Senator Max Baucus, chair of the Finance Committee, released a health reform bill yesterday that falls short of meaningful health reform. The Finance Committee bill does not treat everyone equally or ensure affordable health care for all. It fails to ask employers to share responsibility and provide health care to their workers, and does not [...]
OMO was one of 130 organizations that signed onto a letter addressed to President Obama and members of Congress urging them to leave intact the data collection provisions in health reform legislation. This letter was written in response to information and concerns about the possible negation of health disparities provisions that we have worked so [...]
Out of Many, One (OMO) is in support of the Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2009 and strongly hopes that it is included in the final health reform legislation. We wrote a letter in support of this legislation to Chairmen Miller, Rangel, and Waxman. It is available for download here: Additionally, Out of Many, [...]