Central Kentucky Building & Construction Trades Council Endorsed HR 676

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Central Kentucky Building & Construction Trades Council Endorsed HR 676

Lexington, Kentucky. The Central Kentucky Building & Construction Trades
Council has endorsed HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation
introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), reports Council President
Robert Akin.

The endorsement resolution said in part: “The cost of healthcare
continues to spiral out of control with no end in sight damaging families’
economic stability and adding tremendous burdens on the U.S. to compete in
the world economically. As long as health care is treated as a for profit
commodity this will never end.”

“We hereby resolve that the Central Kentucky Building & Construction
Trades Council endorses HR 676 which will provide for a single payer
universal health care system to cover all of the citizens of the U.S,” the
resolution continued. “We encourage all elected officials from local,
state and national governments to support this common sense, equal to all,
and just effort to solve one of the greatest problems that the U.S.A.
faces at this time,” the resolution concluded.
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HR 676 would institute a single payer health care system by expanding a
greatly improved Medicare system to everyone residing in the U. S.

HR 676 would cover every person for all necessary medical care including
prescription drugs, hospital, surgical, outpatient services, primary and
preventive care, emergency services, dental, mental health, home health,
physical therapy, rehabilitation (including for substance abuse), vision
care, hearing services including hearing aids, chiropractic, durable
medical equipment, palliative care, and long term care.

HR 676 ends deductibles and co-payments. HR 676 would save hundreds of
billions annually by eliminating the high overhead and profits of the
private health insurance industry and HMOs.

In the current Congress, HR 676 has 74 co-sponsors in addition to Conyers.

HR 676 has been endorsed by 501 union organizations in 49 states including
123 Central Labor Councils and Area Labor Federations and 39 state
AFL-CIO's (KY, PA, CT, OH, DE, ND, WA, SC, WY, VT, FL, WI, WV, SD, NC, MO,
MN, ME, AR, MD-DC, TX, IA, AZ, TN, OR, GA, OK, KS, CO, IN, AL, CA, AK, MI,
MT, NE, NY, NV & MA).

For further information, a list of union endorsers, or a sample
endorsement resolution, contact:

Kay Tillow
All Unions Committee For Single Payer Health Care--HR 676
c/o Nurses Professional Organization (NPO)
1169 Eastern Parkway, Suite 2218
Louisville, KY 40217
[phone]
Email: [e-mail]

http://unionsforsinglepayerHR676.org

04/02/09