The Ad Hoc Committee to Defend Health Care: A Call to Action

1) Republican Rx Proposal: A Political Placebo. A rebuttal against the House Republican leaders' proposal for a Medicare drug benefit. From Public Citizen
2) Congressional Democratic Prescription Drug Plan Proposal Is Inadequate. The Bill Is Like Giving the Patient Half the Pill They Need. From Public Citizen
3) "Who are the Adult Uninsured?" by the Urban Institute provides an overview of data on adults lacking health insurance coverage in the United States. Findings show that younger, low-income adults, particularly blacks and Hispanics, have the highest rates of uninsurance. At the same time, half of low-income uninsured adults are white, and the majority of uninsured low-income adults reside in households with at least one full-time worker.
4) "The Status of the Medicare Part A and Part B Trust Funds: The Trustees' Year 2000 Reports" These new data from AARP summarizes and graphically illustrates projections of the Medicare Funds' short- and long-term financial health, and describes the Trustees' recommended actions to address long-term financial problems.
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