The UFCW and Health Care
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June 25 Rally for Real Health Care ReformSponsored by Health Care for America Now! the mid-day Capitol Hill rally was followed by lobbying visits and several town hall meetings. President Obama and many congressional Democrats are backing health care reform that brings down costs, provides quality care for all and includes a public health care option, among other key principles. But the insurance industry and big pharmaceutical companies are desperately trying to weaken health care reform and protect their soaring profits and near monopoly control of the health care market.
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HEALTH CARE HEADLINES
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THE UFCW BELIEVES THERE ARE THREE KEY COMPONENTS TO HEALTH CARE REFORM:
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THE RESTORATION OF CHOICE AND COST-CONTROLS in the insurance industry through a public health insurance option;
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SHARED RESPONSIBLITY among individuals, employers, insurance companies, and the government;
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NO NEW TAX ON HEALTH BENEFITS that would place additional stress on the already-struggling middle class.
HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA IS TOO EXPENSIVE, TOO EXCLUSIVE, TOO UNRELIABLE, AND GETTING WORSE. UFCW members fight hard for their health benefits every time we sit down at the bargaining table. With escalating premiums and the sky-rocketing cost of care, it's getting harder and harder to keep the quality, affordable coverage our families need. WORKERS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN of our broken health care system just because our leaders in Washington won't take action. We need a national solution to this national crisis.
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--Laurie Piazza, Local 428 (left)
-Mary Tapia-Barthel, UFCW Local 881 (left) |
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CITIZEN'S HEALTH CARE WORKING GROUP
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"HEALTH CARE IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR THIS COUNTRY. 
From 2003 to 2006, the UFCW worked with the congressionally mandated Citizens’ Health Care Working Group to hold an unprecedented nationwide dialogue with the American people.  |
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