Health Care Dialog

Health Care Information 2008

“Lord, let our eyes be opened”.
Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes.
       Immediately they regained their sight and followed him.
M A T T H E W   2 0 :  3 3 - 3 4

Health Care Reform Dialog with Action Steps*

 
VIDEOS:

Our Vision for U.S. Health Care  - the Catholic Health Association http://www.troncommunications.com/Productions/CHA_FINAL.wmv
One Voice Can Reform Health Care: YOURS

Access to Health Care – The American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/subsite/accesstocare/index.asp?from=fast
* Learn More, * Speak Up, * Take Action

Dialog on Social Change - the Health Care System We Never Built –
Our Healthcare Future.org
http://www.ourhealthcarefuture.org/library/media/flash.html
            * Understand the “dialog” process

Our Healthcare Future - 5 parts of the dialog process http://www.ourhealthcarefuture.org/library/media/index.html 
(especially “Parts 2, 3, & 4”)
* Understand the “dialog” process, * Move towards policy examination.

Catholic Health Association (CHA) Joins Health Reform Coalition (Posted 8/19/08)
CHA joins the American Hospital Association, Families USA, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and the National Federation of Independent Business to promote health care reform through
Harry and Louise Return www.harryandlouisereturn.com
* See the ads and information about the initiative * Access Member Sites
* Watch the press conference(RealPlayer required) o r *Read the news release

Stand Up For Health Care (Families USA)   
http://www.standupforhealthcare.org/
             * Learn Facts, * Tell your story, * Take Action, * Get Involved
            * Sign the Petition http://www.standupforhealthcare.org/page/s/petition
            Harry and Louise Return – CBS - http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4365145

FRONTLINE: sick around the world: watch the full program | PBS
  (2008)
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/view/main.html
Britain, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland provide universal health coverage.
Link to More Than 25 Million Americans Underinsured on “The News Hour”
* Learn more, * Watch with a group ready to consider reform policies.

Why Not the Best?  The 2008 National Scorecard, the Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/multimedia
/multimedia_show.htm?doc_id=697435

A Community Prescription: Healing MetroHealth Medical Center and NE Ohio's medical safety net http://www.cleveland.com/safetynet/  (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
* Join the online dialog about saving the county’s premier local health care system. 
* Learn more, * Follow the online discussions, * Consider using MetroHealth if your insurance uses Metro as a provider, * email your ideas to safetynet@plaind.com

Health Insurance Basics – US News - * Learn More  Purchasing a health Insurance Policy?  http://health.usnews.com/usnews/health/healthination/
healthinsurancebasics.htm
LIFELINE on 60 Minutes: Remote Area Medical Cares for US Uninsured  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/28/60minutes/
main3889496.shtml 
Remote Area Medical    "RAM", airdrops medical personnel, and volunteers into places where the needs are greatest, like the Amazon jungles… and the uninsured and underinsured in the United States (Knoxville, Tennessee).
Health08.org - Videos on healthcare, updated daily  
http://www.health08.org/videos.cfm

HEALTH CARE DIALOGS: * Learn the process of “dialog”, * Conduct a Dialogue
VISION and VOICE http://www.visionandvoice.org -  * four-session adult education series
Faith Leaders Speak on Health Care “trailer” – DVD  can be ordered http://www.visionandvoice.org/?page_id=31

OUR HEALTH CARE FUTURE http://www.ourhealthcarefuture.org 
A field-tested process and materials to engage the general public in a health care dialogue.
* Here you will find everything you need to bring together 25-40 members of your community, * Includes next steps towards policy formation.

Kaiser Family Foundation   http://facts.kff.org/  Fast Facts – facts, slides and online tools
Kaiser Slides – * Learn more, * Make your own PowerPoint!

Theological Statement on Health Care
http://www.faithfulreform.org/index.php/Featured-Resources/   * Print, PowerPoint, Video, and Prayer Resources

CATHOLIC and FAITH-BASED RESOURCES:

Faithful Citizenship – United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 
Facts and Principles to the Health Care Debate
http://www.faithfulcitizenship.org/media/article/saile

Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) www.chausa.org
Our Vision for U.S. Health Care
http://www.chausa.org/Pub/MainNav/ourcommitments/healthreform/  * e-Alerts

Faithful Reform in Health Care http://www.faithfulreform.org/   OHIO

Catholic Charities USA - Improve Access to Health Care :           http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx
?pid=329&srcid=681#cst
* Learn More Background, Key Programs and Policy Positions
NETWORK  http://www.networklobby.org/index.html  *
Myths About the Uninsured   Diocesan Social Action Office(Cleveland) http://www.csnmail.net/~dsao/dsao.htm * Action Alerts
POLICY OPTIONS & TRENDS:
Health08.org at the Kaiser Family Foundation   http://www.health08.org/ 
Analysis http://www.health08.org/analysis.cfm
?CFID=33874969&CFTOKEN=71958282

The National Coalition on Health Care http://www.nchc.org/  * Learn More
Facts on Health Insurance Coverage
http://www.nchc.org/facts/coverage.shtml  

Health Policy Reform in the 2008 Election Season- reports - the Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/General/
General_show.htm?doc_id=670761

A Roadmap to Health Insurance for All: Principles for Reform (Oct.2007) http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications
_show.htm?doc_id=553840

Health System Comparison Chart 5/2008  
http://www.codebluenow.org/vital-signs/Health%20System%20Comparison
%20Charts%205.30.2008.pdf/view?searchterm=Comparison+

Cover the Uninsured, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  http://covertheuninsured.org/
* Learn about Legislation http://covertheuninsured.org/legislation/,
* Get Involved!  http://covertheuninsured.org/whatyoucando/

Physicians for a National Health Program   http://www.pnhp.org/
  -   Physicians for Single-Payer

Voice for the Uninsured - American Medical Association  -  http://www.voicefortheuninsured.org/index.html

America's RN Union Joins With Guaranteed Healthcare Activists to Push for HR 676 at Democratic Convention
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/americas-rn-union-joins-guaranteed/story.aspx?guid=
%7B61E340F4-C920-47E0-A3EA-9D3F3F52C5DD%7D&dist=hppr

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