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Connecticut Members Tell Lawmakers: Don't Make Us Work While Sick

As part of the "Everybody Benefits" coalition, workers recently joined legislators, physicians, and public health groups to urge passage of a paid sick days law this year. If you're still on the fence as to whether or not workers need and deserve paid sick days, consider the fact it's National Women's History Month--and take into account how the lack of access to sick leave disproportionately affects females in the workforce.

Taking It To The Streets for Health Reform in IL, RI, CT, CA & PA

On the heels of the news that the insurance industry posted record profits last year while simultaneously cutting millions of Americans' coverage off entirely, hundreds of health care supporters are taking to the streets to rallies, vigils and marches in multiple states across the country. Here's a look at some of the many events that have taken place so far to demonstrate the dire need for reform.

The Health Crisis Gets Personal

While Congress has debated and re-debated, drafted and re-drafted (and don't forget, threatened to filibuster) health insurance reform, America's health care crisis has only worsened. But to understand the whole story, you've got to meet the ordinary, working Americans who've been hit hard by a double-whammy: a broken health care system and a tanking U.S. economy.