time to convince every candidate and member of Congress to stand on the side of quality, affordable health care for all and not on the side of handing over more control to the private health insurance companies. Our goal is to get the next President and a majority of Congress committed to the principles of quality, affordable health care for all in 2009."
It is worth noting that while the organization is non-partisan and does not mention which party they support, all their targets are Republicans. That being said, in today's political order, it's those same Republicans who generally serve as roadblocks to universal health coverage and come up with ridiculous ideas like John McCain's proposal to tax health care benefits, so perhaps that's a case of correlation and causation not being quite the same thing.
