Elizabeth Edwards & Coalitions Push Obama's Promise on Health Care

The Politico is reporting that Elizabeth Edwards is leading a $40M campaign called Healthcare for America Now on July 8th at the National Press Club.  

Healthcare for America Now will unveil a $40 million effort, with the first ad buy being a $1.5 million in national print, online and broadcast advertising.

The group's goal is to provide "quality, affordable health care for every American," and it obviously dovetails with the Obama campaign's promise of providing universal health care. The group will spend $25 million in paid media, while also funding 100 organizers involved in events around the country.

More after the jump...

Healthcare for America Now coalition, includes a who's who list of liberal organizations such as MoveOn.org, the housing group ACORN, Americans United for Change, the Campaign for America's Future, the Center for American Progress Action Fund, the National Education Association, Planned Parenthood, the Service Employees International Union, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, United Food and Commercial Workers, and National Women's Law Center.  Many state organizations are also participants.

Elizabeth Edwards is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP) Action fund, and it is not totally surprising that she is leading the effort.  Sam Stein at HuffPo reported that Elizabeth Edwards said yesterday in which she continued her criticisms of McCain's plan with this comment (not certain if it was a conference call or not):


Often Republicans try to skate by the issue of health care without putting out a plan...John McCain didn't do that he completely breaks that mold, nit only does he have a plan he has posed the most radical plan in this race, the most radical plan in my lifetime... It ignores what happens in people's lives, how the insurance industry has worked in the past, and will work in the future, and it ignores other kinds of deregulations.

CAP pointed out that in 2009, McCain's plan would cut a family with $40K in income's taxes by $50, but by 2013, as the value of the credit erodes, this family's taxes would increase more than $1,100. By 2018, they will be paying over $2,800 more.

Will you stand with Elizabeth Edwards to obtain health care for all of us?  If you're ready, click here and sign up.  

Elizabeth Edwards, Health Care Guruess



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Great news (2.00 / 4)

Excellent!

"Elizabeth Edwards, Healthcare Guruess" lol. I like that.

Thanks for the news.


by NCDemAmy on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 03:17:56 PM EST

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She is a class act .


He was warmly received by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who called him "a leader that God has blessed us with at this time."
by roxfoxy on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 03:24:53 PM EST
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I'm signing up--as tomorrow is Elizabeth's birthday and I don't know a better way than to honor her.


by benny06 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 03:22:06 PM EST

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I'm signing up--as tomorrow is Elizabeth's birthday and I don't know a better way than to honor her.


by benny06 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 03:22:29 PM EST

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Agree, I will too.


by SharC on Wed Jul 02, 2008 at 06:08:47 PM EST
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