AFSCME pushes for single payer health plan. (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)

From: Nation's Cities Weekly | Date: June 1, 1992| Author: McEntee, Gerald W. | Copyright information

Double-digit health care premium inflation and lack of access to health insurance for 37 million Americans has rekindled a fierce debate across the country regarding health care reform. Cost-sharing has left no one-including state and local governments, businesses, and workers-unaffected by the problem. Union members have seen health care benefits become one of the most contentious issues at the bargaining table. In 1989 alone, health benefits were the precipitating issue in 78 p...

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