6:17 PM Eastern - Sunday, May 3, 2009

This has to stop

20090501-email-face.jpgWhen I think about what's wrong with health care, I think of Jacqueline.

It's one thing to talk about our broken health care system, but Jacqueline lives it every day. For 19 years, she's worked as a nursing home CNA in Wisconsin. Short staffing in her unit means skipped treatments and longer waits for her patients. And a lack of equipment and supplies puts the strain on the entire facility when things get busy.

Unbelievably, while Jacqueline spends her life providing care for her patients, she can't afford it for herself or her family. The coverage her employer offers costs too much on her salary.

This has to stop. Congress needs to hear how this crisis is affecting real people. Share your story: http://action.seiu.org/page/s/memberstories

Next week, I'm going to Capitol Hill for a Senate roundtable on fixing health care. It's one of three roundtables that Senator Max Baucus is holding to hammer out the final details of a health reform bill.

I cannot overstate how important these roundtables are for the future of health care. Senator Baucus plans to use the input he gets from these hearings to craft a health reform bill next month.

I've been given the honor of speaking at next week's roundtable and I want to use your voice to tell the real story of this health care crisis. Will you take a moment to share your health care story? http://action.seiu.org/page/s/memberstories

We've been given an invitation to literally write the future of health care in America. Let's use our voice to turn the page on this crisis and fix health care once and for all.

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