Union leaders announce 'big improvements' in Senate's health care tax plan
Leaders of America's major unions, coming out of intense negotiations with the president and congressional leaders, said late yesterday that they were close to winning big improvements for workers in the health care reform legislation nearing completion in the Congress.
Californians rally for state single-payer health system
Californians rally and lobby for a statewide single-payer health care system.
Seniors rally for strong health care reform
Hundreds of seniors from all over the state gathered at the Chowder Pot restaurant in Hartford to learn about the meaning of health care reform.
Aid urgently needed to stem Cook County health care crisis
Stroger Hospital, is the largest public hospital in Cook County and one of the largest in the country. If there is a place where the nation's horrific health care crisis can be seen this is it.
Health Care for America Now campaigns to finish reform right
Health Care for America Now has launched an intensive campaign calling for public option and other measures in the final bill.
Senate health care vote lays the groundwork
Health care reformers applauded the Senate's vote for a health care reform bill, calling it "groundwork" for expanding and improving the health care system in the weeks and months ahead.
Health care activists vow to continue struggle
A Philadelphia rally makes the point that the Senate's health care bill is not the end of the struggle.
Trucks spew deadly pollution at nation’s ports, new reports show
Emissions from thousands of trucks filling our ports cause hypertension, asthma, heart disease, lung cancer and a host of other respiratory illnesses among drivers and surrounding communities.
Health care inspires 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' remix
On the Senate floor Dec. 22, Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., delivered a health care inspired version of the classic Christmas poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas."
Senate clears the way for health reform vote
WASHINGTON— In the wee hours of a snowbound Monday morning the U.S. Senate voted 60 to 40 to terminate debate and move toward a final vote on health care reform legislation before they adjourn for Christmas.
