By Joe Frandino

Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) is urging American citizens to keep pressuring their elected officials to keep the public option alive in Congressional debates. The recent calls to action made by progressive groups, most notable Democracy for America and Open Left, have asked citizens to contact their respective Congressional leaders and demand that they respect the majority of Americans’ support for the public option. Americans all over the country have made phone calls, delivered petitions, mailed letters, sponsored rallies, and have even personally gone to their leaders’ offices in DC and in their home state to show that they are serious about health care reform.

Every letter or email you write, every phone call you make, every person you get to do the same makes all the difference. You may not hear everything you want to hear every day on this issue from Washington, even from Democrats, but know that it is working.

Given the staggering numbers of Americans without health insurance (recently reported at 47 million), the ever-increasing costs of healthcare in the United States, and the recent polls by the New York Times and CBS that show “72% of Americans favor the introduction of a public option," the Senator’s comments have come at a crucial time.

Sen. Feingold has also published his answers to the questionnaire sent out by DFA and Open Left, asking specific questions about political leaders’ views on the public option, and encourages other political leaders to do the same.

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