The Senate just passed their health care bill on a 60-39 party line vote. With just one exception, Republican members of Congress uniformly voted "no" on every single procedural and general vote on health insurance reform since July. This was a coordinated effort by the GOP to kill this legislation for political gain, and guess what? They failed.

But we won't mince words: the Senate bill needs work, and the next two weeks will be our last chance to fix it. Start by signing a letter from activists and organizations everywhere.

The House and Senate bills will shortly head into "conference," where Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Obama will hammer out a final bill by merging the two. Conference is an opportunity to fix what's wrong with the Senate bill. It is, in no uncertain terms, our last chance to do this right.

Send a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid and President Obama, telling them to finish reform right.

The final bill coming out of conference requires passage in the Senate and House, but no changes are allowed, so conference is the last chance we have to make things better. Two major issues must be addressed in conference:

Health care must be affordable:
Low and middle income families must be able to afford health insurance if they do not get it through work, and employers must be asked to provide good health coverage for their employees so health care is affordable on the job. We should not finance reform on the backs of middle and lower income Americans - but should instead incorporate provisions in the House bill that ask the wealthiest 5% of Americans to pay their fair share.

Insurance companies must be held accountable:
If the insurance companies win, we lose. Insurance companies must be held accountable with strong regulations and consumer protections, and we must be given the choice of a national public health insurance option available on day one.

We must finish reform right. Sign now.