Fact Sheets & Briefs

Health Insurance Coverage of Women Ages 18 to 64, by State, 2005- 2006

Melinda Gibson — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500

http://www.kff.org/womenshealth/upload/1613_07.pdf

Trends in Health Care Costs and Spending

Melinda Gibson — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400

http://www.kff.org/insurance/upload/7692.pdf

The Evolution of the Health Care Debate

Roger Hickey — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:07:30 -0500

The following are commentaries, blog posts and news releases that show how our "Health Care For America" plan helped shape the debate in 2007. Download this as a pdf document

The Great Risk Shift and Health Care for All
By Christian Norton
December 21, 2006

Health Care forAmerica
By Roger Hickey
January 11, 2007

Health Care for America Posted on Talking Points Memo Café

Activists and Experts Hail Health Care for America Plan
Launch Progressive Debate on Medical Coverage for All
Written by Jacob Hacker and Published by EPI
Campaign for America's Future and other groups that stopped Social Security privatization vow nationwide campaign on health care

AFSCME Supports "Health Care for America" Plan
McEntee: Expansion of employer-based health care offers America its most realistic chance to achieve affordable coverage for all.

Statement of SEIU President Andy Stern regarding the Health Care For America proposal

Health Care For America: Blog Roundup
By Bill Scher, January 16, 2007

Edwards Gives a Nod Toward “Health Care For America”
By Bill Scher, February 6, 2007

The Universal Health Care Debate is Over
By Bill Scher, February 7, 2007

Blog Reaction to Edwards Health Care Plan
By Bill Scher, February 8, 2007

More Links on Hacker and Hickey on Edwards Plan:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/2/6/142556/8612
http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/2/6/135021/6412
http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/billscherforourfuture/2007/feb/06/jacob_hacker_roger_hickey_on_edwards_health_care_plan

Health Care Advocates Praise Edwards Health Plan

Where the Health Care Debate is Going
By Bill Scher, February 20, 2007

Health Care for All Information Project listserve
This is an example of the Health Care for All Information Project listserve. News and action opportunities are sent to 8,000 health care activists weekly.

The Health Care Answers We Need
By Roger Hickey, March 23, 2007

Universal Care: Getting the Right Mix
By Roger Hickey, March 26, 2007

Adviser Describes Obama Health Plan
By David Cutler, June 1, 2007

Hacker: Obama’s Health Plan’s Actually Pretty Good
By Isaiah J. Poole, June 4, 2007

Obamacare: Clearing Away The Fog
By Jacob S. Hacker, June 4, 2007

Hillary Confirms Commitment to Health Care for All
By Roger Hickey, September 21, 2007

Hillary’s Turn
By Jacob S. Hacker, September 24, 2007

Download this as a pdf document to understand the facts and perspectives behind the health plans offered by the 2008 presidential candidates. You will find each of the above commentaries, blog posts and news releases that show how our "Health Care For America" plan helped shape the debate in 2007.

Health Insurance Facts At A Glance

Roger Hickey — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:50:51 -0400

Since 2000, premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance for families have increased by 87% (compared to 12% increase in inflation and 19% increase in annual wages.)
As of 2005, nearly 45 million Americans were totally uninsured of whom 8.3 million were children.
At least $286 billion, enough to cover all of the uninsured and to provide full health care coverage for everyone in the United States, is annually spent on paperwork by competing insurance companies.
In the first 6 months of 2005, HMOs banked profits of $6.98 billion. This was a 21.2% increase in profits over the same period a year earlier.5 The health services/HMO sector spent $32 million on lobbying between 2000 and 2006.
According to a June, 2006 article in the New England Journal of Medicine, seniors hit with a coverage gap like the Part D donut hole are 22% more likely to die than seniors who aren't forced to pay thousands in out-of-pocket expenses.
Allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices would save $332 billion over 7 years, enough money to eliminate the donut hole entirely with no extra cost to taxpayers.

The Bush Medicare Deal: Bad Deal for Americans, Great Deal for Drug Companies

Terrance Heath — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 11:28:05 -0500

On December 8, 2003, President Bush signed a new law he claims will help seniors with their
prescription drug bills. But a close look at the stage that day showed who really stands to
benefit – drug companies and HMOs. Standing with the president weren’t seniors, but
politicians who had taken in some $14 million in contributions from the health and insurance
corporations, and the audience was chock full of lobbyists and drug and HMO industry faces.

The drug deal is a $534 billion example of what is wrong with politics today.