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The Latest on Health Care ReformThe Senate will pass a bill this week with nothing to control sky-rocketing health care costs like the public option or Medicare buy-in but it does have some positive reform. It bans insurance companies from dropping their customers who get sick and prevents them from denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions. It also helps make insurance more affordable for 30 million people who lack coverage. That's progress. And when the time comes to make additional reforms, there will be less ground to cover than if we give up now because the Senate bill isn't perfect. The House has passed a bill that is a better reflection of our values as liberals. When the Senate finishes its work this week the next step will be a conference committee to settle differences between the two versions. This is the next fight for those of us who want real reform. Contact your Representative, Senators and President Obama and tell them to fight for the House version of the bill. BackgroundADA has been committed to a National Health Service since 1972 and continues to promote publicly supported, universal, comprehensive health coverage, specifically a single payer National Health Service. Our current system leaves 47 million uninsured and over 80 million underinsured. ADA believes the simplest, most cost efficient solution is a single-payer one-class health care system, not linked to a job. Medicare for all, excluding private insurance companies, would save money, cover everyone, and allow patients to choose their health care providers, who would be paid by the government. Read ADA's Resolution on Universal Health Care and see pending health related legislation here. Press Releases and Published Op-eds:Insurance Companies Want Caviar on the Gravy Train - ADA on Huffington Post Shopping for Health Care at the Thrift Store - ADA on Huffington Post We Can No Longer Wait on Health Care Reform, by ADA President Richard Parker Solving America's Health Care Crisis, by former ADA President Congressman Jim McDermott Private Health Insurance Wastes $350 Billion Every Year It's Time for Single Payer, Universal Health Care Coverage, by former ADA President Congressman Jim McDermott Embrace Change in America's Health Care System, by ADA President Congressman Jim McDermott The Obama Plan, by ADA President Congressman Jim McDermott British National Health Service a Model for Reform ADA Research:Unhealthy Handouts for Health Care, by Mary von Euler (2007) Related Issues:
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