Last week I was calling from a phone bank in Fountain Hills. Our objective was to notify residents that a call to their representative and senator would show support for President Obama’s plan for health insurance reform.

It is important that our representatives are aware that many citizens support the reform plan with the public option because this will insure health care coverage for all Americans.

We are the richest country in the world and yet 40 million people are uninsured. This number does not include the poor who, by the way, are covered by Medicaid.

Hooray for President Obama for putting forth the effort! We should match his effort with our own.