Today, millions of Americans will be telling Congress that it’s time to deliver on health care reform. Click here to join the October 20th Day of Action!

“I’m very concerned about health care in our nation. I’m worried that once I’m out of the safety net of my parents’ [health insurance plan], I won’t be able to keep up with my health expenses. My name is Joe, I’m 19 and I’m voting for health care.” – Joe, October 2008.

“Both of my parents are social workers, so [universal health care] is dinner table conversation for us. They will come home and talk about all of these people who are not insured, who don’t have health care, and who are sitting [at home] wondering how they are going to pay for their medication. It just affects so many people. I don’t think people even realize how many people are out there that really need help. I’m Kaitlyn, I’m 18 years old and I’m voting for universal health care.” – Kaitlyn, 18, October 2008

“My mom went into the hospital complaining of back pains, two days later she had a stroke. My family was [told] that the only providers that could help were either out-of- state or out- of- network. My mom died a year later. My name is Shauna Harris and I’m voting for health care reform.” – Shauna Harris, October 2008

Joe, Kaitlyn, and Shauna are young voters who shared their reason for voting during the Campus Progress Action “I’m Voting For” project in 2008.

These are the words of young voters from across the country spoken just weeks before they, and thousands like them, hit the polls in record numbers to usher in change for the 2008 presidential election. The demand for health care reform was the motivation for casting their votes and now, one year later, it is time to deliver that change.

October has proved to be a step in the right direction, with health care reform legislation making its way through the fifth and final Congressional committee in charge of writing a reform bill. However, there is a long road ahead and we, as young adults impacted by the health care crisis and motivated by the hope of universal health care, have to keep up the pressure and ensure that our legislators deliver on what we voted for.

Tuesday, October 20th, millions of people across the country will be doing exactly that. There will be events, rallies and a national call-in day to generate thousands of calls to Congress with the message that now is the “time to deliver” on health care reform.

This effort will be spearheaded by Organizing for America and other large groups across the country including the Health Care for America NOW coalition, AARP, The American Cancer Society, and FamiliesUSA.

Click here to join in on the October 20th Day of Action.

On Wednesday, October 21st, Rock the Vote will be engaging young Americans on the issue of health care reform through an online forum with Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz.

Click here to join the health care forum with Pete Wentz and Kathleen Sebelius.

Finally on Thursday, October 22nd, there will be a large protest outside of the America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) conference in Washington, D.C. AHIP represents America’s health insurers and hundreds of reform supporters are going to be there to protest their bad practices like denying care.

Click here to join the protest against health insurers.

There are so many things we can do as young Americans in support of health care reform, and we will have to keep up the pressure until a bold piece of legislation lands on our President’s desk, but this week holds many opportunities to take a step further than casting our vote last year. So get out and take part in some of these actions and remind Congress and President Obama why you voted and that you’d like to see change delivered now.