The Heat Is On: Health-Care Reform 2009

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The heat is on to get Health-Care Reform 2009 pushed through before Congress goes on summer recess. There are mixed signals as to whether it will get done or not, but things have certainly become a LOT more active on many social networking sites, notably Digg and Twitter. I have compiled a large list of links to useful web sites, labeled either by their title or key points listed therein.

Feel free to append this list in the comment section below this article.

Remember, today is the day to call your Representative and Senators.

Good luck to all.

HEALTH CARE REFORM LINKS

CASE FOR

Obama calls for Real reform http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Weekly-Address-President-Obama-Calls-for-Real-Health-Care-Reform/

Health care reform explained by the president http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Full-Video-A-National-Discussion-on-Health-Care-Reform/

District Impact – HR 3200 America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1717:hr-3200-americas-affordable-health-choices-act-of-2009-markup-district-by-district&catid=156:reports&Itemid=55#toc10

The scientific arguments for US healthcare reform http://tr.im/u2Bs

Single payer can cut 31% of the total costs overnight by eliminating administrative overhead http://www.johnconyers.com/hr676faq

Nationalized Health Care Would be Good FOR THE INSURED http://forecastingrain.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-nationalized-health-care-would-be.html

UNINSURED

Who is uninsured, why is it increasing, why is it bad, how it costs more money http://www.nchc.org/facts/coverage.shtml

Dramatic Increase in the Uninsured Rate in Every State http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/05/uninsured_increase_map.html

Study: 86.7 million Americans uninsured over last two years http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/04/uninsured.epidemic.obama/

SPIRALING COSTS

Health-care premiums shot up more than 90 percent between 2000 and 2007, while the profits of the 10 largest insurers increased 428 percent over the same period http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072401876.html

Krugman: runaway health care costs http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/runaway-health-care-costs-were-1/

MISC REASONS FOR

Medical Bills Behind Most Bankruptcies http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/06/05/study-medical-bills-behind-most-bankruptcies/

Inequality in spending by income http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/spend.php

Higher Rates of Disease in non whites http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/healthdisparities/index.html

GOP/INSURANCE PROPAGANDA/SCARE TACTICS

Health insurance companies spending over $1.4 million PER DAY on lobbyists http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/05/AR2009070502770.html

Research Firm Cited by GOP Is Owned by Health Insurer http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/22/AR2009072202216.html

GOP cites research from UnitedHealth Group http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/23/756777/-GOPers-cite-nonpartisan-research-from-UnitedHealth-Group-subsidiary

Secret Right-Wing Strategy on Health Care—Exposed http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2009051907/secret-right-wing-strategy-health-care-exposed

Crazy Wingnut Healthcare Attacks Exposed http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/crazy-wingnut-healthcare_b_243075.html

Insurance corporations begin their propaganda war http://healthcare.change.org/blog/view/private_insurance_begins_its_propaganda_war

DEBUNKING MISINFORMATION

Guide to Debunking Healthcare Reform Myths http://tr.im/ublE

Healthcare Reform Myths http://healthcarereformmyths.org/HealthcareReformMyths.php

New CBO study: Public health care option won’t dominate system or wipe out competition http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/27/new-cbo-study-public-health-care-option-wont-dominate-system/

New HELP Bill Costs $600 Billion, Covers 97%, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/01/tnr-full-help-bill-covers_n_224509.html

Fact check on Obama’s health care reform statements http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Story?id=7922187&page=1

COMPETITION and GREED

Insurance corporations have been merging and removing competition since Bush took office http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072401876.html

94 percent of statewide insurance markets are highly concentrated http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072401876.html

In the past 13 years, there have been more than 400 corporate mergers involving health insurers http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072401876.html

Interactive Map: Insurance Market Domination Leads to Fewer Choices http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/06/health_competition_map.html

UnitedHealthCare © Profits Double http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/07/unitedhealthcare-profits-doubled.html

Report finds insurance wrongfully charged consumers http://digg.com/health/Senate_Report_Finds_Insurers_Wrongfully_Charged_Consumers_Bi

Health Insurance Industry focus on profits, not health http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/6/7/739718/-THE-FACTS-ABOUT-THE-HEALTH-INSURANCE-INDUSTRY

WHY STALLED? CORPORATE DONATIONS

Members of five committees working on health care reform legislation received $187.1 million in campaign contributions over their career from health and insurance interests http://www.campaignmoney.org/threevotes

Elected officials who voted against health reform legislation received 65% more in contributions from insurance corporations than officials who voted for reform http://www.campaignmoney.org/threevotes

Health reform legislation is bottled up in two committees whose members have received nearly $100 million in campaign contributions from vested industries http://www.campaignmoney.org/threevotes

WHO TO CALL: a list of votes for the Public Option with names, emails, phone numbers, and party afiliation http://standwithdrdean.com/where_congress_stands?page=2

Phone numbers for senators http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

Contact your Representative http://tinyurl.com/nj45r and Senator http://tinyurl.com/b1lm

Tweet your members of congress http://bit.ly/vIe0J