At the National Action Network Conference

April 16, 2010 by  
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  
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  
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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  
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... 

Where We Are Now on Health Reform

April 2, 2010 by  
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By Dr. Quentin Young – With the passage of the Democrats’ health bill, Congress and President Obama have created a new (and not so new) legislative framework for health care finance in the... 

Onward to Medicare for All

While many celebrate the passage of the health bill, Healthcare-NOW! remains committed to building the movement for the health care we need in an expanded and improved Medicare-for-all system. The new... 

Health Care: What Did We Get? Where Are We? And, Where Do We Go From Here?

March 29, 2010 by  
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By Kevin Zeese for Prosperity Agenda – A year ago health care was in crisis. Its cost burdened individuals, businesses, and all levels of government. Americans were dying at a rate of 45,000 per... 

Progressives debate health care “victory” (Video)

March 26, 2010 by  
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From the Real News Network – On Tuesday, President Obama signed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. The bill has been proclaimed historic, and the media, following administration’s... 

Medicare-for-All Advocates Say Bill Fails to Meet Needs of People

March 24, 2010 by  
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New York, NY – On Tuesday, President Obama signed the health reform bill into law. This bill closely resembles the legislation written by Liz Fowler, former Vice President of Public Policy for Well... 

Listen: Discussing the Health Bill and the Individual Mandate

March 23, 2010 by  
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If you missed last night’s national conference call on the recently passed health bill and the individual mandate, you can listen to it here. We had about 250 people on this call, and we’d... 

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