Chalk It Up!
National Health Care Day of Action
Scheduled for August 22, 2006

PROVIDENCE (July 20, 2006) - Nearly 46 million Americans are uninsured.  At least 18,000 people die each year because they don’t have health insurance.  We may not see a chalk outline at a crime scene for those Americans who die because they lack insurance, but it’s just as criminal.

Chalk it up to inaction or misplaced priorities, but now is the time for our leaders to draw a new conclusion about our nation’s health care crisis. 

Join thousands of Health Care Voters at coordinated rallies across the country on August 22! Check back often for new updates and a list of events and locations near you.

 Download the Chalk It Up! Flyer (PDF).

 Download the Chalk It Up! Toolkit (PDF).

 Find out what's going on in your state.

 To get involved at a local event e-mail info@imahealthcarevoter.org and keep checking our website for more information.

Reliable health care is quickly being priced out of reach for thousands of hardworking, taxpaying Rhode Islanders. But there's something we can do about it...

What Can You Do?
We're working with over 20,000 Health Care Voters across the state to win common-sense solutions that increase access to reliable, affordable health care coverage for ALL. Everyone has to do their part to solve the health care crisis - you have a role to play too!

 Send a message to our state legislators that it's time for Fair Share Health Care!

 Sign up to be a Health Care Voter!

   Spread the word - urge your friends and colleagues to get involved.

   Get the facts about health care in Rhode Island.

  Find out about the federal and proposed state budget cuts to Medicaid and our campaign to protect this vital program.

  Support Fair Share Health Care.

What is Fair Share Health Care?
Health care costs are skyrocketing and more and more of Rhode Island's working families and small businesses are losing their health care coverage every year.

At the same time, some of the largest, most profitable corporations in the state are making it close to impossible for their employees to access the health care they need.

That's why we're supporting the Fair Share Health Care Act that would require the largest companies in Rhode Island to contribute a reasonable percentage for their employees' health care, or else pay into a state health care fund to cover more Rhode Islanders.

Fair Share Health Care Coalition partners include Rhode Island for Health Care, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Jobs with Justice, and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), as well as dozens of other community organizations, small businesses and Health Care Voters across the state. 

 Click here to send a message to our state legislators that it's time for Fair Share Health Care!

 More on how Fair Share can help hardworking Rhode Islanders.