Sen. Sanders, Rep. McDermott Introduce Medicare for All Legislation

This week, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced a revised version of the American Health Security Act (S 915), legislation which, if implemented, would create a national single-payer healthcare system.... 

AFL-CIO Endorses Sanders/McDermott American Health Security Act of 2011

By the Labor Campaign for Single-Payer Healthcare – Stating that, “The fight to reform our nation’s healthcare system has only just begun,” AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene... 

Video: Sen. Sanders and Rep. McDermott Introduce Single-Payer Bills

Legislation to provide health care for every American through a Medicare-for-all type single-payer system was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Bernie Sanders and in the House by Rep. Jim McDermott. Their... 

Cut Medicare? No Way! Make It ‘Medicare for All’!

By John Nichols for the Nation – House Budget Committee chair Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, proposes to undermine the integrity of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, with an eye toward enriching the... 

Single payer healthcare: it’s only fair

By Bernie Sanders for the Guardian – The United States is the only major nation in the industrialized world that does not guarantee healthcare as a right to its people. Meanwhile, we spend about... 

Nurses Support American Health Security Act of 2011

From National Nurses United – On Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at 10:30 a.m., EDT, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA), will hold a joint news conference at the Senate... 

On Medicare anniversary, lawmakers tout inevitability of single payer

By Sahil Kapur for the Raw Story – A trio of progressives in Congress invoked the 45th birthday of Medicare Friday to call for a national single payer health insurance system, predicting it’s... 

Universal health care advocates rally in Vermont

By Associated Press – MONTPELIER, VT — Hopeful that Montpelier can do what Washington didn’t, hundreds of people who want single-payer health care gathered in Vermont’s capital Saturday,... 

Long Live Single-Payer, Medicare for All

Wednesday, for the first time in American history, the US Senate was to debate and vote on single-payer healthcare. Sen. Bernie Sanders submitted an amendment to the Senate health bill that would have... 

Sanders Says Single-Payer Day Will Come as He Withdraws Amendment

By Donna Smith - Sickening. Saddening. Maddening. And the stuff of future determination in the political struggle for healthcare for all in the United States. On the floor of the U.S. Senate today,... 

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