9:54 AM Eastern - Wednesday, October 7, 2009

CA Local stages a "die-in" outside WellPoint's office

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For thousands of Americans, health care reform is literally a life or death decision. To help highlight that point, 30 members of Local 1877 joined 40 others outside the Sacramento headquarters of Anthem Blue Cross, which is owned by WellPoint, for a "die-in." As people lay down on the ground, they helped illustrate the fact that 44,000 Americans are dying each year for lack of affordable insurance.

People strung up police tape around the building, marking it a "crime scene" for the morally corrupt acts that WellPoint perpetrates against its customers, such as denying coverage for "pre-existing conditions" and refusing to cover medically necessary procedures. While some of the protesters sprawled out on the ground, a group of 20 others proceeded inside the building to present a "citizens' arrest warrant" to Angela Braly for WellPoint's "crimes." They were stopped before they could reach her office, but their presence was made known throughout the building.

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