Americans Demand an Answer

Presidential candidates take notice – health care is a top issue for voters and was a powerful issue in deciding the outcome of the mid-term elections.

• "Health care" and "prescription drugs" (27%) were tied with "The situation in Iraq" (27%) and second only to "Economy and jobs" (34%) as the top concerns of voters.
• Health care has increased in salience since 2004, with 47% saying it was the most or one of the most important issues in making their vote for Congress, compared to 32% in 2004.
• 66% thought health care was discussed too little by the candidates.
• 74% of voters think health care should be a high priority for the new Congress.
  
  
  (Americans for Health Care/Lake Research Partners, Nov. 5-7, 2006)
  
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SEIU Members Fight for a Solution

SEIU members bring a unique understanding to our health care as caregivers, as consumers fighting to maintain affordable health care, and as low-wage earners struggling to gain coverage.

Learn more about SEIU's effort to address the crisis in patient care at the Nurse Alliance site, and at the SEIU-led grassroots movement Americans for Health Care.