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Customize Your Own Political Video with Olivia Wilde?

Even though most folks intend to vote, lots never get around to it. So share this video with your friends—Olivia’s message will be customized just for them—to remind them exactly what’s at stake. Besides it’s a lot of fun! Underneath the message is clear….VOTE !!

Anthem Blue Cross May Raise Rates after Record Profits?

Blue Cross has just announced that it’s immediately raising premiums charged to hundreds of thousands of individual customers by as much as 39%—even though their parent company’s profits soared to a record $4.7 billion last year.2 Even worse, the insurer has so far refused to explain why they’re increasing their rates, and warned that they [...]

The Devil in the Details – Heath Care Reform Bill.

Hi little girl, it’s me – don’t you know who I am? I met you last summer when I came up to stay with my Gram I’m the guy-uy-uy who left you with tears in his eyes You didn’t answer my letters, so I figured it was just a li-i-i-i-ie “Girl Don’t Tell Me” – [...]

Will the Senate consider a Public Health Option?

This is where the rubber meets the road. After months of delay, the full Senate is about to debate and vote on landmark health care legislation. But first, Senator Harry Reid and Democratic leaders have a big decision to make: Will the Senate consider real health care reform with a public health insurance option, or [...]

What do UFO’s and Health Care Have in Common?

OK, this is amazing: More people believe in UFOs than oppose the public health insurance option.1 Seriously, it’s easier to find someone who thinks aliens are landing spaceships in our cornfields than someone who thinks we shouldn’t create a public option to keep the insurance companies honest. The insurance companies are basically the only ones [...]

The Obama Plan in 4 Minutes…

More Security and Stability If You Have Health Insurance, the Obama Plan: * Ends discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions. * Limits premium discrimination based on gender and age. * Prevents insurance companies from dropping coverage when people are sick and need it most. * Caps out-of-pocket expenses so people don’t go broke when they [...]

Does your small business provide health insurance for you or your employees?

Many small businesses are suffering at the hands of big insurance companies who charge sky-high premiums but often deny care when it’s needed the most. As part of our campaign to win real health care reform, we’re taking on big insurance companies—and we want to highlight the voices of small-business leaders like you. You can [...]

R.E.M. tells us “We Can’t Afford to Wait” on Health Care!

Last week Move.On asked members to share photos showing how they and their loved ones are suffering under our broken health care system. The responses simply blew them away. They showed the photos to recording artists R.E.M., and together they produced this incredibly powerful video. Watch the video and share it with your friends today. [...]

To Keep Kids out of Gangs-Urban Compass goes 80′s.

“The sunday mornin’ gospel goes good with the soul There’s blues, folk, and country, and rock like a rollin’ stone The world could come together as one If everybody under the sun Add some music to your day” “Add Some Music to Your Day” -The Beach Boys Urban Compass has always been a cause that [...]

Online Health Care Vigil Tonight!!

The health care debate is the biggest political story of the year. But what the media and Congress seem to forget is that it’s not just about politics or policy minutiae. It’s about real people who are really suffering under our broken health care system—and can’t afford to wait any longer for real reform. That’s [...]