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“Big Insurance: I’m Sick Of It!”

A new leadership team was elected at the 2009 AFL-CIO Convention that took place in Pittsburgh and they’re not wasting ANY time.

While new AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka demands real reform on Wall Street, rallies have been set across the nation to protest big insurance.

Huge private health insurance companies are spending millions of your premium dollars to derail health care reform.

Join thousands of people across the country and tell BIG insurance your sick of it!

In America, no one should go without health care! Learn more HERE!

Health Care Overhaul

At AllHealthcare.com there is a great FAQ page that can help you understand more about the remaining steps for health care reform.

You’re being bombarded from many different media outlets about how we’ve never been closer to real health care reform. Most likely you don’t have the time to research what it all will mean to you and your families. So we’ve done some of that research for you and found this great article that we think can help you understand.

CLICK HERE to learn more.

UNION PLUS & AFSCME ADVANTAGE

Union Plus® benefits offered by the AFL-CIO’s Union Privilege® and benefits offered by AFSCME Advantage® provide consumer savings, discounts, benefits, and education resources to active and retired union members.

BE SURE TO USE THEM TODAY & EVERYDAY!

AFSCME Advantage and Union Plus include:

·	Education. Looking for training? Need money for school? Take advantage of AFSCME’s Scholarship Programs, Union Plus Education Services, and its unionized online bookstore.

·	Auto Advantage. From insurance to tires, AFSCME Advantage has you car needs covered.

·	Legal. Quality legal services are available for every need.

·	Money & Credit. The best rates, benefits and tax preparation services have been established exclusively for members.

·	Health Services. Look to AFSCME Advantage for affordable health insurance, discount programs and health club discounts.

·	Home Mortgage Assistance. Arrange a confidential, free consultation with expert housing counselors who can provide advice, help you find answers and develop an action plan to get your financial house in order.

Union SAFE Helps Workers During Hard Times

Working families in financial distress can turn to Union Plus for help.

The Union SAFE program - which stands for “Security, Assistance and Financial Education” - demonstrates the union’s movement’s answer to President Obama’s call for a new era of responsibility to help those who have fallen on hard times, says Leslie Tolf, president of Union Privilege, provider of the Union Plus benefits.

The new benefits program provides a wide array of benefits, including help for those suffering from layoffs to soaring hospital costs to problems paying mortgage to help saving for college.

Learn more at UnionSAFE

Now it’s even easier and more affordable to file your taxes online! Increasing numbers of taxpayers are preparing and filing their federal and state tax returns online because it’s easy, less costly and normally results in faster tax refunds.

As a union member, you and your family save 10% - 15% when you use Union Plus TurboTax to prepare and file federal and state income tax returns online or with your personal computer*.

The Union Plus Online Tax Preparation Service Difference:

ü	Discounts from the market leader in filing taxes online - Union Plus TurboTax saves you 10%-15% off regular prices.

ü	Unique free filing for many members - Union members with qualifying adjusted gross income can get free filing of federal taw returns and a discounted filing fee for state returns

ü	No charge until you file or print your return (for the TurboTax online product only)

For MUCH MORE information, CLICK HERE

Essentially a Bust - So What Next?

As much as President Obama tried to make it seem like middle-ground could be reached in the theatrical production of the “Health Care Summit,” it turns out the gaps may be too far to bridge. The politically dramatized show, produced by the Obama administration, ended up only providing a stage for trading talking points that did nothing more than show that Democrats and Republicans just simply have different world views.

Most of the props were provided by the Republicans who sat surrounded by reams of paper to emphasize why they’d like to wipe out the entire past 13 months of congressional debate and rowdy town hall meetings and start over.

Although the Republicans want to scrap the bill, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D., Md) said that Democrats would move ahead even without Republican support.

Stay tuned for the latest developments.