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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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more