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45 Million Uninsured Americans by Jeanne Lambrew August 26, 2004 Today, the Census Bureau reported that 45 million Americans lacked health insurance in 2003, up by 1.4 million from 2002 and 5.2 million from 2000. The report states that this increase is "statistically significant." How large is 45 million? 45 million uninsured Americans is more
Read moreContact Bill Lombardi (406) 449-5480 / Barrett Kaiser (202) 224-4351 April 4, 2001 BAUCUS WORKS TO MODERNIZE RAILROAD RETIREMENT PROGRAM Bill Introduced Will Increase Benefits for Railroad Workers, Widows (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide increased retirement benefits to the 10,000 rail employees and retirement program
Read moreSan Francisco Hotel Lockout Continues 11-18-04 – Unite Here members continue to be locked out by 14 San Francisco hotels in their continuing battle to obtain a fair contract. Kaiser Permanente of Northern California has announced that it will continue health care services for the next two months to the locked out members. This amounts
Read moreNO AGREEMENT REACHED June 28, 2002 By mid-day Friday no agreement had been reached between Amtrak and the Bush Administration for a federal loan guarantee that would prevent a shutdown of Amtrak operations as early as July 8th. Both sides had previously announced that a tentative deal had been reached but talks broke down when
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