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

May 10, 2011 by  
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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... 

Update on Single Payer from Dr. Margaret Flowers

January 17, 2011 by  
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An interview with Dr. Margaret Flowers from OpEdNews.com by Joan Brunwasser – My guest is Dr. Margaret Flowers, congressional fellow of Physicians for a National Health Program [PNHP]. Welcome back... 

After the Reform: Aiming High for Health Justice

May 10, 2010 by  
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By Margaret Flowers, M.D. for Tikkun Magazine – As we sit here on the other side of the recent health reform process, we have an opportunity for reflection. There were many times during the past... 

Kill Bill: Death to Obamacare

March 10, 2010 by  
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By Dave Lindorff for Counterpunch – When Obama came to my neighborhood this week to press for public support for his health “reform” bill, he wasn’t just greeted by teaparty hecklers. Speaking... 

Report on Medicare’s 44th Birthday, July 30, 2009

August 4, 2009 by  
Filed under Healthcare-NOW! Updates

Over one thousand single-payer activists descended on Capitol Hill on July 30th, 2009 to celebrate Medicare’s 44th Birthday as concurrent actions planned across the country and on the Hill culminated... 

Gang of Sickos: Six US Senators Sell Out Constituents for $11 Million from Health Industry

July 20, 2009 by  
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by Mark C. Eades for www.opednews.com - A bipartisan group of six “moderate” US senators, dubbed the “Gang of Six” by news agencies, issued a demand July 17 for a slowdown on Democratic...