Congratulations to the Alexandria Democratic Committee for passing the following resolution (after a "lively debate"), demanding a public option in the health care debate. I would hope to see similar resolutions from many more Democratic committees throughout Virginia.
Whereas...
*more than 45 million American citizens (including over 1 million Virginians, and thousands of Alexandrians) lack any kind of health care coverage due to exorbitant costs in the worst economic climate in at least a generation, and tens of millions more are struggling to keep up the yearly rising costs of health insurance – not to mention being at risk of having their coverage dropped by an industry that is rewarded for spending as few dollars on patient care as they are allowed to get away with
*the City of Alexandria voted for Barack Obama and his agenda by a margin of 71.7% to 27.3% (a margin of over 31,000 votes); voted for Senator Mark Warner by a margin of 77.3% to 21.3% (a margin of nearly 40,000 votes); voted for Represenative Jim Moran by a margin of 69.9% to 27.7% (a margin of 29,000 votes); and voted for Senator Jim Webb in 2006 by a margin of 70.6% to 28.3% (a margin of nearly 19,000 votes)
...the Alexandria Democratic Committee urges and expects each of the three Democratic members of its Congressional delegation to support health insurance financing reform that includes a robust public plan that will compete with the for-profit health insurance corporations and end the worst abuses of the current system"
