Archive for December 2009
Long Live Single-Payer, Medicare for All
Wednesday, for the first time in American history, the US Senate was to debate and vote on single-payer healthcare. Sen. Bernie Sanders submitted an amendment to the Senate health bill that would have expanded Medicare to everyone. But after a stall-tactic by Senate Republicans, requiring that the full 700-page amendment to be read, and, presumably,…
Read MoreSanders Says Single-Payer Day Will Come as He Withdraws Amendment
By Donna Smith – Sickening. Saddening. Maddening. And the stuff of future determination in the political struggle for healthcare for all in the United States. On the floor of the U.S. Senate today, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont rose to offer his single-payer, Medicare for All amendment No. 2837 and to begin debate. Then, one…
Read MoreSanders Amendment Being Debated NOW – Watch
Sen. Bernie Sanders has offered an amendment to the Senate health bill that would expand Medicare to everyone. Watch the Senate debate on the Sanders Amendment right now on CSPAN 2. Just go here. This was posted at 12:20 pm ET.
Read MoreEduardo Needs a Heart
While most children wish for the latest toys and gadgets for Christmas, there is a 14 year old boy who wishes for a heart so he can live a normal life. Eduardo Loredo was diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy, an illness in which the heart becomes weakened and enlarged, and cannot pump blood efficiently. Eduardo was…
Read MoreURGENT! Calls Needed Now
Just a few days after 20 demonstrations at Senators’ offices across the country in support of Medicare for All, we learned that Senator Sanders’ Single-Payer Amendment No. 2837 will be debated and voted as soon as today! Amendment No. 2837 would extend healthcare as a basic human right to all. Sens. Brown, Burris, and Sanders,…
Read MoreSenate Tweaks Away Your Healthcare
By Donna Smith – As my grandmother used to say, “I was born on a weekend but not last weekend.” The latest insult to Americans hungry for a bit of healthcare justice for all comes from the news that the Senate health bill now allows insurance companies to place annual limits on payments for some…
Read MorePress Roundup for International Human Rights Day Actions
First, thank you for organizing nearly 20 actions nationwide! This is incredible considering the challenges we face in fighting for a just, equitable health care system – Medicare for All! Below is a press round up from leaders that have sent info our way. All press is significant, but special thanks to the NYC folks…
Read MoreHealth Care Street Heat Targets Senator Schumer, Demanding Medicare for All
By Joseph Huff-Hannon for the Huffington Post – New York, NY. December 10, 2009 — On Thursday morning, a group of friends and colleagues, mostly middle-aged, sat and chatted over coffee at a midtown deli near Grand Central Station. Then Laurie Wen, an organizer with the Mobilization for Healthcare for All, showed up with a…
Read MoreMaine AFL-CIO Calls for Labor Summit & Strategy to Win Single Payer
by Matt Schlobohm, Public Policy & Poltical Mobilization Director, Maine AFL-CIO, and Charlie Urquhart, Organizer, Maine Labor Group on Health On Friday October 23, 2009 the delegates at the Maine AFL-CIO’s 27th Biennial Convention unanimously passed a resolution calling on the AFL-CIO to convene, after the current healthcare reform process in Congress concludes, a democratic…
Read MoreBernie Sanders Presses For Vote On State Single-Payer Option
By Jeff Muskus for Huffington Post – While Democratic leaders abandoned the public option on Thursday, one senator reignited his push for an amendment that would allow states to test-pilot single-payer health insurance systems. No matter what federal health care reform finally looks like, the Senate should give interested state governments the right to prove…
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