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Address the Crisis in Health Care

The time is now to reform America's failing health care system. Click on the links below for analysis of how our health care system is broken and details of the SEIU plan to provide affordable, quality health care for everyone.

SEIU's American Health Security Plan

Nearly 30 percent of all workers are employed at firms that do not offer health care coverage. An estimated 31 million working age adults were contacted by collection agencies for unpaid medical bills in the past year. Too many Americans are suffering physically and financially under our failing health care system. Read a comprehensive summary and analysis of SEIU's proposal to provide decent health care for everyone.

Take Action
Contact your United States Senators and Representative and ask them to support the Health Security for All Americans Act - H.R. 4992 in the House and S. 2888 in the Senate. To find out who your Senators and Representative are, and how to contact them click here.

Media Coverage of SEIU's Health Security Plan

Read William Raspberry's nationally syndicated column endorsing the American Health Security Plan.

Health Care Crisis is Here - Time to Reform is Now

Health care costs are spiraling out of control. Millions will be losing their health insurance within the next year. Now is the time to fix our broken health care system. Read this New Republic article on the coming health care castrophe.

Health Care Profiteers Fight Health Care Reform

The pharmaceutical industry, the insurance industry and others who profit from the American health care system are spending unprecedented amounts of money to stop reform. Read the details.

Why We Need Health Care for Everyone

Find out why providing everyone with access to decent health care makes the most sense economically as well as morally.