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Health insurance a growing problem |
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Written by Eddie Konczal
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 |
Health insurance a growing problem
Eddie Konczal, Published in The Cranbury Press on 04/20/2007
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More than 45 million Americans don't have health insurance, and the number is growing. The Democratic candidates for next year's presidential election discussed their health care plans at a recent forum moderated by the Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Service Employees International Union.
But we don't have to wait for a new presidential administration to begin addressing the health care crisis.
The National Healthcare Bill, H.R. 676, has been reintroduced in Congress by U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.). H.R. 676 would provide affordable health care for all U.S. residents by expanding and improving the Medicare program to create a publicly financed — yet privately delivered — health care system.
The organization Healthcare-NOW! (www.healthcare-now.org) has designated the month of April "Martin Luther King National Healthcare Month." What better way to honor the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. than to pursue a cause he championed during his life? Ask your representative in Congress to support H.R. 676, and help make affordable healthcare for all Americans a reality.
Eddie Konczal
Monroe
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