FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 18, 2010

CONTACT: Amy Weiss for Change to Win, 202-203-0448 or amy@pointblankpa.com

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Change to Win formally endorsed the health care bill and urged Congress to pass it quickly, with CtW Chair Anna Burger saying "now is the time". The text of Burger's statement is below.

"Today 14,000 more Americans will lose their health insurance. One hundred and twenty people will die. Why? Because our broken health insurance system left them behind.

"This is it. This is the moment of truth for every Member of Congress.

"It is time for Congress members to decide on which side of history will they stand. They must choose between working families struggling to get by and an insurance industry that puts profits before the people they are supposed to serve.

"For generations, this country has known the need for reform. For the past year, we have as a nation debated and fought for real health insurance reform. Now, it’s time for Congress to deliver."

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About Change to Win
Change to Win is a 5.5-million member partnership of five unions founded in 2005 to represent workers in the industries and occupations of the 21st century economy. Change to Win is committed to restoring the American Dream for a new generation of workers – wages that can support a family, affordable health care, a secure retirement, and the opportunity for the future. The affiliated unions are: Service Employees International Union, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Laborers' International Union of North America, and United Farm Workers of America.