2013 Healthcare-NOW! National Strategy Conference

Registration for our annual National Strategy Conference in Nashville, TN on the weekend of October 5, 2013 is now open! Come to the National Strategy Conference to discuss the latest single-payer strategies... 

Celebrate Medicare’s 48th Anniversary!

June 6, 2013 by  
Filed under Healthcare-NOW! Updates

This July 30 marks Medicare’s 48th anniversary. To celebrate, we’re working with our network of hundreds of activist to help organize dozens of actions across the country–including rallies,... 

New York Times Gets So-Called “Cadillac Tax” Wrong

By Benjamin Day, Healthcare-NOW! Director of Organizing – Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the Affordable Care Act’s “Cadillac Tax” will accelerate the erosion of quality... 

National Single Payer Call-In Day

Healthcare-NOW! is pleased to join with Progressive Democrats of America to support a nationwide call-in day today to increase awareness and co-sponsors in Congress for HR 676–the Expanded and Improved... 

Healing Wounds After Boston Bombings

April 24, 2013 by  
Filed under Healthcare-NOW! Updates

By Benjamin Day, Director of Organizing, Healthcare-NOW! – The Boston area, where I live and grew up, has been feeling smaller and smaller since the Marathon bombings and unprecedented manhunt for... 

Tell LewisGale Hospital: No More Predatory Billing

Kevin is fasting for 30 days, using the money he would normally spend on food to help pay his hospital bill. He asks you to sign on to this email to LewisGale Hospital telling them not to engage in... 

Will Medicare Survive?

Please go here to thank the “Medicare 111″ and encourage them to stand strong on their commitment to protect Social Security and Medicare. Please Share This Action on Facebook ... 

Action Alert: Should School Workers Earn $2 An Hour?

The cooks, custodians, and maintenance workers at the Old Rochester School system in Massachusetts are facing an impossible healthcare situation. You can help by signing their change.org petition asking... 

Ask Socially Responsible Investors to Say NO To For-Profit Health Insurance

We need your help for a collective action. TIAA-CREF, the nation’s largest retirement fund, covering academic (including medical) and religious organizations, has an option for those who want to... 

Take Action – Medicare for All Act Reintroduced

February 20, 2013 by  
Filed under Action Alerts, Announcements

We’re excited to announce that Rep John Conyers (D-Mich.) reintroduced HR 676, the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, last week. The bill had 37 initial cosponsors and an additional three... 

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