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Will This Halloween Bring Health Care Tricks or Treats for Alaskans?

By Sarah - Oct 27th, 2009 at 7:24 pm EDT

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As Alaskans know too well, when Halloween comes around, it usually means we’ve entered into winter – with nights that are cold, streets that are slippery, and snow that is piling up. Trick-or-treating in these conditions can certainly be challenging, but it hardly ever stops us from going out to celebrate the day dedicated to spooky, sugary fun!

But as frightening as a blustery Alaskan Halloween night is, I still have to ask:

What can be spookier this Halloween than the current state of health care in America?

Nothing that I can think of.

Alaskans know how scary it is to pay for the increasing costs for health insurance.

•   Currently, more than 133,000 Alaskans are uninsured.
•   Alaskans who are insured shoulder a hidden health tax of roughly $1,900 per year on premiums as a direct result of subsidizing the cost of the uninsured.
•   19% of middle-class Alaskan families pay more than 10% of their income on health care.
•   Even high-income households in Alaska are affected with more than 14,000 lacking insurance.

That is why this Halloween, Organizing for America is asking every Alaskan who supports President Obama’s Health Reform Plan – whether you live in Sitka, Wasilla, North Pole, or Barrow – to join with other Alaskans in a…

Healthy Halloween Reverse Canvass!

It’s easy. It’s fun. It’s unique. And most importantly, it gets the word out to your neighbors that health reform helps all Alaskan families.

So how do you participate in OFA’s Healthy Halloween Reverse Canvass?

Instead of going door-to-door, simply let the people come to you! When the trick-or-treaters knock, here’s what you do:

•   Give each trick-or-treater a flier about President Obama’s Health Reform Plan and a “Health Reform NOW” sticker.
•   If the parent is with child and they tell you they support the health reform, ask them to show their support by signing their name on an OFA pledge sheet and then you can even give them a Health Care ‘09 bumper sticker with the Obama logo!
•   Don’t forget to give them a healthy snack too as a way to remind them about how important health reform is!
•   As Halloween approaches, show you’re a supporter of health reform by carving a special Obama-themed pumpkin to set out on your porch. Click here for some ideas!

Let’s make sure that this Halloween the only scary things Alaskans encounter are witches, ghosts, and goblins…and not another year of health insurance companies who promise you treats and only give you tricks.

To participate in the Health Halloween Reverse Canvass, click here. Be sure to include a good phone number and mailing address so we can send you the fliers, stickers, and bumper stickers you need!

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