THE DISPATCH                                                Issue: #12 June 18th, 2008
Greetings!

CodeBlueNow! needs your help today.  Our PulseŽ data and research from major national foundations validate every point listed on our Declaration for the Health of America.  We need to tell the candidates ASAP that these are points the public will support.

We sent a challenge to Senators McCain and Obama asking them to adopt these principles into their health care platforms.  We need your help in asking the campaigns to support them as well.

Please read on for how you can ACT NOW to support our Declaration and get the candidates to respond!
CodeBlueNow! Issues Health Care Challenge to the Candidates
Can we find common ground in health care reform?
Polls conducted by CodeBlueNow! and other leading national foundations reveal broad agreement on important issues of health care reform.  CodeBlueNow! has issued a Health Care Challenge to the McCain and Obama campaigns to create a bipartisan platform that a majority of Americans would support by adopting CodeBlueNow!'s Declaration for the Health of America.

Kathleen O'Connor, Founder and CEO of CodeBlueNow! states: "The public is tired of negative campaigns and attacks. They seek a vision for a positive future.  Citing there is more consensus than is recognized, we have asked the candidates not to fight each other on health care, but rather to work to find elements they can both support. After the election they will need each other's support to move toward successful reform."

Between now and the November election, CodeBlueNow! will survey the candidates on their
proposals, report their responses to the press and the public, and launch a Voters' Health Care Platform Campaign to hold the Administration and Congress accountable to the public on health care issues.
Sign the Declaration for the Health of America!
And help CodeBlueNow! CHALLENGE the candidates!
Republican and Democratic Senators agree that we cannot leave health care to Congress.  As Senator Grassley, R, Iowa, said at the Senate Finance Committee Symposium on Health Care Reform on June 16th, 2008:  "Congress does not seem to have the political guts to do anything about [health care]."  Read more about the bipartisan Health Reform Summit by clicking here.

This means we must tell Congress and the candidates what to do.  Forward the Declaration to the candidates:  Sign the Declaration for the Health of America!  And then ask five friends to do the same.   ACT NOW to have your voice heard and help spread the word today.
Make a Contribution to CodeBlueNow! TODAY!
We need your financial support now more than ever!
As we press forward with our campaign to give the American public a voice, we need all hands on deck to support our work.

Please donate what you can - $10 to $10,000 - as every dollar counts!  We must continue to run this campaign and hold the candidates and Congress accountable to the voters for a change!  PLEASE DONATE HERE.  Thank you for your generosity.

We can make a huge difference if you act today.

Cheers and more later,

Kathleen O'Connor
Founder and CEO
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In This Issue
Can the Candidates Find Common Ground?
Sign the Declaration for the Health of America!
Please Donate Today!
 
Take the CodeBlueNow Pulse TODAY!
Get involved by taking the CodeBlueNow Pulse!  The Pulse is an online survey tool created to identify consensus on health care reform priorities.
 
The survey takes about 10 minutes, and it's a way you can get involved in solving the health care crisis TODAY!
More about CodeBlueNow!
CodeBlueNow! is a nonprofit, nonpartisan health care reform organization dedicated to providing a platform for the peoples' voices to be heard.  For more information, please visit our website, www.codebluenow.org.
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