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Have they really sunk this low?

Insurance companies have demonstrated some pretty egregious practices when it comes to who they'll cover and if they'll take away coverage. We've heard horror stories, but this one takes the cake. Reuters reported yesterday that in 2002, 17-year-old Jerome Mitchell, a college freshman, was dropped from his insurance plan because he was diagnosed with HIV.

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Are you louder than Rush Limbaugh?

Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh tried to silence our voices. Limbaugh, and other anti-reform crusaders, hijacked the 800-number we provide so dedicated activists like you can call Congress.

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The dangers of defeat

After an exhausting year of debating health reform, we have finally reached the home stretch. We are closer than we have ever been to affordable, comprehensive health reform. However, opponents of reform continue to do everything in their power to delay, mislead, and disrupt the process. While they may score short-term political points, I have to wonder if they know what is truly at stake.

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American lives are on the line

The fight over health reform has reached a fevered pitch, but between all the arguing over process and the lies and distortions that have been thrown around by the opposition, the true meaning of reform seems to have been lost: People's lives are at stake.

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The problem with high risk pools

If I learned anything from the Summit last week, it was this: Democrats and Republicans agree that denying health coverage to people based on pre-existing conditions is wrong and should be stopped. However, while the Democrats' plan will ban insurers from these pre-existing condition exclusions, the Republican plan does not. Why doesn't the rhetoric match the policy?

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12 good reasons to embrace health reform

A recent Kaiser Poll showed that while Americans are split on their support for the health care legislation in general, they are very supportive of individual aspects of the legislation. The logic then follows-to generate more support among those that are wary, we need to be clear about the all of the protections and benefits Americans will receive with health reform.

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Melanie’s March: A reflection

Last week, a few of my colleagues and I had the honor of meeting up with a group of 10 dedicated health care activists from Philadelphia Unemployment Project and Pennsylvania HCAN who were finishing up the last leg of a 150 mile march from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. Melanie's March, named after an avid health reform activist, Melanie Shouse, who recently passed away from breast cancer, sought to show legislators just how urgently we need health reform.

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Melanie’s March

Sometimes you have to hit the streets to make a difference. And sometimes, you have to go a bit further. We're not talking about the usual suspects, like protesting or a two-hour march. We're talking about huge march across three states that will urge Congress to finally push health reform over the finish line.

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Why we need reform

Whether it is an obsession with town halls, vote counting, or negotiations, much of the focus during this health reform debate has not been on the actual human reasons why reform is so important.

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Twas the night before Christmas

A Holiday poem by Ron Pollack, Executive Director of Families USA:            

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