Free Workshop: Runaway Inequality and the Crisis of U.S. Health Care
February 12 @ 6:00 pm - March 12 @ 8:00 pm
Description:
Our healthcare system isn’t working. It costs too much and covers too few people. And at the bargaining table, year after year, unions and employers face off over who will pay for the ever-escalating costs. This course offers and in-depth examination of the U.S. healthcare system, how we compare to other countries, and who really benefits from it. We’ll consider how healthcare impacts collective bargaining, how insurance companies behave, and how the Canadian healthcare system works. And we’ll look at the possibility of a solution that can deliver high-quality, affordable healthcare for everyone.
Components:
- Introduction
- Healthcare Benefits and Collective Bargaining
- Can We Afford Better Healthcare?
- How Do Insurance Companies Make Money?
- What’s the Alternative to Employer-Based, For-Profit Health Insurance?
- How Would Medicare for All Affect Workers?
- Objections and Responses to Medicare for All
Instructors:
Katherine Isaac, Executive Director, Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute
Rose Roach, National Coordinator, Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare
If you would like to arrange for payment using a non-electronic payment method, please complete this registration form.