Features

Health Care Reform Moves Forward

As the health insurance reform battle moves back to the Senate and the final stretch, progressives need to remember how far we have come, and why we must see this fight through to the end.

Phillip Cryan: Health Care Reform Now at a “Which Side?” Moment for Progressives | » read more

 PLUS
» Terrance Heath: The Morality of Health Care Reform 6 Part Series
» Read the Roger Hickey and Diane Archer statement
» Progressive Breakfast on bill details and progressive community reaction

TAKE ACTION

Thank (or spank) your House member for his or her health-care vote.
» Use this page to find out how your member voted and send a message.

The Reform Push Begins Anew

OUR TAKE: "This is the test for Democrats. With the White House and majorities in both houses of Congress, Democrats have to produce. If they are too cautious or too compromised, they will feed what could be an ugly populist backlash."
» Read the analysis by Robert Borosage | Read speech excerpts

» VIDEO: Robert Reich on "The Truth Behind the Public Option",; "The Health Insurance Racket"

» Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV: "When insurance companies mislead their customers and don’t give them real choices ... it can literally become a matter of life and death. ...To fight back, I have introduced the Consumers Health Care Act ... creating a strong public health insurance option ..." Read his commentary

TAKE ACTION
» Sign our petition: Tell Obama, "Don't Abandon The Public Option!
» Use our Take Action page on health care reform to argue for a robust public plan option.
» See who's paying to kill health reform with this handy chart.
» Use our Fact Check to rebut lies and distortions about reform.
» In-depth research on the public option and health care reform.

Honoring Edward Kennedy's Legacy

As progressives and Americans of all political stripes mourn the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy, please join us in remembering and honoring his legacy as a progressive leader, fighter, and friend.

» Senator Edward Kennedy: - The Cause of My Life - " Quality care shouldn't depend on your financial resources, or the type of job you have, or the medical condition you face. Every American should be able to get the same treatment that U.S. senators are entitled to. This is the cause of my life. "

Can't-Do Blue Dogs
and Won't-Do
Dr. No's

Despite President Obama's call for urgent action on real health care reform this month, Blue Dog conservative Democrats have joined forces with do-nothing conservative Republicans to obstruct progress. They're hoping delay will mean defeat. Don't let it happen.

Join our campaign to tell Congress: "Can't-do and won't-do is unacceptable on health care reform."

WORTH READING Harold Meyerson: The Can't-Do Blue Dogs

NEW Fact Check on the health care debate

» Watch Roger Hickey and Diane Archer discuss the House bill

With health care costs skyrocketing, 57 million American families — or one in five, up from one in seven in 2003 — are struggling with medical bills.

Robert Reich and Jacob Hacker say a public plan option is essential to affordable health care for all. Millions of Americans are making the call for real health care reform.

» Katrina vanden Heuvel: "Real Health, Real Reform"
» Bill Scher: "Memo To Deficit Hawks: Public Plan Option Indisputably Saves Money"
» Dean Baker: "What's So Scary About Offering People the Option of a Public Health Plan?"
» Terrance Heath: "End Health Disparities With Health Care For All"

» Plus more!