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PHI’s analysis of the 2009 Current Population Survey data on health insurance coverage shows that an alarming number of direct-care workers lack health insurance. Read the full story

Helen Hanson, Home Care Worker

The PHI Health Care for Health Care Workers campaign has launched a weekly advocacy effort emphasizing why health reform is so critical for direct-care workers. Read the full story

A Scan Foundation poll (pdf) released on July 8 indicates that nearly 80 percent of Americans would be more likely to support a health reform proposal if it included measures to improve long-term care services for seniors. Read the full story

Senators Max Baucus and Charles Grassley

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Montana), chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the committee’s ranking member, have released a trio of papers addressing options for the overhaul of the U.S. health care system.

“Transforming the Health Care Delivery System: Proposals to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Health Care Costs” (pdf), released on April 29, presents proposals for “revis[ing] payment systems and policies in the Medicare program to promote higher-quality, and more cost-effective care and to reduce fraud, waste and abuse throughout the health system.” Read the full story

President Obama speaks at a White House health summit on March 5

A report from the Senate committee charged with drafting U.S. health reform legislation shows a strong commitment to including long-term care services and supports in the overall plan.

Meanwhile, President Obama has indicated his support for a national health reform plan that reduces costs, guarantees choice, and provides affordable coverage. He has publicly urged the Senate to press forward on the legislation so that it can reach his desk by October. Read the full story

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On June 6, Organizing for America (OFA), the organization formed to continue the grassroots activism of Barack Obama‘s presidential campaign, will launch an effort to promote the President’s plan for national health reform. Read the full story