140,000 people tuned-in live as people of faith offered moving testimony about our broken health care system. We heard from people like Rev. Heyward Wiggins, who had a parishioner in his congregation die, because he couldn't afford blood tests that would have detected his cancer in time to treat it, and many others with similarly heartbreaking stories.
President Obama and his Domestic Policy Director Melody Barnes spoke directly to the issues that people of faith care about most, and addressed the moral dimensions of the health care debate.
If you were unable to listen to the call last night, recordings are now available at faithforhealth.org.
This is only the beginning. We still have a tough fight ahead of us to get the reform we so desperately need -- and we all the support we can get from your faith communities.
140,000 people joined last night's call and we've gotten over 24,000 signatures for our petitions on health care. It's never been clearer that people of faith support health reform. But we know you have many more friends who support health reform, and we're going to need help from every last one of them. Forward the message below to members of your faith community, friends and family and invite them to listen to the call with President Obama and then join the 40 Days for Health Reform campaign.
We are truly blown away by the response to last night. Thank you for helping to make it happen! We'll be in touch in the coming days about other ways you can help pass strong health care reform.
Beth, Katie, Dan, Kristin and Jennifer,
The Faithful America Team
Message to Forward:
Hi,
Our health care system is broken. It's clear we need a change, but honest dialog has been disrupted by shouting and distortions.
Last night, 140,000 people tuned in to "40 Minutes for Health Reform," a call to action on health care from the faith community. The call included people of faith and President Obama taking about the urgent moral imperative to win quality, affordable health care for all American families.
The call is part of "40 Days for Health Reform," a campaign on health care reform from the faith community. Over the next 40 days, people of faith will run a national TV ad campaign, sign petitions, conduct in-district public meetings reaching over 100 Members of Congress,
Visit www.faithforhealth.org to listen to the call with President Obama then sign the petition to join the 40 Days campaign and stay up to date with all these exciting activities.
"Beth Dahlman, Faithful America"
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