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Pass this along… Max Baucus is a paid shill for the insurance industry and it’s time to stop his efforts to join with Republicans trying to stampede confused American health insurance consumers into a bill that’s designed to benefit the for-profit health insurance companies.

This ad was made possible by Health Care for America NOW

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My name is Bing Perrine and I live here in Billings, Montana, with my beautiful wife and baby boy.  Last June, I collapsed because of congenital heart problems.  I need open-heart surgery, but I have no insurance and no company will insure me.

My friends and family have been a blessing. With hearts as big as a Montana sky, they have helped with bake sales and benefits.  But my wife and I still owe over $100,000 in medical bills.

None of this debt would have piled up if I had the option of buying into a public health insurance plan.
Private insurance companies need competition. They profit by denying care to people like me.

Senator Baucus, when you take millions of dollars from health and insurance interests that oppose reform — and oppose giving families like mine the choice of a public option — I have to ask: whose side are you on?

Has your Congressional representative expressed their support for HCAN’s goals? Here’ the list. If so, call and thank them and if now, call and ask why not.

Total number of Congressional Supporters: 199
21 Senators, 179 Representatives

President Barack Obama
Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis

Arizona
Representative  Raul Grijalva
Representative Ed Pastor

Arkansas
Representative Marion Berry
Representative Mike Ross

California
Representative Joe Baca
Representative Howard L. Berman
Representative Lois Capps
Representative Susan Davis
Representative Anna Eshoo
Representative Bob Filner
Representative Jane Harman
Representative Michael M. Honda
Representative Barbara Lee
Representative Doris Matsui
Representative Laura Richardson
Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard
Representative Linda Sanchez
Representative Loretta Sanchez
Representative Adam Schiff
Representative Brad Sherman
Representative Jackie Speier
Representative Pete Stark
Representative Mike Thompson
Representative Diane E. Watson
Representative Henry Waxman
Representative Lynn Woolsey

Colorado
Representative Diana DeGette
Representative Betsy Markey
Representative Jared Polis

Connecticut
Representative Joe Courtney
Representative Rosa DeLauro
Representative Jim Himes
Representative John B. Larson
Representative Christopher Murphy

District of Columbia
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton

Florida
Representative Corrine Brown
Representative Kathy Castor
Representative Alan Grayson
Representative Kendrick B. Meek
Representative Wasserman Schultz
Representative Robert Wexler

Georgia
Representative Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
Representative Hank Johnson
Representative John Lewis

Hawaii
Senator Daniel K. Inouye
Representative Neil Abercrombie
Representative Mazie K. Hirono

Illinois
Senator Roland Burris
Senator Richard Durbin
Representative Danny K. Davis
Representative Luis V. Gutierrez
Representative Debbie Halvorson
Representative Phil Hare
Representative Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
Representative Daniel Lipinsky
Representative Bobby Rush
Representative Janice Schakowsky

Indiana
Representative Andre Carson

Iowa
Senator Tom Harkin
Representative Leonard L. Boswell
Representative Bruce Braley
Representative Dave Loebsack

Kansas
Representative Dennis Moore

Kentucky
Representative Ben Chandler
Representative John Yarmuth

Louisiana
Senator Mary Landrieu

Maine
Representative Michael Michaud
Representative Chellie Pingree

Maryland
Senator Benjamin Cardin
Senator Barbara Mikulski
Representative Elijah Cummings
Representative Donna F. Edwards
Representative Frank Kratovil
Representative Steny Hoyer
Representative C.A. (Dutch) Ruppersberger
Representative John Sarbanes
Representative Chris Van Hollen

Massachusetts
Senator John Kerry
Representative William Delahunt
Representative Jim McGovern
Representative John Tierney

Michigan
Senator Carl Levin
Senator Debbie Stabenow
Representative John Conyers, Jr.
Representative Dale E. Kildee
Representative Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
Representative Sander Levin
Representative Gary Peters
Representative Mark Schauer

Minnesota
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Representative Keith Ellison
Representative Betty McCollum
Representative Jim Oberstar
Representative Tim Walz

Missouri
Senator Claire McCaskill
Representative Russ Carnahan
Representative Emanuel Cleaver

Nevada
Representative Shelley Berkley
Representative Dina Titus

New Hampshire
Senator Jeanne Shaheen
Representative Paul Hodes
Representative Carol Shea-Porter

New Jersey
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg
Senator Robert Menendez
Representative John Adler
Representative Rob Andrews
Representative Rush Holt
Representative Leonard Lance
Representative Frank LoBiondo
Representative Frank Pallone, Jr.
Representative Bill Pascrell
Representative Donald Payne
Representative Steven R. Rothman
Representative Albio Sires
Representative Chris Smith

New Mexico
Representative Martin Heinrich
Representative Ben Ray Lujan
Representative Harry Teague

New York
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Representative Michael A. Arcuri
Representative Timothy Bishop
Representative Yvette D. Clarke
Representative Joseph Crowley
Representative John Hall
Representative Brian Higgins
Representative Maurice Hinchey
Representative Steve Israel
Representative Nita M. Lowey
Representative Dan Maffei
Representative Carolyn Maloney
Representative Eric Massa
Representative Carolyn McCarthy
Representative Gregory W. Meeks
Representative Jerrold Nadler
Representative Charles B. Rangel
Representative Jose E. Serrano
Representative Paul Tonko
Representative Edolphus Towns
Representative Nydia Velazquez
Representative Anthony Weiner

North Carolina
Representative G.K. Butterfield
Representative Brad Miller
Representative David Price

Ohio
Representative John Boccieri
Representative Steve Driehaus
Representative Marcy Kaptur
Representative Mary Jo Kilroy
Representative Tim Ryan
Representative Zach Space
Representative Betty Sutton
Representative Charlie A. Wilson

Oregon
Senator Jeff Merkley
Representative Earl Blumenauer
Representative Peter DeFazio
Representative Kurt Schrader
Representative David Wu

Pennsylvania
Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.
Representative Jason Altmire
Representative Robert A. Brady
Representative Chris P. Carney
Representative Kathy Dahlkemper
Representative Mike Doyle
Representative Chaka Fattah
Representative Tim Holden
Representative Paul E. Kanjorski
Representative Patrick Murphy
Representative John Murtha
Representative Allyson Y. Schwartz
Representative Joe Sestak

Rhode Island
Representative Patrick J. Kennedy
Representative Jim Langevin

South Dakota
Senator Tim Johnson
Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin

Tennessee
Representative Steve Cohen
Representative Jim Cooper

Texas
Representative Lloyd Doggett
Representative Charles A. Gonzalez
Representative Al Green
Representative Gene Green
Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee
Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson
Representative Silvestre Reyes
Representative Ciro D. Rodriguez

U.S. Virgin Islands
Congressman Donna M. Christensen

Vermont
Representative Peter Welch

Virginia
Senator Mark Warner
Representative Gerry Connolly
Representative James P. Moran
Representative Thomas Perriello

Washington
Representative Norman D. Dicks
Representative Jim McDermott
Representative Adam Smith

West Virginia
Representative Nick. J. Rahall

Wisconsin
Senator Herb Kohl
Representative Tammy Baldwin
Representative Steve Kagen
Representative Ron Kind
Representative Gwen Moore