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Home Care Worker Reports from DC Rally for Health Care Reform
Hannah Sassaman

Janice Churchill joined 2,000 other Pennsylvanians in Washington, DC last week to urge Congress to pass health care reform including a strong public health insurance option. She attended a town hall with Rep. Sestak, Rep. Schwartz, and Sen. Specter.

We Need a Public Option to Control Costs
Jesse Salazar

A new report on healthcare costs released last week is underscoring the urgency to reform healthcare.  According to the consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers, employers’ healthcare costs will increase by 9 percent next year. That means more Pennsylvania businesses struggling to compete and stay viable. And it means even higher premiums, deductibles, and co-pays for working families.

In Memory of Billy Koehler
Matt Richards

In her last post, Georgeanne Koehler shared with you part of her brother Billy's story. Billy had a life-threatening heart arrythmia, but didn't have health insurance to get the battery in his defibrillator changed.

My Brother Billy's Fight for Health Care
Georgeanne Koehler

I don't know when it happened, but our health care system changed. It used to be about giving care to those who needed it. Now it's about making money. That change left people like brother Billy unable to get the care they need. Here is part of his story.

An America I Can Believe In - Part Two
Cathy Stoddart, RN

I just barely made it to the White House on time and joined my colleagues in the East Room of the White House. The fact that I was asked to be here, as a nurse and a working class American, filled my heart with a pride I can’t explain.

An America I Can Believe In - Part One
Cathy Stoddart, RN

I was on my way to the White House to talk about health care reform at the first ever town hall meeting with Pres. Barack Obama when my car broke down. A kind woman who has had her own struggles with health care offered me a ride and asked me to carry her story with me.