title: Attitudes of organized labor officials toward health care issues: an exploratory survey of Alabama labor officials.
abstract: Delegates to the Alabama AFL-CIO Convention were surveyed concerning their attitudes toward their health benefits and various options for health care reform. Most are satisfied with their current health care coverage, but dissatisfied with its high costs. Participants attribute the high costs to providers' pricing policies and insurance companies' overhead.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Fottler
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: McGlown
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee; D017048:Health Care Costs; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007587:Job Description; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007857:Leadership; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011057:Politics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires