Posts Tagged ‘health care’
State of the Union: Finishing the Job of Health Reform
President Obama tells Congress that he will not walk away from health reform and urges members to finish the job of providing affordable and equitable care for the American people. January 27, 2010. (Public Domain)
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Who Do You Trust About Health Insurance Reform?
Amidst all the noise over health insurance reform, Vice President Joe Biden asks the important question, Who Do You Trust? Lori Heim, M.D., (President, American Academy of Family Physicians) and Rebecca Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR (President, American Nurses Association) explain why doctors and nurses are calling for reform. November 30, 2009 (Public Domain)
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Jeri Thompson on Taxing Cadillac Health Plans
TV host Jeri Thompson on the proposed tax on extravagant health-insurance plans
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First Lady on Health Insurance Reform and Older Women
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks about the difficulties senior women face in today’s health insurance market and the importance of reform. November 13, 2009. (Public Domain)
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Groups Protest Health Insurance Heavyweights
This piece was produced in conjunction with the Huffington Post.
Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post:
Congressman Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) led a protest Monday outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Washington, site of the 2009 national conference of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), a trade group for the health insurance industry.
“We are not radicals! We are not a fringe element!” shouted Massa, who opted not to use the bullhorn provided by protest organizers. “We are the 48 million Americans who cannot access health care today!”
To read the full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/10/eric-massa-protests-outsi_n_173520.html
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BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | Single Payer Health Insurance | PBS
Buy the DVD: http://www.shoppbs.org/entry.point?entry=3574816&source=PBSCS_YOUTUBE_ BMJL4306_052209:N:DGR:N:N:609:QPBS Washington’s abuzz about health care, but why isn’t a single-payer plan an option on the table? Public Citizen’s Dr. Sidney Wolfe and Physicians for a National Health Program’s Dr. David Himmelstein on the political and logistical feasibility of health care reform.
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The Health Insurance Racket
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CIGNAs Edward Hanway spends his holidays in a $13 million beach house in New Jersey. Meanwhile, regular Americans are routinely denied coverage for the care they need when they need it most.
Welcome to the American health insurance industry. Instead of helping policyholders attain the health security they need for their families, big insurance companies get rich by denying coverage to patients. Now theyre sending lobbyists to Washington, DC to twist the arms of lawmakers to oppose reform of the status quo. Why? Because the status quo pays.
Learn more at www.sickforprofit.com about the glamorous lives of billionaire health insurance executives and tell us your story of being victimized by their greed.
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