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”... 

Healthcare, babies and the national debt: The real cost

By Jonathan D. Walker, M.D. for Frost Illustrated – The term “infant mortality rate” is a measure of the number of babies that die under one year of age per 1,000 live births. It is a useful... 

Single-payer: Sensible health plan

A Charleston Gazette Editorial – CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Some federal courts are ruling that America’s breakthrough 2010 medical reform is kaput because government cannot force people to... 

If U.S. is Serious About Debt, There’s a Single-Payer Solution

An STL Today editorial – If America truly is serious about dealing with its deficit problems, there’s a fairly simple solution. But you’re probably not going to like it: Enact a single-payer... 

Physicians group: debt deal threatens health of seniors and disabled

The New York Metro chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), an 18,000-member national organization, denounces the federal debt ceiling deal signed into law by President Obama on Tuesday. “Politicians... 

Simplifying US Healthcare Could Save $27.6 Billion a Year

By AFP – Find the study at Health Affairs. US health care spending could be cut by billions a year if doctors spent the same amount of time and money dealing with insurance plans as their Canadian... 

Debt Ceiling Deal Threatens Medicare, Medicaid

With a decision finally reached this afternoon on the debt ceiling, both the President and Congress have put Wall Street and the wealthy in front of the needs of their constituents. Our most important... 

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