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Date:5/20/2008

ne and control costs more effectively," said John Horgan, a 26-year Verizon technician and shop steward with IBEW Local 2222. "Medicare's administrative costs are less than 5 percent, while overhead for private, employer-based insurance eats up about 30 percent of health care spending."

Jobs with Justice's Health Care Action Committee links workers' struggles against insurance cost shifting and cuts in health care services to help build a larger movement for comprehensive reforms.

CONTACT: Rand Wilson of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, +1-617 803-0799


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