Health, Pharmaceuticals, and Safety Net Programs
How the bills expand the power of insurance companies |
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These bills or resolutions:
See also the medical malpractice bills in the "Tort Reform and Injured Americans" section.
To see a full list of these bills, click here These bills also erode the safety net for older Americans or Americans living in poverty by:
To see a full list of these bills, click here. This information is available for download as a one-page fact sheet here. |
Wendell Potter on ALEC and healthcare: |
![]() Listen to Wendell Potter, the Center for Media and Democracy's Senior Fellow on Health Care, discuss ALEC and the corporate efforts to undermine health reform. <player title="Wendell Potter Discusses ALEC">Wendell Potter AUDIO FINAL.mp3</player>
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Some of this Corporate Agenda Has Been Introduced |
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Opposing Federal Health Insurance Reform
![]() Undermining State Insurance MandatesWisconsin Senator Leah Vukmir, who was named a 2009 ALEC "Legislator of the Year," is seeking to implement the ALEC "Health Care Choice Act for States" in Wisconsin. Vukmir is currently seeking co-sponsors for a similar bill, LRB 0373, and co-sponsored the comparable "Out-of-state Health Insurance Providers (Across State Lines)" bill (LRB 0921/1) in 2009. This bill would permit the purchase of health insurance across state lines from insurers not licensed in the state of the purchaser, which allows insurers to avoid state mandates for coverage. This would permit insurers to sell sub-standard health insurance policies, most likely at a lower price than policies sold by in-state insurers, crowding out more comprehensive policies and making it more difficult for persons with certain conditions to find inexpensive health care. Senator Vukmir is the ALEC "Health and Human Services" Task Force co-chair for 2011. In 2010, according to the ALEC "State Legislators Guide to Repealing Obama Care," nineteen states introduced such legislation, and Wyoming enacted it.
Promoting Medicaid Block Grants![]() For an updated look at ALEC's education agenda in Wisconsin, see the Center for Media and Democracy's in-depth report, "ALEC Exposed in Wisconsin: The Hijacking of a State." This information is available for download as a one-page fact sheet here. |
READ the "Model Bills" HERE |
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For descriptions of some of these bills, scroll down or click here. |
Learn MORE about the "Model Bills" ALEC Corporations Are Backing to Rewrite YOUR Rights |
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The Center for Media and Democracy analyzed the bills ALEC politicians and corporations voted for. More analysis is available below and also at ALEC Exposed's sister sites, PRWatch and SourceWatch. |
Who Is Behind ALEC? |
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What Is ALEC?
ALEC Politicians (all states) |
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