Contrary to what the media tells us, the fight to Secure Health Care for All is far from over!  Now is not the time to sit back and see what Congress does, now is the time to SPEAK LOUDLY and STAND UP AND BE HEARD!!

National Physicians Alliance joins HCAN, MoveOn, and the AFL-CIO in

Big Insurance: Sick of It 
Rally for Health Insurance Reform

Tuesday September 22, 2009 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

Dilworth Plaza (Philadelphia, PA)

NW Corner of City Hall
1490 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Speakers include: Former Cigna executive turned insurance company whistleblower Wendell Potter, and NPA President-Elect Valerie Arkoosh, MD, MPH

Bring your friends and WEAR YOUR WHITE COAT!! Click here to let us know that you plan to attend:liz.drum@npalliance.net

Wendell Potter began his trip from health care spokesperson to reform advocate while back home in Tennessee. Potter attended a makeshift health clinic set up at a fairgrounds, and he told Bill Moyers, "It was absolutely stunning. When I walked through the fairground gates, I saw hundreds of people lined up, in the rain. It was raining that day. Lined up, waiting to get care, in animal stalls. Animal stalls."

Speaking before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, Potter warned that if Congress "fails to create a public insurance option to compete with private insurers, the bill it sends to the president might as well be called the Insurance Industry Profit Protection and Enhancement Act."  Looking back over his long career, Potter sees an industry corrupted by Wall Street expectations and greed. According to Potter, insurers have every incentive to deny coverage - every dollar they don't pay out to a claim is a dollar they can add to their profits, and Wall Street investors demand they pay out less every year. Under these conditions, Potter says, "You don't think about individual people. You think about the numbers, and whether or not you're going to meet Wall Street's expectations."

IF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WIN, WE LOSE.