Hip-Hop For Health Care Reform

Hip-hop artists are being mobilized in the battle for health care reform, and in this video the mother of rapper and producer J Dilla, Maureen Yancey, explains how health care for her son overwhelmed her with medical bills after his private insurance expired.

Hip-Hop Caucus CEO Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. equates the health care reform fight to the battle against Jim Crow segregation, arguing that a "Jennifer Crow MD" is pushing policies that reinforce health care disparities among communities of color.

A member of the pioneering group A Tribe Called Quest, Malik Taylor, discusses his illness and how he managed to cope.

The Campaign for America's Future is a member of the Health Care for America Now coalition, which advocates a health care reform plan that includes a public plan choice, which would make health insurance more widely available and more affordable.