Costs of Health Care Continue to Skyrocket: In less than 10 years our spending on health care will be over $4 trillion if we don’t do something to fix the problem now.
Fair Share Health Care Update: It’s swept the nation, so what’s the status?
If It's Broke, Fix It: An overwhelming majority of Americans think our health care system is broken and we need real reform according to a poll from AHC and the Center for American Progress.
Who Are Health Care Voters?: Kathy and Mike lost their insurance when Mike lost his job of 30 years. They are both diabetic, take numerous prescription drugs, and are struggling to get by.
Costs of Health Care Continue to SkyrocketIn less than 10 years our spending on health care will be over $4 trillion if we don’t do something to fix the problem now.
A report released by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services indicates that, as we well know, health care costs are on the rise and show no sign of stopping. Other key facts from the report include:
Americans will spend $421 billion of their own money on health care, up from $248.8 billion in 2005.
Prescription drug spending is expected to reach $446 billion, up from $188 billion in 2004.
Medicare spending will reach $792 billion, up from $309 billion in 2004.
Medicaid spending will reach $320 billion, up from $293 billion in 2004.
Fair Share Health Care Update: It's Swept the Nation, So What's the Status?Here are some key developments about Fair Share Health Care that you’ll want to know.
Maryland: Wal-Mart’s CEO Lee Scott wrote in a Washington Post op-ed that Wal-Mart will stay in Maryland and continue their growth in-state, possibly including a large distribution center the company was threatening to pull.
Rhode Island: Fair Share Health Care is moving forward and looking strong. We’re expecting a vote on the legislation in mid-April and will keep you posted on its progress.
New Hampshire, Washington, and Colorado: Fair Share Health Care did not make it out of committee despite valiant efforts of organizers, lobbyists, Health Care Voters, and state legislators. But there is hope for next year. Washington’s Governor Christine Gregoire promised to pass a bill in the 2006-2007 session.
Currently, Fair Share Health Care has also been introduced and is in play in states including Alaska, California, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.
If It's Broke, Fix ItAn overwhelming majority of Americans think our health care system is broken and we need real reform according to a poll from AHC and the Center for American Progress. Health care costs are seen as the primary threat facing our country’s economy, but more importantly, by a margin of nearly 2-to-1, they are identified as the number one threat facing the economic well-being of individual Americans.
An overwhelming 89 percent of Americans – including 80 percent of Republicans and 84 percent of Conservatives – agree with the following statement: With costs rising out of control and the quality of health coverage declining, the health care system in our country is broken, and we need to make fundamental changes.
For more information on the poll, including a video clip of the poll’s key findings with pollster Karl Agne, Andy Stern and Anna Burger, among others, visit www.ImAHealthCareVoter.org.
Who Are Health Care Voters?Kathy and Mike lost their insurance when Mike lost his job of 30 years. They are both diabetic, take numerous prescription drugs and are struggling to get by.
Kathy and Mike couldn’t afford the $748 per month COBRA premium to keep health care coverage.
Kathy is disabled and needs ten prescriptions totaling more than $1200 per month. Mike’s prescriptions would cost over $400 a month. Without insurance they can’t afford their medications and as they run out aren’t taking them anymore. A $100 doctor’s office visit on top of the cost of prescriptions is more than they can afford.
In order to cut her prescription costs, Kathy joined a medical study to get help with her cholesterol-lowering prescription, but was unsure whether she was taking the actual medication or a placebo. Kathy and Mike know that something needs to be done to fix the health care crisis.
Because the longer we wait, the worse it’s going to get. Tell us why you’re a Health Care Voter.
Fair Share Health Care Update: It’s swept the nation, so what’s the status?
If It's Broke, Fix It: An overwhelming majority of Americans think our health care system is broken and we need real reform according to a poll from AHC and the Center for American Progress.
Who Are Health Care Voters?: Kathy and Mike lost their insurance when Mike lost his job of 30 years. They are both diabetic, take numerous prescription drugs, and are struggling to get by.
Costs of Health Care Continue to SkyrocketIn less than 10 years our spending on health care will be over $4 trillion if we don’t do something to fix the problem now.
A report released by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services indicates that, as we well know, health care costs are on the rise and show no sign of stopping. Other key facts from the report include:
Americans will spend $421 billion of their own money on health care, up from $248.8 billion in 2005.
Prescription drug spending is expected to reach $446 billion, up from $188 billion in 2004.
Medicare spending will reach $792 billion, up from $309 billion in 2004.
Medicaid spending will reach $320 billion, up from $293 billion in 2004.
Fair Share Health Care Update: It's Swept the Nation, So What's the Status?Here are some key developments about Fair Share Health Care that you’ll want to know.
Maryland: Wal-Mart’s CEO Lee Scott wrote in a Washington Post op-ed that Wal-Mart will stay in Maryland and continue their growth in-state, possibly including a large distribution center the company was threatening to pull.
Rhode Island: Fair Share Health Care is moving forward and looking strong. We’re expecting a vote on the legislation in mid-April and will keep you posted on its progress.
New Hampshire, Washington, and Colorado: Fair Share Health Care did not make it out of committee despite valiant efforts of organizers, lobbyists, Health Care Voters, and state legislators. But there is hope for next year. Washington’s Governor Christine Gregoire promised to pass a bill in the 2006-2007 session.
Currently, Fair Share Health Care has also been introduced and is in play in states including Alaska, California, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.
If It's Broke, Fix ItAn overwhelming majority of Americans think our health care system is broken and we need real reform according to a poll from AHC and the Center for American Progress. Health care costs are seen as the primary threat facing our country’s economy, but more importantly, by a margin of nearly 2-to-1, they are identified as the number one threat facing the economic well-being of individual Americans.
An overwhelming 89 percent of Americans – including 80 percent of Republicans and 84 percent of Conservatives – agree with the following statement: With costs rising out of control and the quality of health coverage declining, the health care system in our country is broken, and we need to make fundamental changes.
For more information on the poll, including a video clip of the poll’s key findings with pollster Karl Agne, Andy Stern and Anna Burger, among others, visit www.ImAHealthCareVoter.org.
Who Are Health Care Voters?Kathy and Mike lost their insurance when Mike lost his job of 30 years. They are both diabetic, take numerous prescription drugs and are struggling to get by.
Kathy and Mike couldn’t afford the $748 per month COBRA premium to keep health care coverage.
Kathy is disabled and needs ten prescriptions totaling more than $1200 per month. Mike’s prescriptions would cost over $400 a month. Without insurance they can’t afford their medications and as they run out aren’t taking them anymore. A $100 doctor’s office visit on top of the cost of prescriptions is more than they can afford.
In order to cut her prescription costs, Kathy joined a medical study to get help with her cholesterol-lowering prescription, but was unsure whether she was taking the actual medication or a placebo. Kathy and Mike know that something needs to be done to fix the health care crisis.
Because the longer we wait, the worse it’s going to get. Tell us why you’re a Health Care Voter.
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