Where’s the Single-Payer Advocate?

By Michael McAuliff for the NY Daily News - Reps. Anthony Weiner and Peter Welch are reprising a question that proved thorny for President Obama’s last health care summit: Where’s the single-payer... 

Rep. Anthony Weiner Discusses Single-Payer on the Daily Show

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) was interviewed on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Feb. 4th, 2010. Watch the video here.  Read More →

Health Care, Essential to Democracy

by Katie Robbins & Andy Coates - Two weekends ago, after the bait and switch of a vote on single-payer for a vote on an anti-abortion amendment, we felt wizened to the possibility of unknown threats... 

Statement on the Withdrawal of Rep. Weiner’s Single-Payer Amendment to House Bill

Dear Healthcare-NOW! Supporter: On the eve of what could have been the first vote on single-payer legislation in our nation’s history, we have just learned that because of last minute developments,... 

Remember Medicare for All in the healthcare reform debate

By Kay Tillow for the Hill Blog - We are in danger of losing the opportunity to bring Improved Medicare for All, a single payer plan, before the Congress. Last July Congressman Anthony Weiner and six... 

Giving Single-Payer a Second Look

By Rep. Anthony Weiner - As President Obama prepares to address the nation about his vision for health care reform, we should not overlook the last, best truly transformative change to our health care... 

Dems backtrack on single-payer bill

By David Shalleck-Klein for the Hill – Some House members who have previously backed a single-payer healthcare reform bill say they will not vote for a similar measure when it hits the floor this... 

A Single Payer Possibility (video)

From GRITtv - We’ve all heard the story about Medicare. That once upon a time, about 40 years ago, it was an idea that had very little support and that many said would never succeed. Well, it did... 

Why Single Payer Advocacy Matters Now More Than Ever

By John Nichols for the Nation - How should serious supporters of health-care reform spend the month of August? Not by getting trapped in the narrow “debate” between “party of no”... 

Single-payer to be introduced on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives

From PNHP - Friday night as the House Energy and Commerce Committee completed its markup of HR 3200, the House health reform bill, Chairman Henry Waxman interrupted Representative Anthony Weiner of New...