GRITtv: Nurses for Single Payer and Mike Farrell

Geri Jenkins, a registered nurse and co-president of the California Nurses Association, brings us up to date on continuing protests against the exclusion of single payer advocates at Senate Finance Committee hearings on healthcare. Two nurses and three physicians were arrested today as they called for a seat at the hearing. Finally, Mike Farrell author…

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Democracy Now!: Baucus’s Raucous Caucus (Video)

From Democracy Now!— Doctors, Nurses and Activists Arrested Again for Protesting Exclusion of Single-Payer Advocates at Senate Hearing on Healthcare. Advocates of single-payer universal healthcare—the system favored by most Americans—continue to protest their exclusion from discussions on healthcare reform. On Tuesday, five doctors, nurses and single-payer advocates were arrested at a Senate Finance Committee hearing,…

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Push for Single-Payer Grows

More single-payer coverage on the Ed Show. This time he interviews actor Mike Farrell. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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Five more single-payer protesters arrested

From NBC’s Ken Strickland– Five protesters were arrested this morning at a Senate hearing on health-care reform. The protesters — some, who identified themselves as doctors and nurses — were be charged with “Disruption of Congress,” according to the Capitol Police spokeswoman. The Senate Finance Committee hearing was a roundtable discussion between senators and experts…

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Nurses and Doctors Call for “Florence Nightingale Day Protest,” May 12

Nurses and Doctors Call for “Florence Nightingale Day Protest” Against Max Baucus and Health Insurers: May 12 Baucus Again Calls Senate Finance Hearing Without Information on “The Nurses’ and Doctors’ Plan” for Healthcare Reform: Single-Payer Healthcare. What: Activist registered nurses and physicians are calling for a “Florence Nightingale Day Protest” against Sen. Max Baucus and…

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Action Alert: Please Call Now for Single-Payer National Healthcare

It’s National Nurses Week, and there are many single-payer festivities in Washington, DC. Help us celebrate the leading role nurses play in the single-payer movement by joining us in Washington DC and/or making a call to get single-payer experts into the Senate Finance Committee Roundtable discussion! This Tuesday, May 12, the Senate Finance Committee is…

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Why we risked arrest for single-payer health care

By Margaret Flowers, M.D.– On May 5, eight health care advocates, including myself and two other physicians, stood up to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and the Senate Finance Committee during a “public roundtable discussion” with a simple question: Will you allow an advocate for a single-payer national health plan to have a seat at the…

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The Ed Show: Fighting for Single-Payer (Video)

Here is the 11 minute clip of Ed Schultz’s interview with Dr. Margaret Flowers of PNHP about single-payer healthcare and her arrest at the Senate Finance roundtable discussion. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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Baucus 8 Update: Single-Payer in the News

I was one of the Baucus 8 in Tuesday’s demonstration at the Senate Finance Committee Round Table on health care. It was a meaningful and empowering action to be a part of, and I am awed and humbled by the response from single-payer supporters around the country. Hundreds of people have written and donated to…

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