Dems backtrack on single-payer bill

By David Shalleck-Klein for the Hill – Some House members who have previously backed a single-payer healthcare reform bill say they will not vote for a similar measure when it hits the floor this... 

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

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... 

Labor Delegation Persuades John Murtha To Co-Sponsor HR 676

After meeting with western Pennsylvania labor leaders on June 29, Representative John Murtha agreed to sign on as a co-sponsor of HR 676, national single payer health care legislation introduced by Congressman... 

Amnesty International USA calls on Senate to Consider Single Payer proposals

Amnesty International USA issued the following email alert. To take action, go to the AI-USA online Action Center: Health Care is a Human Right — Urge the Senate to Have a Real Debate on Single Payer We... 

Health Professionals Tell Congress They Want Single-Payer

By Jeff Muskus for Huffington-Post - At a long-awaited House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, health-care professionals made it clear that they believe a single-payer system to be the best and perhaps... 

Conyers promises a fight to get health-care reform bill through Congress

By Tim Louis Macaluso for www.rochester-citynews.com - To the Baby Boomers who packed the Rochester Museum and Science Center’s Eisenhart Auditorium last night, Representative John Conyers (D-MI)... 

Rep. Conyers urges single-payer system

By Laura Ungar for Courier-Journal.com – Despite resistance from President Barack Obama and some members of Congress, Rep. John Conyers of Michigan said yesterday he’ll keep fighting for a... 

Congressmen will talk about health reform

By Cathleen F. Crowley for timesunion.com– As the nation grapples with improving the health care system and making it more affordable, a contingent of people believe the answer is a single-payer... 

How’s this for a stimulus — let’s give Medicare to everyone

By Andy Everman for MLive.com– Often we hear about how education (especially higher education) is crucial for economic development and job creation. Rarely do we get any credible specifics about... 

Single-Payer Health Push Rallies Behind Conyers

As Obama prepares to take office, many women’s advocates are backing a single-payer health insurance reform championed by Rep. John Conyers, Jr. With so many Americans uninsured and underinsured,...