'SiCKO' Health
Care Card
You now have the opportunity to print and carry your very
own "'SiCKO' Health Care Card." Playing the 'SiCKO' card has
worked for a family in
DeBary, Florida, whose daughter suffered profound
hearing loss and was denied a cochlear implant. Her father sent
a letter to Cigna asking, "has your
CEO ever been in a film
before?" Before he knew it, his daughter's denial was
overturned. It also worked for a family in
Flint, Michigan who was stuck with a
$66,000 medical bill until they posted their healthcare horror
story on YouTube.
Click
here to see what happened next.
Download the PDF of the card below and follow these simple
guidelines:
1. Carry the card in your wallet with your insurance
card.
2. If denied treatment, show your SiCKO card to your
doctor/insurer.
3. Ask your insurer if they'd like to be in Michael Moore's
next movie, DVD, or appear on
MichaelMoore.com.
4. Tell them that, if denied, you will seek coverage from
your local media.
II. Workers'
Center Newsletter: Summer Edition Just
Out!
**Justice for Hotel Workers Campaign: Looking for workers
in hotel industry
**Worker Justice Organizing Committee: Looking for workers
in service and retail industries
**Our growing rural outreach program through satellite
offices
**Special insert on Immigrant Rights
**Update on our Service Learning for Social Justice
program
**Update on Living Wage Employers
**Spotlight on Members, Jeci Brown and Greg Evans
**Update on Federal minimum wage increase
**and Much More!
III. Workers'
Center Looking for a Logo
The Workers' Center has struggled for quite a while to come
up with a logo that best represents us. If anyone has any ideas
on a logo and has artistic abilities, please let us know
(by contacting 607-269-0409 or by replying to this email). What
we've been using to this point is the Living
Wage Now embodied within an image of Tompkins County (see
top of this newsletter).
IV. Become a
Financial Sustainer of the Workers Center
As a result of our recent affiliation with
Jobs with Justice, the Workers'
Center is now able to have people make online donations on
either a one-time basis; a monthly, quarterly, or semi-annual
basis. If you are able to afford this, it would be greatly
helpful as we begin to ramp up our efforts (hiring a part and
full time person in addition to the Coordinator). Of course,
your contributions are tax-deductible.
V. Save-the-Date:
Workers' Center to Hold First Picnic, Saturday, September
29th
The Workers' Center will hold its very first Membership
Picnic (open to all whether Member or not) on Saturday,
September 29th, from 1-5 p.m. at the Large Pavilion in Stewart
Park. In addition to food and music, the picnic is part of our
commitment to develop a deeper line of communication between the
Membership and the actual work of the Center.
If you are able to commit some time/energy to pulling off
the picnic, please contact the Workers' Center at 607-269-0409
or by replying to this email.
