Health Care Survey Reveals Widespread Pain

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
"We knew people were hurting but now we know so much more about who they are and how much pain they are in," says AFL-CIO President John Sweeney as the AFL-CIO releases the results of "one of the largest opinion polls ever conducted on health care in the U.S." this afternoon. "Person after person told us their heart-wrenching stories, saying they just want elected officials to understand what people are going through," says Sweeney. More than 26,000 union, non-union, insured, and uninsured workers responded to the AFL-CIO's Health Care for America survey, with 7,000 submitting personal stories. "The response we received was stunning enough - both in content and in sheer volume - to redefine the debate over health care in America, during the election season and beyond," Sweeney adds. The AFL-CIO plans to present the survey to local, state, and federal political candidates and increase political mobilization for candidates that support real health care reform.