31 STATE AFL-CIOs ENDORSE SINGLE PAYER
Delegates to the Twenty-Sixth Biennial Convention of the Alabama AFL- CIO endorsed HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). The Alabama state AFL-CIO is the 31st state federation to endorse the Conyers legislation.
HR 676 would institute a single payer health care system by expanding a greatly improved Medicare system to every resident. HR 676 would cover every person in the U. S. for all necessary medical care including prescription drugs, hospital, surgical, outpatient services, primary and preventive care, emergency services, dental, mental health, home health, physical therapy, rehabilitation (including for substance abuse), vision care, chiropractic and long term care. HR 676 ends deductibles and co-payments. HR 676 would save billions annually by eliminating the high overhead and profits of the private health insurance industry and HMOs.
HR 676 has been endorsed by 354 union organizations in 48 states