The Happy Dance of Richard Kirsch

August 11, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer News

From CorrentWire.com – Every once in a while, Richard Kirsch, does a “happy dance” article celebrating his own Health Care for America Now campaign for health care reform, whose outcome... 

Happy 45th Birthday, Medicare

Join in actions across the country this Friday, July 30th in celebrating 45 Years of Medicare – and call for Medicare for All. Groups across the country are organizing events this Friday to celebrate... 

Obama’s Health Care Bill Is Enough to Make You Sick

July 13, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer News

By Chris Hedges for Truthdig – A close reading of the new health care legislation, which will conveniently take effect in 2014 after the next presidential election, is deeply depressing. The legislation... 

Rising Costs: A Health Care Challenge For Democrats

June 15, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer News

by Julie Rovner for NPR – For Democrats, passing the new health care law may have been the easy part. Now that it’s the law, everything that happens in health care, whether due to the Patient... 

After the Reform: Aiming High for Health Justice

May 10, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer News

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... 

Frontline Disguises Single-Payer Advocates as Public-Option Promoters

April 21, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer News

By Peter Hart for FAIR – The PBS program Frontline on April 13 offered a look at the White House drive for healthcare reform titled Obama’s Deal. Like a previous Frontline special about the... 

At the National Action Network Conference

April 16, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Healthcare-NOW! Updates

Katie Robbins, National Organizer for Healthcare-NOW!, a leader in the fight for single-payer healthcare or Medicare for All, was invited to address the National Action Network in New York City. It was... 

No Time to ‘Wait and See’ on Health Law

April 15, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer News

By Dr. Quentin Young – Building the Single-Payer Movement Having just gone through a grueling, frequently raucous debate on health reform, capped by the narrowest of votes to pass the Obama administration’s... 

Health care bill does not fix health care system

April 14, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer News

By Peter Shapiro for fightbacknews.org – Passage of President Obama’s health care reform in late March made for great political theater. Here was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, skillfully maneuvering... 

Leading Single-Payer Activists Discuss Health Insurance Reform

April 13, 2010 by Healthcare-NOW!  
Filed under Single-Payer Resources

What did we get, what didn’t we get, and where to do we go from here? On April 11, 2010 we were lucky to be joined by Kevin Zeese (Prosperity Agenda) and Ethel Long Scott (Women’s Economic... 

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