For over 50 years the labor movement has been in favor of a national health legislative program. But, in that time period, their negotiated health benefit funds have expanded so greatly as to become possibly a deterrent to realization of labor's desire for a national health program.
A new road that advocates for a national health legislative agenda might consider is to "grandfather-in" these private labor-management benefit funds - as well as Medicare - and then enlist these two powerful constituencies to develop and fight for a national health legislative program that would cover all the uninsured and current Medicaid-eligibles too.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant in this session will be able to discuss the key factors that influence organized labor's health politics.
Keywords: Universal Health Care, Health Care Politics
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.