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

About the Media

Now is an excellent time for this reminder:

Fully appreciate the media's power over opinions:

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

This new web page is linked from the "Real Life Stories" web page.

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

PLEASE DO THIS

Please go here to the Sign Up page and enter your information to sign up.

A special note follows for those who have signed up previously

Sign Up Page: expanded scope. The scope of the Sign Up web page is now to not only sign up for the Million Letters for Health Care Campaign, but also for the following:
-- to give us a little more information that we need to have a strong single-payer movement
-- to give you a selection of what level of participation --- if any (beyond the Million Letters for Health Care Campaign) --- that you want to do within your U.S. Congressional District group within the single-payer movement.

You now have an opportunity to be a coordinator within the movement, such as a coordinator for your precinct/neighborhood ... or your city/county ... or your entire U.S. Congressional District. Or you can leave the default of "None".

Thanks in advance for taking this step! By doing this you save us time, money and effort.

Bob Haiducek, Million Letters for Health Care Campaign
Wm. Ferguson Reid, MD national contact for the 435 U.S. Congressional District groups

720 in 261 districts

Campaign milestone:
July 16 720 participants in 47 states (plus District of Columbia) and in 261 U.S. Congressional Districts: over half of the 435 U.S. Congressional Districts

List of milestones:

Date	Number of Participants	Number of States	Number of Districts
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 June 16 milestone: over half 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

What can I do to help?

Please take a look at the top of this web page:

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

Look at the first "critical action" section titled "What Can I Do to Help?"

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