The Democratic Party has reached a critical stage in finally giving the US healthcare system a much-needed overhaul. The House bill that passed on Saturday night and the Senate bill sent to the Budget Committee Thursday Oct 29th, include a public option! The public option was included in these bills after hundreds of thousands of Americans called their Senators and Representatives to voice support for it.

We at Democrats Abroad may feel sometimes that we do not make a difference but the inclusion of the public option in the Senate bill proves that Democratic leadership does listen to its constituencies and that real change is possible.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in a new Web video posted Thursday, makes the case for a public health insurance option and appeals to voters across the country to contact Washington to "push hard" for its inclusion in the final bill.
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/29/reid-calls-on-americans-c_n_339054.html

The link below tells you how to get in touch with your representatives in Washington and let them know that the healthcare bill must now be passed in the Senate. There are multiple ways to get in touch with your Members of Congress which take just a few minutes of your time: call, write a letter or e-mail, sign a petition, or tweet to let them know that this is critical and that they should support Senator Reid, Representative Peloci and President Obama to get real change in healthcare passed.

To find out how to contact those who represent you, go to:

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Representatives: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

The following link below asks you to sign a letter from Organizing for America (the ex-Obama campaign) to Congress demanding healthcare reform.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/health-care-action-center/?source=feature