Where Do They Stand?

You may have already received the e-mail, but I'm posting it here just in case you didn't.

For years, candidates for Congress and elected members of Congress told you they needed to be elected and re-elected so they could lower health insurance costs and provide health care for all. Along the way, you kept working for and voting for those candidates and members of Congress until, at long last, after the 2008 elections they formed wide majorities.

Now, as that new majority drafts legislation designed to lower health care costs and provide

coverage for all, wide swaths are on board for real health reform. But you deserve a commitment.

Will your Senators support a meaningful public health insurance option? One that meets President Obama's goals of lowering cost and keeping the insurance industry honest?

It is up to us to find out.

Email your Senators the following four short, specific questions on where they stand on a public option. The link below takes you to a page that allows you to do just that:

http://www.standwithdrdean.com/WhipCount

We need clear, written responses from every Senator on where they stand on the public option. As a citizen and as an activist, you are entitled to answers. If they don't respond, keep asking. If they respond, but continue to be vague, keep asking them.

http://www.standwithdrdean.com/WhipCount

You elected this Congress. They answer to you. They might be able to dodge the media, but as a constituent, they have to give you answers. Email your Senators the following four short, specific questions on where they stand on a public option. Don't stop until you receive a clear, written response from them:

http://www.standwithdrdean.com/WhipCount

Let's get to the bottom of this. We need to know Congress is standing with us on the public health insurance option.