Healthcare reform vigil tonight

More than 350 vigils are planned across the country this evening to raise awareness about healthcare reform, including one at Ballard Commons Park. MoveOn.org and several other groups are organizing the vigils to show support for a public health insurance option. “This is an important community event that is intended to put the focus of the health care reform debate back where it belongs, on real people who are suffering under the current broken health care system.,” Jo Ardinger emailed us. “Vigil participants will light candles, hold pictures, and share the names and stories of those suffering under the current health care system. At the Ballard vigil, participants will add their photos and stories to a large wall to demonstrate the desperate need for a real public health insurance option,” the press advisory states. We’re told that more than 150 people have registered for the Ballard vigil that starts tonight at 7 p.m.