As of tonight, Sunday - 487 union orgs now are backing HR676 (http://unionsforsinglepayerhr676.org/)
And now some hard numbers on cost effectiveness from our own govt. are in re the case - this from story NPR did: "...A recent analysis by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit group that sponsors health care research, is giving supporters of a public plan some ammunition.
The study estimated costs and coverage under a hypothetical health reform plan similar to what Obama proposed in the campaign. It found that a public plan like Medicare could reduce projected health care costs by about $2 trillion over an 11-year period. Premiums in the public plan would be at least 20 percent lower, partly because of reduced administrative costs. Within a decade or so, some 105 million people would be in the public plan, compared with about 107 million with private insurance.
Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis said the administration has been very interested in the study. "Some of their top economists are on the phone, poring over it," she said in an interview..." (NPR story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101554585
Commonwealth Fund Analysis: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/News/News-Releases/2009/Jan/New-Analysis--Congressional-Health-Care-Reform-Proposals-Would-Offer-Coverage-to-Many-Without-Insura.aspx
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