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Medicare Drug Plan a Fiasco for Seniors
Last year, President George W. Bush couldn't stop talking about the Medicare prescription drug plan, boasting that his administration and Republicans in Congress had made it easier and less expensive for seniors to get the medicines they need.
Health Care Not Factor In Canadian Bargaining
Imagine heading into contract negotiations knowing that you don't have to worry about health care. Knowing that your bargaining team can fight hard for better wages without fearing that any raises will be offset by higher out-of-pocket costs for premiums, doctor visits and prescriptions.
Making Big Companies Pay Their Fair Share
Why should Wal-Mart and other hugely profitable companies be able to foist health care costs for employees onto taxpayers?
Health Savings Accounts a Step Backward
Like Social Security in 2005, "health savings accounts" will be the buzzwords from the White House for the foreseeable future in 2006.
Soaring Costs Make Bargaining Tougher than Ever
Louise Novotny, CWA Research Director
In the bitter cold of February three years ago, 14,000 IUE-CWA members at General Electric took to the streets to protest the company's unilateral decision to slash health benefits.