Health Care for All
Health Care For America Now!
July 7th, 2008
On Tuesday, July 8, a new campaign will be launched – for Health Care for America Now! – at press conferences in Washington and 55 other cities and towns. We at the Campaign for America’s Future are proud to play a leadership role in launching this much-needed campaign, led by 100 national and local organizations. more » The McCain Health Plan: Millions Lose Coverage, Health Costs Worsen, and Insurance and Drug Industries Win
By Roger Hickey
April 29th, 2008
Sen. John McCain's health care plan is a dangerous fraud. It will dismantle the employer-provided system that now covers about 158 million Americans and will force millions of workers to fend for themselves in a market controlled by unregulated and predatory insurance companies. His plan would drive health care costs upward, not downward.
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Lewin Group: 'Health Care for America' Works
"Health Care for America," developed for the Economic Policy Institute by Yale University Political Science Professor Jacob Hacker, would provide health care coverage for virtually every American while generating huge cost savings — more than $1 trillion over 10 years, according to the Lewin Group, a nationally respected, nonpartisan consulting firm. Their report offers the most detailed analysis of the reform proposal to date.
ALSO: Read Roger Hickey's commentary on the study.... more »
The Evolution of the Health Care Debate
Check out these items to understand the facts and perspectives behind the health plans offered by the 2008 presidential candidates. You will find commentaries, blog posts and news releases that show how our "Health Care For America" plan helped shape the debate in 2007.... more »
The Case
Why Health Care For All
The number of people in this country without health insurance is growing. And the likelihood of losing—or not being able to afford—good health care is striking fear in the hearts of many family breadwinners. more »
The Challenge
Costs are skyrocketing and squeezing working families. The administrative costs for private insurers are approximately four times the size as those for Medicare, Instead of providing coverage to all who need it, private insurers have a layer of bureaucracy to “cherry pick” their customers. They take on people who are less likely to get sick and deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. more »
Facts & Resources
More Uninsured Children
In 2006, 11.7% of children, or 8.7 million kids, went without health insurance. That's up from the previous year, when 10.9%, or 8 million children, were uninsured.
Americans Lack Health Insurance
47 million Americans lacked health insurance in 2006, up from 38 million in 2000.
The News
Americans' Lifespan Shorter
July 18th, 2008
U.S. Health Care Deeply Flawed
July 18th, 2008
The Voices
Tough Times Prompt Patients to Skip Care
Rising deductibles, stiff drug co-payments and increasing prices for just about everything are forcing some hard choices about health. Care that doesn't strike patients as critical is getting delayed. As the economy squeezes my patients, they are showing up sicker.more »
Doctors Who Don’t Take Insurance: What Does It Mean for Patients?
More and more doctors are fed up with private insurers. Some physicians have just said "no" to insurers. What does this mean for patients?more »
Latest from our Bloggers
jul
23
2008
11:02 am
11:02 am
Americans will begin to tune into the election again around the conventions. And in the fall, they'll start to take a closer look at who the candidates are and what they believe. Iraq will be big no doubt; the economy bigger. But health care may just be the pothole that cracks up Sen. John McCain's Straight Talk Express.more »
jul
22
2008
10:57 am
10:57 am
The health insurance industry is launching a public relations and lobbying campaign today that is designed to convince people that they are on the side of reform even as they support a status-quo solution suspiciously similar to one pushed by Sen. John McCain and congressional conservatives. But a group of determined activists is making sure that people see through this smoke-and-mirrors show. more »
jul
21
2008
11:08 am
11:08 am
Netroots Nations participants have four clear priorities for the next president: ending the war in Iraq, addressing the global warming crisis, obtaining health care for all and clsing the growing gap between the rich and poor, according to a straw poll done by Democracy Corps and the Campaign for America's Future. more »
jul
20
2008
12:14 pm
12:14 pm
At Netroots Nation, I talked with Melinda Gibson of the Health Care for America Now coalition, soon after she debuted a new (and hilarious) video taking on the insurance companies in advance of an expected battle between the public interest and special interest. more »
jul
15
2008
4:13 pm
4:13 pm
Consistent with the country's shift of the political center towards the left, veto-proof bipartisan majorities sent President Bush a bill that took a stand against the privatization of Medicare, reducing subsidies to private health insurance companies that offer Medicare Advantage plans. more »
jul
14
2008
7:52 am
7:52 am
On Bloggingheads.tv's The Week In Blog, Conn Carroll tells me the conservative reaction to the launch of Health Care for America Now.more »
jul
9
2008
10:20 am
10:20 am
On Monday, I not only noted that Sen. John McCain's health care plan represents a bigger political risk than Sen. Barack Obama's, but also that the Beltway punditocracy would presume the opposite. more »
jul
8
2008
3:53 pm
3:53 pm
David White’s personal experience galvanized him to action, which is why he was in Washington to appear at the Health Care for America Now! event at the National Press Club alongside representatives from labor and citizen activist groups. more »
