Dear MoveOn member,

Tomorrow, Senator Ron Wyden will be voting on the public health insurance option—can you call his office right away?

Here's what's happening:

The Senate Finance Committee, of which Sen. Wyden is a member, is debating an awful health care bill that doesn't include the public option—the key to expanding coverage and bringing down costs.

Progressives have offered amendments that would add the public option to the bill, and the committee will begin voting on them tomorrow. Meanwhile, conservatives are pushing a bogus "trigger" amendment that would kill the public option through indefinite delay.

So we've got to show Sen. Wyden that his constituents are demanding real health care reform with a strong public health insurance option that's available immediately. Tell him to vote "yes" on the public option amendments, and "no" on the trigger.

Here's where to call:

Senator Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244

Then, please report your call by clicking here:

http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSOR_1&cp_id=1123&id=17352-14388865-S3j6DKx&t=2

Four other congressional committees have already passed good bills that include the public option, but the Finance Committee has been dragging its feet and considering half-measures—like the trigger—that won't fix our nation's broken health care system.

Make no mistake: the trigger is a Trojan horse designed to kill the public option by delaying its availability and then offering it only in a limited number of states after certain conditions are met.

So we need to send a strong message to the Senate Finance Committee that health care reform must include a strong public health insurance option that's available immediately—not a trigger.

Can you call Sen. Wyden right now?

Senator Ron Wyden
Phone: 202-224-5244

Then, please report your call by clicking here:

http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSOR_1&cp_id=1123&id=17352-14388865-S3j6DKx&t=3

Thanks for all you do.

–-Nita, Wes, Kat, Joan, and the rest of the team