New NESRI fact sheets on the federal health reform law
August 3, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!
Filed under Single-Payer Resources
How will the new health reform law affect the communities most impacted by the continued denial of the human right to health care in the U.S.? The National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI)...
Which Health Care Reform Proposal is Good for Business?
May 7, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!
Filed under Single-Payer Resources
Single Payer is the Surprising Clear Winner By Ivan J. Miller – Download the full report here. A new health care system could improve the bottom line for most businesses, reduce the impact of government...
On the Individual Mandate
April 27, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!
Filed under Single-Payer Resources
The Women’s Economic Agenda Project sends us a handout on the individual mandate to purchase health insurance that’s included in the recently-signed healthcare legislation. You can download...
NESRI Submits UPR Report on Economic and Social Rights in the U.S.
April 22, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!
Filed under Single-Payer Resources
National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) coordinated a joint submission on Economic and Social Rights in the U.S. to the United Nation’s Universal Period Review. The report, entitled “Toward...
Leading Single-Payer Activists Discuss Health Insurance Reform
April 13, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!
Filed under Single-Payer Resources
What did we get, what didn’t we get, and where to do we go from here? On April 11, 2010 we were lucky to be joined by Kevin Zeese (Prosperity Agenda) and Ethel Long Scott (Women’s Economic...
Single Payer Legislation vs. Reconciliation Bill
March 23, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!
Filed under Single-Payer Resources
Physicians for a National Health Program recently released a comparison of single-payer healthcare and the bill that the House just passed. You can download the one-page handout here. Read More →
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 →







