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Even the police at yesterday's AHIP protest think we need health reform

Yesterday outside AHIP's anti-reform conference at the Ritz-Carlton in DC, SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger stood up for the reform she believes in--literally. As law enforcement officials swarmed the Ritz to pull back those trying to enter the hotel, the policewoman who led Anna away was overheard remarking these words to her: "Thank you so much for doing this -- we really need health care reform."

Live Tweeting from DC Citizens' Arrest of Insurance Companies

Together with partners across the progressive movement--HCAN, AFL-CIO, CREDO, AFSCME, True Majority, MoveOn, AFT, Democracy for America, Campaign for Community Change, Common Cause, US Action--and several thousand activists, today we're taking the fight for reform right to insurance companies' doorstep. We'll be live tweeting from the Dupont Circle rally and march to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, so you can follow all the action no matter where you are.

Stop Killer Profits

On Tuesday, March 9th, big insurance lobbyists are going to be at the Washington, DC Ritz-Carlton for a retreat. And they have one item on the agenda: killing health care reform once and for all. But we've decided to go ahead and pencil ourselves into the itinerary. Because while the insurance lobbyists party it up at five star hotels, Americans are dying because they can't afford coverage.