national health care reform

Young Adults Can Stay on Parent's Plan; PHAN to Host Conf Call

Submitted by Athena Ford on May 17, 2010 - 6:44pm
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     Did you know that as a Health Care Organizer, I get great health care benefits?  It's true.  And thank goodness ~ because for years I was one of the nearly 18.9 million young adults living in this country without health insurance. 

     According to Young Invincibles, nearly one-third of all uninsured people are young adults.  The organization also stipulates that in 2000 6 young Americans died every day, because they didn't have access to affordable health care.

Top 10 Reasons Progressives Should Support Senate Health Bill

Submitted by pahealth on December 18, 2009 - 3:18pm
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The health care reform bill now before the U.S. Senate is not without its problems, but if passed, it will represent the most significant reform of our health care system in decades. That's why, former Clinton White House Chief of Staff John Podesta writes in a Dec. 16 op-ed, progressives should support the Senate health bill.

U.S. House Passes Historic Health Care Reform Bill

Submitted by pahealth on November 9, 2009 - 1:56pm
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The U.S. House made history over the weekend by approving comprehensive health care reform.

The Affordable Health Care for America Act, passed in the House by a vote of 220-215 during a rare Saturday session, would provide quality affordable health insurance for all Pennsylvanians and all Americans, while reining in health care costs for families, businesses and government. It also will protect people with pre-existing medical conditions and prevent insurance companies from dropping your coverage if you become sick.

President Addresses Congress on Healthcare Reform

Submitted by pahealth on September 14, 2009 - 10:58am
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"We did not come to (elected office) to fear the future. We came here to shape it. . . . I still believe we can do great things, and that here and now we will meet history's test." To read President Obama's speech to the joint session of Congress, delivered September 10th, click on the link below.

The reform plan the President requested "will provide more security and stability to those who have health insurance.  It will provide insurance to those who don't.  And it will lower the cost of health care for our famlies, our businesses, and our government."

application/msword iconObama Speech to Congress.doc

The Primary Care Solution

Submitted by pahealth on August 31, 2009 - 2:09pm
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"President Obama has pledged that reform must produce both universal coverage and major cost savings," writes Dr. Thomas J. Gates of Lancaster. "Understandably, we are skeptical." How can covering more people not drive up health care costs? By emphasizing primary care much more than we do now. "Without exception," says Gates, "regions and countries with the best medical outcomes have built systems with good access to primary care medicine."

Answering Critics of HR 3200

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application/msword iconAmerican Nurses Association Response to Attacks on HR 3200.doc

The public has been deluged with distortions and outright lies about the content of the health reform bill working its way through the U.S. House of Representatives.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) has prepared a line-by-line response to these distortions and lies.

Click the link at the top of this page to access the ANA document.

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