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State Action and Local Groups Join Nationwide Grassroots
Health Care Campaign to offer bold new solution for health
care reform
Health Care for America Now is a national grassroots campaign
organizing millions of Americans to win a guarantee of quality,
affordable health care for all. We are grounded
in organizations that can mobilize people at work, at home,
in their neighborhoods, and online.
We're
bringing together community organizers, nurses, doctors,
small business owners, faith-based groups, organizations
of people of color, and seniors who believe it's time we
had an American solution that provides quality, affordable
health care for everyone.
We're
offering a bold new solution that gives you real choice
and a guarantee of quality coverage you can afford: keep
your current private insurance plan, pick a new private
insurance plan, or join a public health insurance plan.
We're
also calling for regulation on health insurance companies.
We need to set and enforce rules that quash health insurance
companies' greed once and for all.There is a huge divide
between our plan and the insurance companies' plan for healthcare
reform. We want to make sure you have the quality coverage
you need at the price you can afford. They want to leave
you alone to fend for yourself in the unregulated, bureaucratic
health insurance market.
Our
plan is affordable for people and business. Their plan is
profitable for them. With no regulation, health insurance
companies can and will charge whatever they want, set high
deductibles, and continue to drop coverage when you get
sick. Now is the time to pick a side!
WHICH
SIDE ARE YOU ON?
READ
THE STATEMENT OF COMMON PURPOSE
SEE
THE LIST OF PARTNERS
THE
TIME IS NOW TO DEMAND A GUARANTEE OF AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE
FOR ALL!!
JOIN
US!
CLICK
HERE
for a video link
to ABC6 Coverage of RI HCAN
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What
can small business do to Help fix The broken Health Care
system?
Small
business owners are experts on the broken health care system.
No
one knows as well as small business owners do how badly
our health care system is broken. Small businesses are routinely
left vulnerable to the premium hikes, benefit cuts, coverage
denials and administrative nightmares that are commonplace
in the health care system today.
The
voices of Rhode Island 's small business owners need to
be heard.
No
small business owner acting alone can surmount these challenges.
But together, we can make a difference. It will take hard
work and commitment, but together we can do our part. That
is the promise of a united voice of small business owners
across Rhode Island coming together to fix the broken health
care system.


Business
Speaks Out on Health Care!
Ted
Almon , president of the Claflin
Company,
speaks
at a news conference to protest the
proposed
cuts to the state's RIte Care program
DHS
proposal to trim
RIte
Care rolls draws criticism
01:00
AM EST
on Thursday,
December 13, 2007
By
Steve
Peoples
Journal
State
House Bureau
Principles
for Health Care
Reform:
-
Rhode
Island
must
preserve
RIte
Care
to
serve
as
a
model
towards
affordable
health
care
for
all
citizens
that
controls
the
escalation
of
costs
and
improves
health
outcomes.
-
Everyone
deserves
quality
health
care
coverage
without
regard
to
income,
employment,
age,
gender,
race,
locations,
and
health
conditions.
-
Small
businesses
must
not
be
asked
to
bear
an
unfair
proportion
of
the
cost
of
providing
health
insurance.