High-leverage prevention programs can have three big benefits:  generate revenues to pay for health care, promote wellness, and lower health care costs. 

A tax of seven cents per soft drink can would raise $10 billion per year to help pay for an expansion of healthcare coverage and help lower obesity rates, reducing the strain that obesity-related conditions place on America's sick-care system.

Please contact your Senators and Representatives today and urge them to support this preventative health measure that could help pay for health care reform, while improving the health of Americans.

Thank you!

Sample Letter for Campaign

Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

I strongly support a tax on non-diet soft drinks to raise revenue to help pay for health care reform and help reduce the obesity epidemic that is straining our health care system.

Soft drinks are the number-one source of calories in Americans' diets and a major cause of childhood obesity. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, each additional 12-ounce soft drink consumed per day increases the risk of obesity in children by 60 percent.

A tax of seven cents per 12-ounce serving of soda would raise about $10 billion a year, which could help pay for bike paths, basketball courts, water fountains, and media campaigns to promote healthier eating.

Thank you for consideration of this request. Please inform me of your position on the issue.

Sincerely,

Campaign Launched:
July 01, 2009