Archive for June 2009
Policing the Debate on Health Reform
By Isabel Macdonald for FAIR – ABC’s Diane Sawyer claimed (CNN, 6/22/09) the network’s June 24 forum on President Barack Obama’s healthcare plan would feature “questions from every single vantage point.” Yet, ignoring calls from FAIR (Action Alert, 6/22/09) and advocacy groups such as Health Care Now!, the special did not include a single question…
Read MoreObama Asks For Your Questions On Health Care
Please take action for Single Payer healthcare by submitting a question to the President by Wednesday, July 1. You have to upload your video question to YouTube, Twitter, or Facebook. According to the White House: “President Obama is scheduled to hold an online town hall on Wednesday to discuss health care and the White House…
Read MoreLabCorp Denies Blood Test for Heart Attack Patient Due to $7 Debt
By Donna Smith OK, if this wasn’t personal enough just yet for me, it just got a whole lot more so. And if you think for one instant that in this nation at this point in history and with this popularly elected President and Democratic Congress you will be treated for a heart attack simply…
Read MoreSing Out for Single-Payer Road Show
Singer/songwriter Anne Feeney is headlining a tour throughout California, Oregon, and Washington in July to support national, single-payer healthcare (HR 676 and S 703). You can find all of her tour dates on her website, and listen to one of her songs right here. From Anne Feeney’s website: “We believe that single payer health insurance…
Read MoreThe Health Care Industry vs. Health Reform
By Wendell Potter for prwatch.org – I’m the former insurance industry insider now speaking out about how big for-profit insurers have hijacked our health care system and turned it into a giant ATM for Wall Street investors, and how the industry is using its massive wealth and influence to determine what is (and is not)…
Read MoreMass. cuts its health coverage by $115m
By Kay Lazar of the Boston Globe – Overseers of Massachusetts’ trailblazing healthcare program made their first cuts yesterday, trimming $115 million, or 12 percent, from Commonwealth Care, which subsidizes premiums for needy residents and is the centerpiece of the 2006 law. The board of the Connector Authority made the cuts as officials confronted two…
Read MoreToday: Tell ABC-TV to put Single-Payer on the Table
ABC News is presenting a full day of in-depth of coverage on President Barack Obama’s healthcare proposal today, Wednesday, June 24, 10pm EST. This includes an hour-long Primetime “town hall” discussion featuring Obama and questions from audience members. The ABC press release says that the town hall discussion will be moderated by Charles Gibson, Diane…
Read MoreAction Alert: Congress is Headed in the Wrong Direction
It’s time to tell Congress that it’s headed in the wrong direction – proposing to spend over a trillion more dollars to put band aids on a healthcare system that needs major surgery. Everyone in the LCGHC national coalition and its network of millions of Americans have worked hard and made huge strides toward advancing…
Read MoreAmnesty 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 at Amnesty International believe that policymakers have a historic opportunity to reform a broken health care system. During…
Read MoreHealth care a human right?
From The Real News – A single payer rep finally testifies to Congress; insurance industry steps up attack on any public plan June 21 – “Our decades’ reliance on the market and efforts to patch together a system to use a public and private mix has failed to carry a quality health care to all…
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