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The following are selected press releases on Divided We Fail issues. See more press information from AARP, Business Roundtable, and SEIU.

NFIB Joins AARP, Business Roundtable, and SEIU in Divided We Fail
November 1, 2007— Group representing millions of small businesses and their employees join effort to influence debate on critical domestic issues

McCain and Huckabee Focus on Health Care and Financial Security at AARP-Sponsored Candidate Forum
October 25, 2007— Republican Candidates Shared Stage at Historic Orpheum Theater in Sioux City

Divided We Fail Forum Retools to Health & Financial Security Town Hall Event with Sen. John McCain & Gov. Mike Huckabee
October 19, 2007— The Divided We Fail Forum on health and financial security issues set for next Thursday, October 25th from 7pm-8:30pm at Sioux City’s Orpheum Theater, will go on, but not as originally planned.

Divided We Fail State Issue Poll Shows AARP Members Likely to Change Candidate Preferences as They Learn More About Positions on Health and Financial Security
August 23, 2007— Divided We Fail released its first Election Issue Survey in the five early caucus and primary states which surveyed a total of 5,000 AARP members likely to attend the Republican or Democratic caucuses or primaries. The survey found that two-thirds of those polled are likely to change their candidate preference once they learn more about the candidates’ positions on health and financial security.

Capitol Hill Advocacy Day
July 25, 2007— In the latest effort to bring individuals, businesses, consumer groups and government together to find solutions for Americans' health and financial security concerns, the Divided We Fail coalition will send over 2,000 people to converge on Capitol Hill today.

Debates Fall Short in Addressing Health Care and Financial Security Issues
June 28, 2007— With Presidential debates failing to address America's top domestic issues, the Divided We Fail group announced a debate question tracker will debut after this week's PBS forum at Howard University. Only 6.4 percent of total questions asked in the first five national debates focused on health care and financial security.

Divided We Fail Commends Bipartisan Senate Leadership On Health IT Legislation
June 27, 2007— AARP, Business Roundtable and SEIU, which together represent more than 50 million Americans, today took another groundbreaking step for their "Divided We Fail" group by endorsing legislation that would help reduce medical errors and save lives and money by moving from a paper-based health care system to secure electronic medical records.

AARP and Business Roundtable Discuss Solutions for Secure Futures at Retirement Security Conference
June 26, 2007— AARP and Business Roundtable, late last week, brought together leading scholars, business leaders, lawmakers and Americans from across the nation to address the problems individuals face when trying to plan a financially secure retirement.

Divided We Fail: AARP, Business Roundtable, SEIU Team Up to Advance Affordable Health Care, Long-term Financial Security
June 25, 2007— AARP, Business Roundtable and Service Employees Union (SEIU) today launched Divided We Fail New Hampshire as part of their national issues campaign focused around the 2008 presidential election. Between the three groups, over 50 million Americans are represented, including 228,000 AARP New Hampshire members.

AARP, Business Roundtable and SEIU Deliver Endorsed Health IT Principles to Congress
June 13, 2007— AARP, Business Roundtable and SEIU, which together represent more than 50 million Americans, today took another groundbreaking step for their "Divided We Fail" group by jointly delivering endorsed principles for health information technology (IT) legislation to Congress.

Divided We Fail Supports Legislation to Empower Health Care Consumers
June 5, 2007— The Divided We Fail group, made up of AARP, Business Roundtable and SEIU, today endorsed legislation that can help improve health care quality and efficiency, and help bring patients the performance data necessary to make educated decisions about their care.

AARP and Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Release Survey of African-American Voters in South Carolina
April 26, 2007— Hours before the first Democratic presidential debate in Orangeburg, AARP and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies have released the results of a survey designed to gain insight into the issues African-Americans voters in South Carolina want political candidates to address.

AARP Launches Divided We Fail Grassroots Issues Campaign in Nevada to Spur Action on Health Care, Lifetime Financial Security
April 25, 2007— America's largest advocacy organization, with 38 million members including 317,000 Nevadans, today launched the Nevada-specific effort for the most ambitious campaign in AARP's 49-year history.

AARP Teams with South Carolina Business, Industry and Education to Spur Action on Healthcare, Lifetime Financial Security
April 19, 2007— AARP, America's largest advocacy organization with 38 million members, including 534,000 South Carolinians, today announced its national, grassroots issues campaign is beginning in South Carolina — host to one of the first Republican and Democratic presidential primaries in 2008.

AARP Teams with Iowa Business, Industry, Educations and Labor to Spur Action on Health Care, Long-term Financial Security
March 28, 2007— America's largest advocacy organization with 38 million members including 380,000 Iowans, today announced their national, grassroots issues campaign is beginning in Iowa as part of the January 2008 caucuses.

AARP, Business Roundtable and SEIU Partner to Spur Action on Health Care, Long-term Financial Security
January 16, 2007— Today, three of the nation's leading consumer, business and labor organizations announced that they will work together to urge action from political leaders in a partnership called Divided We Fail. AARP, Business Roundtable and SEIU will use the influence of their over 50 million combined memberships to amplify the message that attaining health and long-term financial security is vital for all Americans and these issues must be included in the national political debate.