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| To find your elected officials - local, state and federal - use mdelect.org |
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| This legislation fact sheet will provide 50,000 Marylanders with health coverage while reducing the health costs of smoking; a response to misleading arguments on the issue; and a memo on voter support for the increase. Fact sheet from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids on the benefits of a tobacco tax. |
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Health Care for All! Plan |
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| Key points for this plan to provide health care coverage for all Marylanders. |
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Cover The Uninsured Resources |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has published several useful advocacy resources to help individuals and groups with media, letters to the editor, outreach, etc. to support the Cover the Uninsured Week April 23-29, 2007. |
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Contribute for an anthology that puts a human face on America 's health care crisis. Established health writer/editor seeks true stories from/about women – patients, providers, caregivers, family members – sharing positive and negative experiences. Anthology will illuminate how the system is failing everyone, particularly women who shoulder much of the burden, and will offer models/alternatives that work for developing responsive, appropriate public policy. Email Elayne Clift at eclift@vermontel.net or write to her at PO Box 299, Saxtons River, Vt. 05154. |
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Facts and Figures |
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| A fact sheet with specific information to Maryland's health care coverage, including the uninsured, costs, medicare, etc. |
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| The "Women's Health Insurance Coverage" 2008 fact sheet gives the status of healthcare insurance for women and highlights that the patchwork of coverage leaves 20% of non-elderly women uninsured. "The Uninsured and Their Access to Health Care" fact sheet includes 2005 data which shows that the number of the uninsured continued to grow between 2004 and 2005 by 1.3 million, the majority of whom are adults and those with low income. The 2007 fact sheet provides state by state estimates of uninsured women. |
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| The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids released a fact sheet with the current tax and the rankings of all states showing Maryland is 22nd. A second fact sheet gives more details such as the date last raised, the annual revenue raised by the tax, the total cost per smoker, the adult and children smoking rates and state ranking by these rates. |
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Non-Government Organizations |
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| www.cmwf.org -- The Commonwealth Fund: works to improve health care coverage and quality. |
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| www.familiesusa.org -- Families USA: acts as a voice for health care consumers. |
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| www.healthcareforall.com -- The Maryland Health Care for All! Coalition: a leading group on health care reform in Maryland. |
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| www.kff.org -- The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: offers a wealth of information, especially on the following topics: health care and the uninsured; women's health policy; health insurance and costs; and state health policy. |
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| www.lwvmd.org -- League of Women Voters of Maryland: provides information on elections, legislation, and issues. |
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| www.lwvmd.org/baltcity/ -- League of Women Voters, Baltimore City |
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| www.lwvmd.org/mont -- League of Women Voters, Montgomery County |
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| www.medicaidmattersmd.org -- Medicaid Matters! Maryland: a consumer coalition working for quality health care for low and moderate income Marylanders |
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| www.pnhp.org -- Physicians for a National Health Program: a nonprofit organization of 14,000 physicians, medical students, and health professionals who support a single payer system. |
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| www.rwjf.org -- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides information on specific health care issues and health care coverage policies. |
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| www.uhcan.org -- Universal Health Care Action Network: a nationwide network that promotes comprehensive health care for all. |
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| www.womensorganizations.org/index.cfm -- National Council of Women's Organizations |
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Government Organizations |
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| http://www.mlis.state.md.us/ -- Maryland General Assembly: includes information on the status of bills and how to identify and contact your state and federal elected officials. |
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| http://dls.state.md.us/index.html -- Maryland Department of Legislative Service: a staff agency that povides information on legislation and the legislative process (e-mail address for general questions: libr@mlis.state.md.us). |
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