Watch the videos below and answer the questions that follow.

Health care and medical insurance coverage continues to be a key social issue for Americans, and a legislative priority for Congress. Political parties, political action committees, industry groups, and advocacy organizations all have a stake in any legislation passed on health care quality and coverage. The following videos represent some of the major voices that have contributed to the national discussion about health and medical policy issues.

Hollywood's leading nonprofit organizations, the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) and the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF), have joined the "Divided We Fail" national movement led by AARP to bring attention to the issues of health care and financial security.

Celebrity PSA AARP Media / DividedWeFail.org 2007

The American Medical Association and AARP created a joint campaign to spur congressional action to preserve Medicare patients' access to health care by stopping Medicare physician payment cuts and protecting patients against steep increases to their premiums.

No More Photo Ops The Campaign for America’s Future 2007

What concerns were raised in the above videos regarding health care policy? After watching the videos, how would you summarize the agendas of the two organizations who produced these videos? Did you tend to agree or disagree with these videos? Why or why not?

Immigration remains an important social policy issue, and while it didn’t receive as much attention as economic policy during the 2008 presidential election, the candidates clearly articulated their views on the topic.

Straight Talk On Immigration McCain/Palin 2008

Blueprint for Change: Immigration Obama/Biden 2008

How are the two candidates’ approaches to immigration similar? How the plans different? Which immigration policy proposal do you find more compelling? Why?