10:56 AM Eastern - Friday, June 26, 2009

Health Care Providers Rally Outside NRSC

As part of the "Healthcare 09' - We Can't Wait" rally in Washington, DC, nearly 250 activists gathered yesterday at the Republican Party's temple to Ronald Reagan - home of the National Republican Senatorial Committee - to demand quality, affordable health care for all.

Led by health care providers from Pennsylvania, Washington State, New York and elsewhere, the crowd chanted "What do we want? Health care! When do we want it? Now!" and "We want health care! We want health care!"

We succeeded in causing quite a stir outside the headquarters, but Republican staffers chose to remain inside. The crowd moved and re-gathered at Union Station to hear Maine singer and Change that Works volunteer Peter Alexander sing "Beggin' for Change," a song Pete wrote to help out his friend Doug, a man burdened by crushing medical debt of an accident.

Find more about Peter Alexander's music at www.peteralexander.us.

Watch the video above to see the scene yesterday at Republican headquarters and Union Station.

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