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NEW REPORTS FROM ARA (Alliance for Retired Americans) & Social Security Works

Posted by AllieP on October 27, 2011 at 4:42 pm
This week the Alliance for Retired Americans and Social Security Works have co-released the following reports via press calls and on the ground field events. The reports highlight the critical economic and safety net roles of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid and point to the potentially devastating impacts that would occur if the Super Committee [...]

Repeal of Health Care Impact By County in Michigan

Posted by AllieP on April 4, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Impact of Repealing the Health Care Reform Law In the 1st Congressional District of Michigan Impact of Repealing the Health Care Reform Law In the 1st Congressional District of Michigan Impact of Repealing the Health Care Reform Law In the 2nd Congressional District of Michigan Impact of Repealing the Health Care Reform Law In the 3rd Congressional District of [...]

Getting Health Coverage After Graduation

Posted by AllieP on April 4, 2011 at 10:02 am
Graduating from college is an exciting (and sometimes scary) process. Obtaining health insurance can also be a process fraught with fear. However, this toolkit explains your insurance options and helps you look for important information when finding a health care plan. The toolkit provides information such as: Your health insurance options if you don’t have a job What [...]

Poll: Majority disapprove of defunding health reform

Posted by AllieP on February 16, 2011 at 2:35 pm
When discussing the future of healthcare in America, Republicans in Congress should listen to voters, as a new poll shows that most adults in the United States (55%) would not approve if Congress ended funding for the new bill. According to The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room: A majority of Americans would disapprove of efforts by Congress to [...]

Stop Healthcare Repeal!

Posted by AllieP on January 18, 2011 at 7:53 pm
As you know, instead of working to find bipartisan solutions to create jobs, Republicans in Congress are re-fighting the political debates of the last two years by trying to repeal the new health care law and give control over your health care back to the insurance companies.  Click the link that shows the benefits and consumer protections [...]

Fight Health Care Repeal

Posted by AllieP on January 5, 2011 at 3:15 pm
Join us in the fight against Speaker John Boehner and the Republicans who want to give our health care back to the insurance companies, and sentence more than 30,000 Americans a year to death because they can’t afford health insurance. Republicans in Congress shouldn’t give our health care back to the insurance companies, and sentence more [...]

Keep the Affordable Care Act Strong!

Posted by AllieP on September 13, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Democrats in Congress are continuing to work to create jobs in America and support small businesses. As the Small Business Jobs Act (H.R. 5297) comes to a vote in Congress next week, Republicans are trying to use it as an opportunity to repeal and weaken the new health care law. Senator Johanns (R-NE) has offered [...]

Help For Michigan’s Uninsured

Posted by AllieP on August 24, 2010 at 10:15 am
LANSING – The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) announced yesterday that an agreement has been reached that will offer coverage to uninsured Michigan citizens who have been unable to obtain health coverage because of a pre-existing health condition. Coverage will be offered through Michigan-based HMO Physicians Health Plan of Mid-Michigan (PHP).  PHP has [...]

Poll: 83 percent say healthcare is very important in midterms

Posted by AdamK on August 19, 2010 at 8:16 am
Healthcare remains a key concern for voters ahead of the November midterms, a new CNN poll says, even if the issue is less potent than jobs and the economy. Eighty-three percent of respondents said healthcare was “extremely” or “very” important in determining their vote for Congress. Only five other issues — the economy, unemployment, the deficit, terrorism [...]

New Report on Healthcare CEO Pay

Posted by AdamK on August 11, 2010 at 9:06 am
Washington, DC –  Health Care for America Now (HCAN), the 1,000-member coalition that led the successful fight for health reform, released a report today showing that in 2009, while America’s families struggled with skyrocketing health insurance costs and the worst economy since the Great Depression, chief executives of the 10 largest for-profit health insurance companies [...]