Chicago Small Business Rallies For Health Care Reform
National News
Chicago area small business owners will rally to support health care reform downtown next week.
The rally will bring together labor unions, community groups, faith groups,and the small business community to call for real health care reform, says organizer James Meerdink with the Illinois Main Street Alliance.
The main street Alliance is a group of more than 500 small business owners campaigning for affordable health care.
“The health care industry is pumping millions of dollars into killing meaningful health care reform. So now is the time when we need to ask legislators which side they are on," Meerdick said. “Do we want affordable health care in America, or more of the same.
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