This diary at MyDD indicates that Schumer is ready to fight for single payer. This is terrific news if true. If you live in New York, please ask Schumer if this is true and thank him for his support.

There will be major demonstrations in New York in support of single payer:
May 27, state capital Albany, NY
May 30, New York City

We need massive turnout for these events.

US Senate Committee on Finance

Roundtable Discussion on “Expanding Health Care Coverage”

May 5 , 2009, at 10:00 a.m., in 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Member Statements:
Max Baucus, MT
Charles Grassley, IA

Witness Statements:

Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D., Vice President, Domestic and Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC

John Castellani, President, Business Roundtable, Washington, DC

Gary Claxton, Vice President and Director of the Health Care Marketplace Project, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington, DC

Donald A. Danner, President and CEO, National Federation of Independent Business, Washington, DC

Senate staffers predict major health care reforms in 2009
Once President-elect Barack Obama, HHS Secretary-designate Tom Daschle and a Democrat-led Congress take office in 2009, broad scale health care reforms are likely to occur, predicted Senate staffers who spoke at a recent Alliance for Health Reform and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation forum in Washington, D.C. ...