Posted by: Colleen Haller on Mar 11, 2010
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.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Mar 05, 2010
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.
Posted by: Colleen Haller on Mar 05, 2010
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?
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Mar 04, 2010
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.
Posted by: Kate Blocher on Mar 01, 2010
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.
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Feb 16, 2010
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.
Posted by: Mark Fisher on Jan 25, 2010
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.
Posted by: Ron Pollack on Dec 24, 2009
A Holiday poem by Ron Pollack, Executive Director of Families USA:
Posted by: Erin Kelly on Dec 15, 2009
With the nitty-gritty details of health reform changing
every day, it's pretty difficult for most people to not only keep up, but also
to figure out what's in it for them. Let us help you out.
Posted by: Laura Parisi on Nov 24, 2009
In an ideal world, we would all spend Thanksgiving with our
families, rejoicing over the House and Senate health reform votes.
However, if your
family is anything like mine, they may be more interested in the big
Thanksgiving football game than the health reform legislation going on
in Washington. Or perhaps they've been gearing up for your
Thanksgiving
arrival by practicing their best Glenn
Beck impersonations. Either way, if your holiday dinner conversation
abruptly shifts from the new Twilight movie to health reform legislation, you
may find yourself wanting to trade places with the turkey.
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