Give Me Your Unemployed, Your Poor, Your Uninsured
Campus Progress reports on the health care debate — and who stands to gain the most from heath care reform.
By Campus Progress
July 23, 2009
The week of July 20-24, while Congress debated bills that have the potential to reform health care in America, Campus Progress looked at health care through reported stories of those who are uninsured. Our reporting revealed that when you take a close look, you find uninsured Americans in places you least expect them.
-Kay Steiger, Editor
Obama’s Uninsured
They may have elected the first black president, but many former Obama organizers are still unemployed and uninsured.
By Jake Blumgart
Kevin Donohue got a temporary job working as Topspin, a mascot for Washington, D.C.‘s professional tennis team. The temporary gig comes without health insurance benefits. (Washington Kastles)
The Freedom to Write
Health insurance costs are preventing the self employed from following their dreams.
By Matt Zeitlin
Simone Nicole Sneed sits at her computer at her apartment in Latham, N.Y. She has been a brand ambassador for a telephone company, a back-up singer in a local theater, a freelance grant writer and a psychic in a scavenger hunt. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)
Adjunct Abuse?
Higher education relies heavily on part-time teachers, but these faculty members get paid little and don’t usually get health insurance.
By Emily Rutherford
Part-time professor Melinda Marie Jette, left, sits in on a discussion with her class at Western Oregon University in Monmouth. The numbers of adjuncts are on the rise nearly everywhere, as state universities search for ways to keep costs and tuition down, against a backdrop of falling state support. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
No Tax, No Spend
Taxing health benefits is a great way of funding health care reform. So why are unions working so hard to stop it from happening?
By Dylan Matthews
LIUNA’s ad that attacks changes to health care.
FAMOUS FACES
Five Minutes With: Ezra Klein
Ezra Klein rose quickly to become an expert in health care. He told Campus Progress about what’s really standing in the way of health care reform.
Video: Howard Dean
Howard Dean backs Obama’s health care plan and promotes his new book.
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