Animating the Need for Health Care Reform
The following animations and videos are designed to educate the public and policy makers about problems with the current health care system and the potential for universal health care solutions.
Play a Video Game, Win Universal Health Care
Play the online shooter game, Nurse Avenger, and send a fax to Governor Schwarzenegger urging him to sign universal health care legislation.
Sink the Health Care Pirates & Support Universal Health Care!
Hear the Austin Lounge Lizards' new song, "Go Ahead & Die," in the music video by Powerhouse Animation. Watch the video and send a fax to Governor Schwarzenegger urging him to support universla health care.
Prescription drug bulk purchasing
Drug companies have been allowed to charge U.S. residents 50-70% more than what patients in Canada and England pay for the exact same medications!
With 35 million people, a California prescription drug bulk purchasing pool could get even better discounts than all of Canada. Right now, the City of Los Angeles is developing such a program.
You do not have to live in Los Angeles to receive discounts of 50-70%. Sign up now and we will notify you when the program begins. Watch the Animation and Sign Up To Save on Your Prescription Drugs!
Reining in HMO Spending
PPOs, HMOs and other health insurers are overcharging us to pay for excessive administrative costs, advertising and huge salaries while they rack up record profits.
For example, following a recent merger, top executives at Blue Cross of California and its parent company, WellPoint, will receive at least $265 million in cash bonuses. Including stock options, CEO Leonard Schaeffer will receive $250 million.Watch the Animation and Sign the Petition to Get Our Health Care Money Back!
HMO Merger Watch
Patients, consumer advocates and business owners brought two live pigs to a public hearing calling on regulators to "cut the pork" out of a proposed merger of health care giants PacifiCare of California and UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
Price-gouged PacifiCare of California patients testified at the hearing in opposition to $445 million in executive bonuses and $389 million in excess reserves that will result in higher insurance rates. Watch a Short Video About the Santa Ana PacifiCare "Pig Out"
