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The
Institute of Medicine’s Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance
has completed a three-year study focusing on what being uninsured
means for individuals, families, communities, and society as a
whole. Find the six-part study here, including fact sheets,
(navigate to site to choose PDFs).
HealthAction 2005 Toolkits from FamiliesUSA and Wellstone
Action
"Why Medical Savings Accounts are Bad for Children" by
Consumer's Union, publishers of Consumer Reports Magazine
Vets Return, But Not Always with Healthcare, Christian
Science Monitor
Interfaith Leaders for Universal Healthcare and What You Can Do
"Solving the healthcare crisis
should be the top priority for our elected leaders."
--Dr. George Benjamin, Director American
Public Health Association
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1950's Family watching TV, not worrying about
healthcare.
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Healthcare for All for
Strong, Healthy Families |
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Position statement:
Democrats believe that every American has a basic right
to affordable healthcare. Based on the values of
fairness, compassion and justice, Democrats care about
the health and safety of American families. With
more than 45 million Americans now uninsured, and that
number climbing rapidly, Democrats believe that we can
do better as a Country to protect our citizens.
Democrats believe that America is strong when our
citizens are protected.
By contrast,
Republicans believe that healthcare is a
privilege and not a right. If you can't afford the
escalating cost of healthcare, even though you are
working, you are simply out of luck. Universal
healthcare for working American families is unpopular,
even distained by Republicans. They believe that
you are on your own, whereas we believe that we are all
in this together.
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Frame using these
values:
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Fairness
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Compassion
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Justice
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Security
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Protection
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Responsibility
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Repeat these ready-made frames:
"Healthy Families"
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themes:
Hardworking families deserve affordable healthcare;
Universal healthcare is economical; Universal healthcare
should be a right in America just as it is in every
other developed Country; America is the only 1st-world
Country without healthcare for its citizens;
Republican HSA proposal will double the cost of
healthcare for working families while providing another
tax break for the rich -- |
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concepts: "Health Savings Accounts" reframe to
"Your Health Will Suffer Accounts"; "Culture of Life"
should include universal healthcare, otherwise it isn't
a culture of life. |
| Contrast
using these words:
"Callous Conservatives"; "Anti-Family President"; The
Republican motto is "Stop
government before it can help" and the easiest way to do
this is to borrow and spend so that there is no money
for social programs in America;
HSA's are just another tax scheme to benefit the rich
while hurting middle class and low income families —
employers will just cut existing health coverage |
| Avoid repeating these
words: "Health Savings
Accounts" |
| Know the tools in the
radical Republican tool chest:
1.
The Radical Republican
Manifesto:
The Integration of Theory and Practice: A Program for
the New Traditionalist Movement by Eric Heubeck;
2. Frank Luntz Republican Playbook — Searchable Text-Version
3. "14
Words Never to Use"
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Quick facts*:
- The United States is the only
industrialized country in the world that does not
provide heath care for all its citizens
- The number of
uninsured soared by over 5 million during Bush’s
first term
- 1 million more uninsured added in 2003, 1 million
more uninsured added in 2004
- 46 million Americans have no
health insurance in 2005 with 80% living in working
families
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8.4 million children have no
health insurance
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Healthcare costs are rising at four times the rate
of inflation
- 1.4 million more people will
become uninsured under Republican HSA plan.
- Uninsured people are sicker, and
so when they do get medical attention, it is a drain
on our medical institutions. It is far cheaper
to insure families and prevent illness than to care
for the uninsured in our emergency rooms.
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The Medicare prescription drug
program is costing triple what the White House said,
$1.2 trillion over the next ten years.
Who's the big profiteer in this program?
Pharmaceutical companies. Drug companies gave
$1 million in campaign contributions to
President Bush and $16 million to members of
Congress in the run-up to the November elections.
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Research:
The Nation's Health, American Public Health
Association
The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies,
an independent, scientific organization and advisor
to the Nation on public health —
find healthcare specific research and
recommendations for this President and Congress here
Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities
FamiliesUSA
Bush Record on Healthcare
Consumer's Union, publishers of Consumer Reports
Magazine "Why Medical Savings Accounts are Bad for
Children" —facts and stats, easy to read
Profile of the Uninsured, Kaiser Family
Foundation
Science Reference Services, Division of the
Library of Congress —index of health and medical
information
Cover the Uninsured Week and
fact sheets, personal stories, glossary and more,
PDF downloads
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