Feb 6, 2012
High Deductible Plans Force Families to Delay Care
A new study finds that adults and children are having to forgo or skip care in families covered by high deductible health care plans.
Feb 2, 2012
Single Payer Fails by Two Votes in California Senate
Progressives in California continue the push for a better health care system.
Oct 1, 2011
Top 10 Reasons to Take Action
10) To show our children we really can change the world, or at least our part of it.
9) To remind corporations and elected officials that ordinary people do make a difference.
Sep 1, 2011
Town Hall Crowds: Social Security, Medicare Cuts Unacceptable
Faced with tough questions from CWA members and other angry voters at town hall meetings and protests over the last month, some Republican lawmakers have been defiant. But there's evidence that others are listening, especially on the critical issues of protecting Medicare and Social Security.
Aug 4, 2011
CWA Activist Call Focuses on August Accountability Actions, Medicare
On August 4, thousands of CWA activists joined another "virtual union meeting" and talked about actions planned in the home districts of members of Congress in August and September.
Jul 28, 2011
CWA Virtual Town Hall with Pelosi to Kick Off Action-Filled August
Kicking off an action-packed month in the battles to protect workers and retirees, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will join CWA by phone for a virtual town hall meeting next Thursday, Aug. 4.
Jul 28, 2011
NY Retirees Protest Congresswoman’s Medicare, Social Security Votes
Several CWA retirees got a jump start on August Accountability Month, joining a coalition of activists last week at the office of a New York congresswoman who voted for the Paul Ryan budget and its attacks on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
Jun 27, 2011
Man Robs Bank to Get Health Care
In North Carolina, a man robs $1 from a local bank to get health care in prison.
Jun 24, 2011
N.J. Assembly Strips Public Employees of Health Care Bargaining Rights
In a devastating blow to a half-million public workers in New Jersey, including 65,000 CWA members, the state Assembly on Thursday stripped them of their right to collectively bargain health care benefits and voted for steep increases in what workers pay for health care and pensions, while CWA is in contract negotiations with a June 30 expiration.
Jun 24, 2011
Selling Insurance Across State Lines Is Bad for Consumers
Conservatives believe that allowing insurance companies to sell policies across state lines will increase consumer choice and lower costs. In reality, it would allow insurance companies to avoid consumer protection laws and lower health care quality for everyone.
Jun 23, 2011
British Fear “U.S.-style” health care system
While many in the U.S. express concern about “socialized medicine” one of the few countries on the planet with an actual socialized medical system is more afraid of becoming like us.
Jun 22, 2011
Life Expectancy Varies Greatly Throughout the U.S.
According to a new study, life expectancies in large swaths of the country have stagnated or declined and the U.S. as a whole is falling behind other industrialized nations.
Jun 15, 2011
Associated Press Answers Questions on Health Care Reform Waivers
Temporary waivers from health care reform regulations issued to company and union insurance plans have become a controversial subject in Washington.
Jun 14, 2011
Diabetes Prevention and Management a Promising Way to Improve Lives and Lower Costs
Fighting diabetes through prevention or management can improve lives while lowering health care costs.
Jun 13, 2011
Obama Administration Provides $40 million for Chronic Disease Prevention
A new chronic disease prevention initiative was announced Tuesday targeting the nation’s most common and costly health problems: heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and arthritis.
Jun 10, 2011
Insurance Company Promises to Refund Excessive Profits to Customers
Blue Shield of California is promising to pay back its customers any excessive profits. Will any other insurance companies follow their lead?
May 26, 2011
GOP Medicare Scheme Backfires as NY Dem Wins Race for Congress
The Republican agenda to kill Medicare, trample workers' rights and cut millionaires' taxes at the expense of everyone else took a well-earned beating in upstate New York on Tuesday, as a Democrat comfortably won the special election for a U.S. House seat the GOP has held for generations.
May 24, 2011
Health Care Costs More Than Doubled in Less Than a Decade
A recent report by the consulting firm Milliman has found projected health care costs for a family of four to be over $19,000, a new record high.
May 24, 2011
Consumers Put Off Needed Care While Health Insurance Companies Make Record Profits
Even during the worst economic downturn in a generation, health Insurance companies are enjoying a third straight year of record profits.
May 23, 2011
Mitt Romney’s Troubles Show Republican Party is Out of Ideas on Health Care
Most governors would be proud of passing legislation that provided affordable health insurance for millions of their state’s residents, but Mitt Romney has come under fire from Republicans for passing a bill that became the basis for President Obama's health care reform.
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