Archive for May 2010
Do You Think that Private Health Insurance is a Bit, Um, Old Fashioned?
A message from our Critical Mass friends. GOOD SIRS! MADAMS! AND ALL OTHERS! One must VIGOROUSLY VOYAGE on one’s VICTORIAN VELOCIPEDE to the CRITICAL MASS, the LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH, MAY 28TH, at 5 POST MERIDIAN TIME—just after tea—at THE CITY HALL, in PHILADELPHIA, PA. There, HER MAJESTY’S subjects will demand, quite politely, that…
Read MoreInfection in Our Healthcare System
From the Media Mobilizing Project – Philadelphia’s two major newspapers have been acquired by outside investors. Comcast cable dominates the market, but thousands of our neighbors can’t afford to get online. In an era of dwindling outlets telling the stories of everyday Philadelphians, the Media Mobilizing Project has launched MMPtv, a monthly half-hour newsmagazine knitting…
Read MoreThe Baucus 8 One Year Later (Video)
On May 5, 2009, 8 health advocates stood up to the members of the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Senator Max Baucus, to expose the exclusion of the health reform favored by the majority of people in America: a single payer/national improved Medicare for All health program. Industry lobbyists were invited to testify before the…
Read MoreFormer President Bush’s brother collapses at Wellpoint meeting
From wishtv.com – INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The WellPoint shareholders meeting in downtown Indianapolis ended much earlier than some disgruntled shareholders would have liked when 71-year-old William H.T. Bush, brother of the first President Bush, collapsed. For the fourth year in a row, in the shadow of WellPoint corporate headquarters in downtown Indianapolis, on the day…
Read More3rd Largest Labor Council in Ohio Endorses HR 676
On April 27, 2010, the Tri-County Regional Labor Council, the third largest labor council in the state of Ohio, endorsed HR 676, national single payer health care legislation sponsored by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). John Wagner, Executive Secretary Treasurer, stated that the council supports single payer “Because we believe that it’s the real solution to…
Read MoreAction Alert: End WellPoint’s Greed
On May 18th, Dr. Rob Stone plans to deliver a resolution to WellPoint/Anthem, the largest health insurance company in the US, calling for it to return to its charitable, non-profit roots at their upcoming shareholder meeting in Indianapolis. WellPoint, like all health insurance companies in the nation, is a parasitic middleman that enriches its executives…
Read MoreAfter the Reform: Aiming High for Health Justice
By Margaret Flowers, M.D. for Tikkun Magazine – As we sit here on the other side of the recent health reform process, we have an opportunity for reflection. There were many times during the past year and a half when passage of a health bill seemed unlikely. However, in the end, the White House and…
Read MoreWhich Health Care Reform Proposal is Good for Business?
Single Payer is the Surprising Clear Winner By Ivan J. Miller – Download the full report here. A new health care system could improve the bottom line for most businesses, reduce the impact of government related regulation, and free employers from managing employee health care. A redesigned health care system using single payer financing offers…
Read MorePatients protest doctor’s dismissal
By Kevin Kelley for Westlife – About 50 protesters demonstrated in front of St. John Medical Center Sunday afternoon to protest the termination of Dr. George Randt’s contract with Cuyahoga Physicians Network. Cuyahoga Physicians Network is a for-profit practice organization owned and managed by the Sisters of Charity Health System. Randt had been seeing patients…
Read MoreMay 22: Healthcare-NOW! Fundraiser and Film Screening
If you’re in the Philadelphia, PA area, please join Healthcare-NOW! on Saturday, May 22nd for an office warming party and a screening of The Yes Men Fix the World. The Yes Men Fix the World is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their…
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