Sam Pullen leads a song at sit-in in LA

Sam Pullen, 31, was arrested Thursday, October 15, in Los Angeles at a sit-in at the Blue Cross health insurance office. He is refusing to give information to police, vowing to stay in jail until Blue Cross stops denying care to those who need it most. He is being supported by the group Mobilization for Health Care for All, which coordinated sit-ins and rallies in nine cities across the country yesterday in which 54 people were arrested to end insurance abuse and win health care for all.

Pullen was inspired to action by his mother, who was denied coverage for a lifesaving bone marrow transplant by Blue Cross when he was a teenager. Weakened by her cancer treatments, Pullen's mother staged a one-woman sit-in at the insurance company office, resulting in the approval of the transplant that extended her life for years. Thanks to the transplant, she lived long enough to see Pullen reach 18 years of age.

The sit-ins and rallies are part of the Patients Not Profit campaign of the Mobilization for Health Care for All. The mobilization was launched by several national organizations. The actions are coordinated in cooperation with local groups based in each city and give people an outlet for their frustration and even outrage about insurance company abuse. The groups advocate for Medicare for All, a public single payer health care plan that expands Medicare to cover everyone.

To learn more about the national mobilization and supporting Sam, please visit:
www.mobilizeforhealthcare.org

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[healthmusic]

I too go along with Textynn; Thanks, guys. I've been an activist for affordable healthcare for years. I also root for HR-676, single-payer. I wrote many songs voicing concerns over the heathcare crisis.

[Textynn]

Thanks guys.