According to some PNHP activists who ran into him yesterday.  Among the highlights:

• Schumer agreed to get the CBO to do an up-to-date comparison of single payer vs. private insurance.
• He will ask Congressman Rangel to hold single-payer hearings & try to co-chair in some way.

Other highlights:

He alleged to already fully support 4 and 5 above and, in principal, everything to assure “level playing field”.

[Note-- here's 4 and 5:

1. Regulators of private insurance must have no connection to private insurance companies or their investments.

1. Private plans must be required to accept all comers.]

Let’s hold Schumer to those promises.
Call Schumer (and remind Megan too): 202-224-0420

My informant adds that Schumer requested that pressure in particular be brought to bear on the Democratic members of the Finance Committee to support public option.

Keep up the calls and the pressure people– it’s working!  First Senators Baucus and Nelson started coming around, now Schumer.

I think we’ll still need to be vigilant– the devil’s in the details, and the big money players like Big Insurance and Pharma aren’t going to quietly roll on this.  But we’re making progress.  Put your shoulder to the wheel and come to the Single-Payer event with Congressmen Massa and Conyers tonight!

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