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Tell Your Senators to Support Senator Reid's Health Reform Bill!

Contact your senators. Tell them it’s their turn to make history.  Tell them to support Majority Leader Reid’s health care bill. Click here for how to call.

Overview

Health care costs have doubled over the last decade. The average job-based family insurance plan costs more than $12,000 a year and is expected to double by 2016.
 
America’s health care system is structured to profit the drug industry, insurance companies, and medical specialty businesses. It is not structured to provide better health care for American families.
 
U.S. PIRG will be fighting for affordable health care that every family can depend on by:
 
  • Stopping insurance companies from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions.
 
  • Trimming costly red tape and overhead through simplified insurance forms, information technology and insurer-efficiency standards.
 
  • Rewarding personalized care from your provider and prevention, not just endless tests, procedures and emergency room visits.
 
  • Giving every patient and doctor the most up-to-date information on which treatments and medicines work best.
 
  • Making insurance plans compete for your business, by letting Americans choose the care that’s right for them: keep the coverage they have, choose another private insurance plan, or select a quality public health insurance option.