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Some 45 million people across the U.S. have no health insurance, with many more lacking adequate coverage. ACORN members are working to achieve affordable health care for all. Work is currently underway to get more hospitals to institute “charity care," or free care, programs and discounts. ...
McCain Campaign Says Your Health Care Plan Is Better Than Theirs
swampland.blogs.time.com — Wow : CNN Money: Election: Your health insurance at stake -- Younger, healthier workers likely wouldn't abandon their company-sponsored plans , said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain's senior economic policy adviser. " Why would they leave ?" ... (more) McCain Campaign Says Your Health Care Plan Is Better ...
 John McCain's health care plan, in his own words (video)
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John McCain's health care plan, in his own words (video)
youtube.com — John McCain explains his health care plan in his own words. Go to http://www.whichsidearetheyon.com for more information. (more) John McCain's health care plan, in his own words (video)
McCain Campaign: Our Health Plan Doesn't Work
blog.healthcareforamericanow.org — Another admission from the McCain campaign that their health care plan is nothing more than a bunch of right-wing platitudes thrown together without any real serious thought as to how to solve the health care crisis. From CNN: Changing the tax ... (more) McCain Campaign: Our Health Plan Doesn't Work
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Bertha Lewis: ACORN's 4-Day Plan To Turn Registrations Into Votes
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... , and other economic justice issues will help diverse voters in MN, NM, CO, MI, and elsewhere make informed choices regarding ballot initiatives (such as state income tax decreases that will negatively affect public education, right to unionize measures, and state amendments on predatory lending practices) and public policy so they can later hold politicians accountable to ACORN constituents and other low-income voters. ...

ACORN's Four-Day Plan to Turn Registrations Into Votes
Open Left - Front Page — While ACORN's record-breaking voter registration campaign - and the partisan attacks which followed - have been much in the news lately, ACORN members and organizers are hard at work conducting extensive Get Out the Vote programs to make sure that ACORN members, new registrants, immigrant citizens, young people, and infrequent voters in low-income and minority communities participate in this historic election. Below the flip are some highlights of our work. All of ACORN's voter mobilization programs target new registrants and infrequent voters. Many voters reached by these GOTV initiatives will have been registered ...

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