Time to Spread the Word!

December is the first month of note-writing and also the first month of promoting the web site.

We need to build an initial base of participants, who are each invited to write their note and send it to their U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators during December and January.

As taken from the 99oh9 "Spread the Word" web page
--- tell as many people as you can
--- have (up to) ten people who are interested in single-payer national health insurance becoming law; support and encourage them to join, write & send their note, and spread the word.

Again -- for the start-up: send notes anytime during December or January.

Supporters by State

A New Feature of the Single-Payer Support Monitor

Summary Table --- You get this information in an easy-to-read table format:

• -- How many U.S. Representatives support single-payer
  
• with a percentage for each state that has a support level above 33.3%
• with bolded green numbers when the support level is above 67%
  
• -- How many U.S. Senators support single-payer
• with bolded green numbers when the support level is 2 of 2
  
• -- What State Legislatures have endorsed H.R. 676 with links to the state resolution

Links to the Details

• Select a state and get detailed information about every single-payer supporter from the U.S. Congress for that state
• Note: additional details will be added. The web page of Supporters by State gives more information about the details.

Access this feature by selecting Support Monitor on the left (in the Table of Contents), and then selecting Supporters by State.

Improved Monitoring

On behalf of our very small team of volunteers I announce the following new features of the Single-Payer Support Monitor ...

• New chart!
  
• New set of graphs!
• Highlighting of supporters
• Highlighted in bold and dark green
• Supporters get attention at this web site!
• Now --- incumbents, the people currently in office
• Future --- all candidates for office who are supporters and submit their support
  
• Current example of highlighting: When we get a page of addresses during Step 2 at Write!.
  

In addition, local addresses of U.S. Representatives, U.S. Delegates and U.S. Senators are now available, also as part of Step 2 at Write!.

Let the campaign now begin during the 4th quarter of 2007!
Letters start going out during the second week of October!

A firestorm of letter-writing activity across the country is now needed. Such a firestorm is totally reliant on you as individuals and groups to take action. For more of a description about this point, click here.

-- Bob the Health and Health Care Advocate

Start-Up Notes

Site is "Live": Planned technical changes have been completed.

Loading of some remaining details will continue during September and into October. Examples include the loading of lists of local addresses. Also, I will obtain additional information on more of the single-payer supporters among U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators so that they can be documented for the Single-Payer Support Monitor.

Good Health for All

Nine-Oh-Nine! is starting this month --- and today is exactly two years before 9-9-09! It's an opportunity to look forward to not only Health Care for All but also Good Health for All.

Here is a health challenge for you for the period of 9-7-09 to 9-9-09.

If you should lose weight and gain strength, then do it ...
with a medical professional's guidance.

When you read Dr. Bob LeBow's book Health Care Meltdown, you will see his view that Health Care for All "is only the first step towards a larger goal: good health for all." See page 250.

In the spirit of good health I am committed to getting back to a good body weight and a good level of strength.

I encourage you to make a similar commitment: with a medical professional's guidance, please get to a good weight and good level of strength for optimal health, if you recognize a need in either one of these areas. For myself I find that doing a minimum of 1.5 miles or 30 minutes, whichever comes first, is a good "bare minimum" amount of activity every day.

--- Bob the Health and Health Care Advocate

History of the Campaign

First Quarter 2007. After participating in the Health Care for All movement for three years, I conceived the Nine-Nine-Oh-Nine! Campaign for Single-Payer National Health Insurance in the first quarter of 2007 and started developing its content.

Second Quarter 2007. A volunteer web developer and I did design and construction of the associated web site during the second quarter of 2007 and contacted national single-payer organizations. I hand-delivered a request for single-payer support, on behalf of the Nine-Nine-Oh-Nine! campaign, to the Washington, D. C., offices of each U.S. Representative and each U.S. Senator in mid-June.

Third Quarter 2007. Now, during the third quarter the web developer is finishing technical details to be done by the end of the 3rd quarter. In parallel I am refining the content as a result of feedback from several people from around the country. We look forward to starting more communications about the campaign during the 4th quarter --- with an initial, small start of the massive letter-writing campaign on December 9.

Take care of yourself!

Bob Haiducek
Bob the Health and Health Care Advocate; Midland, Michigan
Member, Physicians for a National Health Program
Member, Healthcare-Now!