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A Public Health Insurance Plan: Reducing Costs and Improving Quality
Report from Institute for America’s Future draws on research to demonstrate the benefits of offering a public health insurance plan, like Medicare for people under 65, as an alternative to private health insurance companies.
Materials, Reports & Studies
A Tale of 2 Countries
This short video, produced by the Canadian Media Guild-CWA, contrasts the Canadian health care system with the approach used in the United States.
Videos
AFL-CIO endorsement of H.R. 3962
AFL-CIO supports the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962 in a letter to Congress.
Bills
Alliance for Retired Americas endorsement of H.R. 3962
The Alliance for Retired Americans, and AFL-CIO-affiliated organization, supports the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962.
Bills
American Health Care Since 1994: The Unacceptable Status Quo
From the Center for American Progress. Looking at the 15 years since the Clinton health reform effort failed, "years of skyrocketing costs, increasing numbers of uninsured, and inconsistent quality of care."
Materials, Reports & Studies
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Providing Health Care to Those in Need
AFL-CIO summary of highlights of health-related investments in the stimulus bill, that will provide "health care to those in need while making a down payment on health reforms that will save billions of dollars and countless lives."
Materials, Reports & Studies
Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education: No Recovery in Sight
Two researchers at University of California at Berkeley calculate that the recession has increased the number of uninsured in the United States by 3.7 million -- and that the situation won’t improve, even when the economy does. One of the authors is Dave Graham-Squire, a member of CWA Local 9119 and vice-president local’s chapter at Berkeley.
Materials, Reports & Studies
Biden on Health Care from CWA Convention
Vice President Joe Biden discusses health care reform at CWA's 2009 Convention and Legislative-Political Conference.
Videos
Call to Action: Health Care Reform
November 12, 2008
Senator Max Baucus's vision for comprehensive health reform. The plan adresses health care coverage, quality, and cost.
Materials, Reports & Studies
Center for American Progress: Health Policy and the Economic Crisis
October 29, 2008
Testimony of the Center for American Progress's Jeanne Lambrew on the relationship between the economic crisis and health policy.
Materials, Reports & Studies
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