Largely because of rising costs, 47 million people in this wealthy and powerful country—including 8.7 million children—have no health coverage at all.

More than one-third of people who have insurance worry about losing it. Even union workers, who have led the way in securing health benefits for working people, are in danger of losing secure health coverage because of out-of-control costs.

Meanwhile, insurance and drug companies are making stunning profits. Health insurance CEOs averaged $8.7 million in 2006 compensation and pharmaceutical company CEOs pulled down an average of $4.4 million.

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Facts, Charts & Graphics

• Countering Health Reform Misinformation
  
  
• Hot Facts: America's Broken Health Care System (PDF)
  
  
• Exploding Health Costs Are Devastating Working Families (PDF)
  
  
• Insurance Premiums, Workers' Out-of-Pocket Costs, Soar (PDF)
  
  
• Drug Cost in U.S. v. Canada: A Big Difference (PDF)
  
  
• Insurance Company Profits Are Fat and Healthy  (PDF)
  
  
• Drug and Pharma CEOs Rake in the Cash  (PDF)
  
  
• U.S. Spends the Most on Health Care...But We're Not Benefiting  (PDF)
  
  
• More Lose Insurance as Costs Rise (PDF)
  
  
• Health Insurance Costs Cripple Employers (PDF)
  
  
• Workers and Retirees Have Less Health Care Coverage on the Job (PDF)
  
  
• Health care coverage and
  
  • Women (PDF)
  • People of Color (PDF)
  • Poor People (PDF)
  • Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) People (PDF)
  
  
• United States Ranks Low on Health Care Quality  (PDF)