Report Card on Single-Payer and Public Option

August 5, 2009 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer Resources

Healthcare-NOW!, along with Progressive Democrats of America, has produced a report card that compares single-payer healthcare with President Obama’s “public option” proposal currently... 

New Report Casts Exclusion of Single Payer as a Question of Democracy and Human Rights

June 16, 2009 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer Resources

At a critical moment for health care reform in the United States, The National Economic & Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) has published an in-depth assessment of single payer proposals, finding that... 

Illness, medical bills linked to nearly two-thirds of bankruptcies

June 4, 2009 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer Resources

Harvard study finds 50 percent increase from 2001 Most of those bankrupted by illness were middle class and had insurance Download Study (pdf) Download Medical Bankruptcy Q&A (.doc) Download Fact... 

Slides on healthcare for all

March 26, 2009 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer Resources

Here are some informative slides on HR 676 and national, single-payer healthcare. Use it for a meeting or just for informational purposes. Download the Power Point slides here.  Read More →

Massachusetts Health Reform: Solution or Stopgap?

November 11, 2008 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer Resources

Questions about the Massachusetts health plan? This brochure might help you sort through this recently popular “blueprint” for a national healthcare plan. Get all the details about the limits... 

Death By Spreadsheet Booklet Now Available

September 12, 2008 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer Resources

This booklet contains testimonials detailing injustices of the American health care system. These are firsthand accounts of tragedy and death due to insurance denials and lack of coverage. At a time when... 

Protest Toolkit Available

September 11, 2008 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer Resources

The Chicago Single-Payer Action Network (CSPAN) created this tool kit to assist other single-payer groups in organizing protests of insurance companies. The photographs in this manual were all taken during... 

New HCN Bookmark Available

September 11, 2008 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer Resources

Click to see larger version NEW! Healthcare-NOW! Bookmarks available! This a simple handout packed with information about the US Health Care Crisis and the Single Payer Solution. For a limited time, you...