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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
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
Choice of public or private health insurance plans
Should buyers of health insurance be able to select coverage from a public health insurance plan, similar to Medicare, as well as policies from insurance companies?
Issues
Commonwealth Fund: How Many Are Underinsured? Trends Among U.S. Adults, 2003 and 2007
It’s not just the 47 million uninsured who have trouble paying for the health care they need. This report estimates another 25 million are underinsured – they have coverage that doesn’t pay for needed services or hits patients with unaffordable deductibles and co-payments.
Materials, Reports & Studies
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