Archive for August 2009
Why Single Payer Advocacy Matters Now More Than Ever
By John Nichols for the Nation – How should serious supporters of health-care reform spend the month of August? Not by getting trapped in the narrow “debate” between “party of no” Republicans who favor no reform at all, and Blue Dog Democrats, whose “reform” is to make a bad system worse. And not by campaigning…
Read MoreHealthcare-NOW! Mourns the Loss of Our Founder and National Coordinator, Marilyn Clement
The entire Healthcare-NOW community mourns the loss of Marilyn Clement, Healthcare-NOW!’s Founder and National Coordinator, who died this morning, Monday, August 3, 2009. A passionate and untiring advocate for social justice, her leadership in the movement to make health care a human right inspired us all. Healthcare-NOW is gathering information for a more detailed statement…
Read MoreProgressive Democrats take a stand on health care (Video)
The Real News Network covered our rally for single-payer healthcare on July 30th and interviewed David Swanson of AfterDowningStreet.org. From the Real News Network: An amendment introduced by representative Anthony Weiner, which would have created national single payer, has been traded in for a vote on the House floor in September, as a part of…
Read MoreSingle-payer to be introduced on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
From PNHP – Friday night as the House Energy and Commerce Committee completed its markup of HR 3200, the House health reform bill, Chairman Henry Waxman interrupted Representative Anthony Weiner of New York to say that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had promised that single payer legislation, HR 676, The United States National Health Care Act…
Read MoreSingle-Payer Gets A Vote In House
Published by The Hill – Seeking to dampen liberal anger about deals cut with centrists, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said House leaders have agreed to allow a floor vote on a government-run, single-payer system. “A lot of members on our committee want a vote on that,” said Waxman said in an…
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