Families USA

Health Reform a Welcome Birthday Present for One Denver Boy

David Frey | Posted 05.25.2011

David Frey

As health reform legislation kicks in, I'm thinking about Justin. When the package was passed, it came just in time for his 11th birthday, a day he survived to see thanks to our country's great health care system.

Sam Stein

Health Care Advocates Deny They've Lost The Messaging War

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Key White House allies are pushing back against a report that they've abandoned their initial efforts to sell health care reform and are instead tryin...

House Health Care Vote Transforms the Political Landscape

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Creamer

By Election Day, there will be very few districts where a vote for health care reform is unpopular. But I would also argue, that this fall we will see clear evidence that courage itself is very popular.

Health Care Reform Would Bring Insurance To 500,000 Coloradans: Report

The Colorado Independent | Katie Redding | Posted 05.25.2011

A report released this week by Families USA, a nonprofit promoting greater health care access, predicts that the Senate Patient Protection and Afforda...

As COBRA Subsidies Expire, Unemployed Fear High Insurance Costs

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up compelling local stories about the victims of the recession. Federal...

Sam Stein

Strange Bedfellows Launch $10 Million Health Care Ad Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

A strange-bedfellows conglomeration of interest groups is launching a $10 million ad campaign to applaud lawmakers -- Democrats and Republicans alike ...

Progressives: Take Back Talk Radio to Save Health Care Reform

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Art Levine

Families USA has compiled a one-stop-shopping guide to influencing national and local call-in radio shows, complete with contact phone numbers, strategic pointers and talking points.

Hillary Takes It to McCain on Health Care Today

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Art Levine

Maybe the Democrats, including Hillary's own most ardent supporters, will find winning health care reform a good enough reason to unite behind Obama.