Message from Senator Leno on California Single-Payer Setback

By Senator Mark Leno, from PDACommunity.org – Most of you have likely heard the disappointing news that our bill, SB 810, the California Universal Health Care Act, failed to move off the Senate... 

California single-payer health care bill stalls in state Senate

From the Sacramento Bee – California’s “Medicare for all” universal health care legislation fell short of the 21 votes needed to pass the state Senate today. Senate Bill 810 failed... 

Healthcare-NOW! Strategy Conference Agenda

Don’t forget! Healthcare-NOW!’s Annual Strategy Conference in Houston, TX on January 28th and 29th is fast approaching, so register soon if you haven’t already. Go to our Strategy Conference... 

We Need Your Support!

At Healthcare-NOW!, daily letters, emails, and phone calls remind us that the healthcare crisis continues. Vanessa, before becoming our Director of Organizing, joined Healthcare-NOW! in 2005. “Suffering... 

Occupy Protesters Interrupt COC Healthcare Event

From Think Progress – Protesters disrupted a U.S. Chamber of Commerce event on healthcare yesterday, interrupting speaker Scott Serota, the CEO of Blue Cross & Blue Shield. Chanting “we... 

Stop the Super Committee, Support Healthcare-NOW!

The Super Committee does not represent us. Operating in secret with no public accountability while laden with ties to special interests, the Super Committee is tasked with identifying $1.2 trillion in... 

Why Wall St. and Corporate Insurance Should Get Out of Healthcare

The October 2011 movement brings us these two powerful videos. We need Wall Street, the health insurance industry and investors out of healthcare; replaced by a publicly financed single-payer, improved... 

Healthcare-NOW! Supports Occupy Wall St. Movement

In 1,368 cities across the country and around the world, people are standing up to the top 1% who collectively have more wealth and power than the lower 99% of the population. These occupations are self-sustaining... 

Single-payer healthcare: better care, lower cost

By Josh Starcher – Healthcare has already been proclaimed the central issue of the 2012 Presidential election, just like it was hailed the central issue of Obama’s presidency. It was also a central... 

The Devilish Detail of Obama’s Speech

By John Nichols for NPR – President Obama has erected what is likely to be the left flank in the debates of the Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction—the so-called “super-committee”... 

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