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A Tale of 2 Countries
This short video, produced by the Canadian Media Guild-CWA, contrasts the Canadian health care system with the approach used in the United States.
Video
AFL-CIO
The AFL-CIO’s Health Care website provides information and tools to help union members become active players and health care voters.
Coalition Partners
Barack Obama vs John McCain: The Health Care Debate
July 9, 2008 | PDF 400kb
A PDF flyer outlining CWA’s Health Care and Employee Free Choice Act Campaigns platform and comparing the presidential candidates’ plans for health care reform to CWA’s Health Care Reform Principles.
CWA Fact Sheets and Resources
Barack Obama’s Health Care Plan
One page fact sheet about Barack Obama’s Health Care Plan.
CWA Fact Sheets and Resources
Better Health Care Together
A coalition of labor, business and public policy organizations to promote achieving universal health care by 2012. Members include CWA and three of its employers: AT&T, Embarq and Qwest.
Coalition Partners
Call to Action: Health Care Reform
November 12, 2008
Senator Max Baucus's vision for comprehensive health reform. The plan adresses health care coverage, quality, and cost.
Reports and Studies
Center for American Progress: Health Policy and the Economic Crisis
October 29, 2008
Testimony of the Center for American Progress's Jeanne Lambrew on the relationship between the economic crisis and health policy.
Reports and Studies
Commonwealth Fund: How Many Are Underinsured? Trends Among U.S. Adults, 2003 and 2007
It’s not just the 47 million uninsured who have trouble paying for the health care they need. This report estimates another 25 million are underinsured – they have coverage that doesn’t pay for needed services or hits patients with unaffordable deductibles and co-payments.
Reports and Studies
Commonwealth Fund: How the Loss of Adequate Health Insurance Is Burdening Working Families
This report, from 2008, looks at how growing medical debt is burdening families.
Reports and Studies
Commonwealth Fund: Results from the National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2008
Comparing U.S. Health System performance overall with other developed countries and with top-performing states. The report finds U.S. performance has declined slightly in the past four years.
Reports and Studies
Latest News
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12/26/08 – Members tell Obama: Don’t just tinker with a broken health system
12/23/08 – Clues from Daschle to Obama health strategy?
12/23/08 – The economy and the health system continue to stress each other
12/23/08 – Insurance companies are talking to Obama about health. Are you?