Everyone needs to call their senators and representatives to insist that they vote for a bill with a strong public option and to be prepared to be voted out of office if they cave in to the health insurance and pharmaceutical company lobbyists. We the People need to take our country back from the influence peddlers who are eagerly looking forward to the government handouts they will receive if the so-called health care reform imposes a mandate without a public option, while our premiums go through the roof. It's so obvious that politicians who won't allow a public option are in the pockets of the special interests and should be voted out in the next election. Accept no excuses -- we NEED the public option to force the insurance companies to be more competitive. Without it, there IS no reform!