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Sen. John McCain’s health care plan would dismantle the employer-provided system that covers more than 60 percent of non-elderly Americans and drive up health care costs, according to experts responding to the announcement of his proposal today. An average family could see their health care costs as much as double under the McCain health care plan, according to an analysis by the Campaign for America’s Future.

President Bush is expected to address problems in the nation’s economy while hailing the state of the union as strong tonight, but for Americans worrying about how to make ends meet, the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to numbers compiled today by the Campaign for America’s Future.

Campaign for America’s Future co-director Robert Borosage said that President Bush’s veto of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization bill today kicks off a major debate about fixing the nation’s broken health care system.

Campaign for America’s Future co-director Roger Hickey said that 156 House Members declared themselves enemies of children and families in today’s vote on children’s health care.

WASHINGTON -- Taxpayers across the country would save $30 billion in prescription drug costs if the federal government were directed to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies over Medicare drug pr more »

WASHINGTON – While all seven of the Democratic presidential contenders who spoke at Saturday’s health care forum agreed that universal health care coverage is the solution to our nation’s health care crisis, they are still striving to get the right mix for a winning health care plan, according to Campaign for America’s Future co-director Roger Hickey.

America's Future and other groups that stopped Social Securityprivatization vow nationwide campaign on health care more »

WASHINGTON -- The Economic Policy Institute released a progressive plan that would provide health care coverage to all Americans today. more »

WASHINGTON – President Bush's prescription drug plan will create serious health and financial consequences for nearly 7 million Americans who fall into the program's "doughnut hole," a massive gap in coverage for those whose annual drug costs are between $2,250 and $5,100, according to a new report released today by the research arm of the Campaign for America's Future. more »

WASHINGTON – Latino taxpayers are at a higher risk of missing the May 15 enrollment deadline for the new prescription drug law because of cultural, language and economic barriers, according to a new report released today by the Campaign for America’s Future. more »