Comments on: Single Payer State Option Threatened in House http://www.healthcare-now.org/single-payer-state-option-threatened-in-house/ Organizing for a national, single-payer healthcare system. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:42:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Richard Heckler http://www.healthcare-now.org/single-payer-state-option-threatened-in-house/comment-page-1/#comment-5400 Richard Heckler Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:34:26 +0000 http://www.healthcare-now.org/?p=2915#comment-5400 Kansas could be in real trouble. "Kansas State Republican Representatives Peggy Mast and Brenda Landwehr, along with State Senators Mary Pilcher-Cook, Jim Barnett, and Tim Huelskamp, have been running around the State promoting some unbelievably mean-spirited health care legislation. On the bus with Americans for Prosperity (a front group for the Koch billionaires), this band of “right to lifers” have been introducing a draft of their “Health Care Freedom” amendment, a decidedly “anti-life” proposal. Essentially, this proposed constitutional amendment would prevent the implementation in Kansas of any health care bill that comes out of the U.S. Congress. We need to be all over this one! No matter what comes out of the Senate today and is eventually worked out with the House, the battle for decent, affordable health care is just beginning." ================ Not only that Sen Sam Brownback is running for governor. Not only that a republican executive from the pharmaceutical industry has decided to run for governor as a democrat..... yikes! Kansas could be in real trouble.

“Kansas State Republican Representatives Peggy Mast and Brenda Landwehr, along with State Senators Mary Pilcher-Cook, Jim Barnett, and Tim Huelskamp, have been running around the State promoting some unbelievably mean-spirited health care legislation. On the bus with Americans for Prosperity (a front group for the Koch billionaires), this band of “right to lifers” have been introducing a draft of their “Health Care Freedom” amendment, a decidedly “anti-life” proposal. Essentially, this proposed constitutional amendment would prevent the implementation in Kansas of any health care bill that comes out of the U.S. Congress.

We need to be all over this one! No matter what comes out of the Senate today and is eventually worked out with the House, the battle for decent, affordable health care is just beginning.”
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Not only that Sen Sam Brownback is running for governor. Not only that a republican executive from the pharmaceutical industry has decided to run for governor as a democrat….. yikes!

]]> By: AEP http://www.healthcare-now.org/single-payer-state-option-threatened-in-house/comment-page-1/#comment-5351 AEP Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:18:52 +0000 http://www.healthcare-now.org/?p=2915#comment-5351 A Young woman became ill. Hoping to avoid a trip to the doctor, she waited. She got sicker. Her unborn child had to be taken early. She is still in a coma. This is a family who could not afford insurance. They will be in debt for the rest of their lives, and the mother might not live. In another instance, a senior faces more surgery because of medical errors that took place when she was young. Premiums are rising. Will she be priced out of insurance coverage? A medicaid recipient finds that she is not treated well when she tries to obtain glasses. The order is "forgotten," and glasses are "lost." It has been over a month, and she is still trying to get her glasses. A young man who works hard has insurance, but it does not cover anything important. Soon his employer won't be able to offer even this low-coverage insurance. It does not make sense to continue with our present system and simply watch as it spirals out of control. We need universal care, or single-payer. A Young woman became ill. Hoping to avoid a trip to the doctor, she waited. She got sicker. Her unborn child had to be taken early. She is still in a coma. This is a family who could not afford insurance. They will be in debt for the rest of their lives, and the mother might not live.
In another instance, a senior faces more surgery because of medical errors that took place when she was young. Premiums are rising. Will she be priced out of insurance coverage?
A medicaid recipient finds that she is not treated well when she tries to obtain glasses. The order is “forgotten,” and glasses are “lost.” It has been over a month, and she is still trying to get her glasses.
A young man who works hard has insurance, but it does not cover anything important. Soon his employer won’t be able to offer even this low-coverage insurance.
It does not make sense to continue with our present system and simply watch as it spirals out of control. We need universal care, or single-payer.

]]> By: Single Payer Amendments to Health Reform Legislation in Danger—Calls Needed Now http://www.healthcare-now.org/single-payer-state-option-threatened-in-house/comment-page-1/#comment-5241 Single Payer Amendments to Health Reform Legislation in Danger—Calls Needed Now Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:12:16 +0000 http://www.healthcare-now.org/?p=2915#comment-5241 [...] were promised a vote this fall, one introduced by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (information available at http://www.healthcare-now.org/single-payer-state-option-threatened-in-house/) allowing states to implement single-payer systems on the state level, the other by Rep. Anthony [...] [...] were promised a vote this fall, one introduced by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (information available at http://www.healthcare-now.org/single-payer-state-option-threatened-in-house/) allowing states to implement single-payer systems on the state level, the other by Rep. Anthony [...]

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