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INCREDIBLE RESOURCE

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Even more content will be added that provides more answers to more questions. Some of the "answers" are replies to comments that you may hear that are often myths.

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We Can and Will

We can and will get H.R. 676 passed into law by 10/10/10 by Americans focusing on the following ingredients for success:

Mission = Legislate, Implement and Maintain an Improved Medicare for All

Vision = "The United States has improved Medicare for All."

Strategy = A Million Citizens: More Power Than Lobbyists

Goal = One Million Participants, making excellent progress on this by July 4, 2010 to celebrate our progress to new freedoms

Plan = Knowledge and Numbers: knowledge to embrace the positive change and numbers of participants in each U.S. Congressional District to make the positive change happen

We can and will get Improved Medicare for All via this truly grassroots activity of individual Americans. The result is peace of mind due to our new Freedoms, which are health care and lifestyle choices without unnecessary financial, physical and emotional stress

Read the details at these web pages.
Mission, Vision, Strategy, Goal, and Plan
Monitor the Status of climbing to one million.

Over 2000

Campaign milestone: now over 2000 participants as of March 19.

List of milestones (below):

Date	Number of Participants	Number of States	Number of Districts
Mar. 19 '10	2000	TBD	TBD
Feb. 6 '10	1590	49	340
Nov. 30 '09	1340	49	340
Sept. 2 '09	1000	49	309
Aug. 10 '09	870	49	290
June 27 '09	600	47	241
May 31 '09	300	38	189
TBD = to be determined after more Congressional Districts are determined

As per the expectation noted in previous status reports, the momentum of this important campaign now continues to build at a faster rate. We CAN and WILL get an improved Medicare for All.
We need for all Americans to be knowledgeable about "Improved Medicare for All" and "single-payer health care" ... and have a million or more sign up for the Million Letters for Health Care Campaign.
We can do that by following the steps in the plan:
http://www.mforall.org/pages/Plan.
The resulting progress is seen here:
http://www.mforall.org/pages/Status#participants_graph
- Bob for me and for all the Americans who have contributed and are contributing to the team effort to bring you the Medicare for All website and the Million Letters for Health Care campaign

Jump to 1590 participants and climbing

Campaign milestone: jump of 250 participants within 5 days -- February 6. Now 1590 participants in 49 states (plus District of Columbia) in 340 U.S. Congressional Districts: 78% of the 435 U.S. Congressional Districts

The cause of this jump is activity at a specific website. If you see this while the voting is still occurring, please do vote at the following webpage:
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/medicare_for_all_2

List of milestones:

Date	Number of Participants	Number of States	Number of Districts
Feb. 6	1590	49	340
Nov. 30	1340	49	340
Sept. 2	1000	49	309
Aug. 10	870	49	290
July 16	720	47	261
June 27	600	47	241
June 16	550	43	226
June 13	520	43	215
June 11	420	41	189
May 31	300	38	189

Note about the November 30 milestone: over 75% of the 435 U.S. Congressional Districts are now represented among the participants.

As the momentum of this important campaign continues to build, the numbers will grow at a faster and faster rate. Therefore, the reporting of milestones will move from the hundreds to the thousands!
Whoever can and wants to spread the word, ... the recommendations are provide here: http://www.medicareforall.org/pages/helpgetcare
We very much need for all Americans to have heard of "single-payer" and "improved Medicare for All" and to learn at least some key information about what means ... and then have a million or more sign up for the Million Letters for Health Care Campaign. The progress is seen here:http://www.medicareforall.org/pages/Status
- Bob

10/10/10 ... 9 months from today

Nine months from today is still a feasible amount of time to get H.R. 676 passed into law by 10/10/10, but it will take some quick decision-making to have a focus of individuals and groups, especially large groups, on educating each other about Medicare for All and it benefits and invite people to sign up at the website.

We need:
1) believers in the vision of flooding at least 435 offices with envelopes each month and
2) doers regarding telling Americans what Medicare for All is, what the benefits are, and getting Americans to quickly ramp up the degree of participants.

The Plan:
Establish Knowledge and Numbers:
1. Establish the knowledge in the minds of Americans
about the benefits of an improved Medicare for All
to help people welcome the change.
2. Establish necessary numbers of participants
as seen at the Status graph, climbing to one million.

The Strategy:
A Million Citizens: More Power Than Lobbyists

Bob

1340 in 340 districts

Campaign milestone:
November 30, 1340 participants in 49 states (plus District of Columbia) in 340 U.S. Congressional Districts: 78% of the 435 U.S. Congressional Districts

List of milestones:

Date	Number of Participants	Number of States	Number of Districts
Nov. 30	1340	49	340
Sept. 2	1000	49	309
Aug. 10	870	49	290
July 16	720	47	261
June 27	600	47	241
June 16	550	43	226
June 13	520	43	215
June 11	420	41	189
May 31	300	38	189

Note about the November 30 milestone: over 75% of the 435 U.S. Congressional Districts are now represented among the participants.

As the momentum of this important campaign continues to build, the numbers will grow at a faster and faster rate. Therefore, the reporting of milestones will move from the hundreds to the thousands!
Whoever can and wants to spread the word, ... the recommendations are provide here: http://www.medicareforall.org/pages/helpgetcare
We very much need for all Americans to have heard of "single-payer" and "improved Medicare for All" and to learn at least some key information about what means ... and then have a million or more sign up for the Million Letters for Health Care Campaign. The progress is seen here:http://www.medicareforall.org/pages/Status
- Bob

One year from today: 10/10/10

One year from today is a feasible amount of time to get H.R. 676 passed into law.

All we need is
1) believers in the vision of flooding at least 435 offices with envelopes each month and
2) doers regarding telling Americans what single-payer is, what the benefits are, and getting Americans to quickly ramp up the degree of participants.

What is Required:
Knowledge in the minds of Americans
and
Numbers of Participants

A Million Citizens: More Power Than Lobbyists

Bob

1000 in 300 districts

Campaign milestone:
September 2, over 1000 participants in 49 states (plus District of Columbia) and in 309 U.S. Congressional Districts: 70% of the 435 U.S. Congressional Districts

List of milestones:

Date	Number of Participants	Number of States	Number of Districts
September 2	1000	49	309
August 10	870	49	290
July 16	720	47	261
June 27	600	47	241
June 16	550	43	226
June 13	520	43	215
June 11	420	41	189
May 31	300	38	189

Note about the September 2 milestone: over 70% of the 435 U.S. Congressional Districts are now represented among the participants.

As the momentum of this important campaign continues to build, the numbers will grow at a faster and faster rate. Therefore, the reporting of milestones will move from the hundreds to the thousands to the tens of thousands!

Whoever can and wants to spread the word, ...
the recommendations are being updated, but include these documents ... and the steps 1 through 5 documented there ...
http://www.medicareforall.org/files/benefits.pdf
http://www.medicareforall.org/files/twochoices.pdf

We very much need for all Americans to have heard of "single-payer" and to learn at least some key information about what means ... and then have a million or more sign up for the Million Letters for Health Care Campaign ... and have at least 2,299 participants in each U.S. Congressional District. The progress per district is seen here:
http://www.medicareforall.org/pages/Status

- Bob

870 in 290 districts

Campaign milestone:
August 10, 870 participants in 49 states (plus District of Columbia) and in 290 U.S. Congressional Districts: over two-thirds of the 435 U.S. Congressional Districts

List of milestones:

Date	Number of Participants	Number of States	Number of Districts
August 10	870	49	290
July 16	720	47	261
June 27	600	47	241
June 16	550	43	226
June 13	520	43	215
June 11	420	41	189
May 31	300	38	189

Note about the August 10 milestone: over two-thirds of the 435 U.S. Congressional Districts are now represented among the participants.

As the momentum of this important campaign continues to build, the numbers will grow at a faster and faster rate. Therefore, the reporting of milestones will move from the hundreds to the thousands to the tens of thousands!

Whoever can and wants to spread the word, please go to the following web page to print the quarter sheet (double-sided) (black and white) handout and give it to people, according to the instructions provided. Also use the sign up sheet to get their information to send to the campaign e-mail address and postal address. See all the information, including suggested procedures of how to approach people:
http://www.medicareforall.org/pages/Resources

We very much need for all Americans to have heard of "single-payer" and to learn at least some key information about what means ... and then have a million or more sign up for the Million Letters for Health Care Campaign ... and have at least 2,299 participants in each U.S. Congressional District. The progress per district is seen here:
http://www.medicareforall.org/pages/Status_by_District

- Bob

Control of Opinions

New web page:

Fully appreciate the media's power over public opinion:

http://www.medicareforall.org/pages/Control

Are we powerless? NO!! WE have the POWER of our communications to our U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators and our votes in the next election.

The immense power of the health insurance companies can be overcome with the overwhelming force of thousands of educated constituents communicating to each of the U.S. Representatives, who love to report to the press that very strong input was received from their constituents on a topic and that they responded positively to the input.

- Bob for all those who are working to help make the Million Letters for Health Care Campaign a success