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Health insurance companies these days are really hitting us where it hurts. Congress can help us by guaranteeing quality affordable health care for all Americans. Or, they can help the insurance industry, and leave us to fend for ourselves in a complicated and expensive private insurance market. read more »

A Service Employees International Union organizer confronts Karen Ignagni, the CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans at a public forum in Columbus, Ohio, July 22. read more »

Melinda Gibson of the Health Care for America Now coalition discussed how partnering with blogs can dramatically improve the ability to counter misinformation from the insurance lobby compared with the health care debate of 1994.

The new HCAN video, "Insurance Company Rules"

Long-time Texas populist Jim Hightower at Netroots Nation talking about how blogging is changing the face of Texas politics, giving progressive populists a revitalized voice in the Lone Star State. He also discussed the degree of populism in the Obama campaign.

Energize America leader A Siegel on how blogs can help citizens both draft and build support for economically powerful environmental legislation

Netroots Nation Panelist Natasha Chart who blogs about environmental issues on multi-issue blogs such as Open Left and MyDD, talked about how enviro bloggers can help make green issues more accessible, both inside and outside the blogosphere.

Netroots Nation panelist on fighting for the middle-class David Goldstein of HA Seattle on the challenges bloggers face in framing the issues that impact the middle-class

Mark Sumner (aka Devilstower at DailyKos), a geologist in the fossil fuel industry and leader of Energize America, talked about what needs to happen for the blogosphere to play a larger role in combating conservative misinformation about energy to help build strong support for a bold clean energy policy.

Jason Lefkowitz, online organizer for the Change To Win labor coalition discussed how both bloggers and union members share a goal and desire for "collective action" that should help with future coordination.