Archive for September 2010
Join Single-Payer Groups at One Nation March
Planning on attending the Saturday, October 2nd March for Jobs in Washington, DC? Join the single-payer contingent!! National Nurses United has extended the invitation to single-payer healthcare advocates to march with 500 nurses for jobs, social security, and Medicare for all. Buses are being organized from many east coast and midwest cities. Let us know…
Read MoreWith Caravans and Cabarets Retirees Push for Single Payer
Today, September 13, 2010, Retirees for Single Payer Health Care will meet at 11:30 AM at UAW Local 22 (4300 Michigan Ave.) in Detroit to caravan to the office of Congressman John Dingell in Dearborn where they will demonstrate and seek to win Dingell’s support and co-sponsorship for HR 676, national single payer health care.…
Read MoreMedicare for All T-Shirts Available Now
On October 2nd, thousands will march on Washington, DC for jobs, justice, peace, and education. Healthcare-NOW! will be there standing strong for improved Medicare for all, and we’re working hard to have thousands of people join us. We need your help to make this march a success! Buy a new Improved Medicare for All t-shirt…
Read MoreRev. Lucius Walker Jr., August 3, 1930 – September 7, 2010
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of one of our own, Rev. Lucius Walker, Jr., on September 7, 2010. Rev. Walker has been the Executive Director of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization/Pastors for Peace (IFCO) since 1967, and has served on Healthcare-NOW!’s Board since it formed in 2004.…
Read MoreNot Just Simpson, but Entire Deficit Commission Must Go
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Katie Robbins, National Organizer, Healthcare NOW!, katie@healthcare-now.org, 330-618-6379 Kay Tillow, All Unions for Single-Payer Health Care, nursenpo@aol.com, 502-636-1551 Not Just Simpson, but Entire Deficit Commission Must Go September 8, 2010 (Philadelphia, PA) – After months of meetings behind closed doors, the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, aka the Deficit…
Read MoreDisband the Deficit Commission
Former Senator Alan Simpson, who called Social Security a milk cow with 310 million tits, clearly doesn’t have the facts on Social Security if he is implying we’re all milking the system. Simpson co-chairs the Commission with Erskine Bowles, who thinks the government is spending way too much, claiming, “All of our revenue is completely…
Read MoreU.S. employers push increase in cost of healthcare onto workers
A new survey shows an average worker with a family plan pays nearly $4,000 a year, up 14% from 2009. Meanwhile, the average employer contribution to a family plan hasn’t increased at all. By Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times – As employers struggle with rising healthcare costs and a sour economy, U.S. workers for…
Read More2010 Healthcare-NOW! National Strategy Conference
Healthcare-NOW! 2010 National Strategy Conference November 13 and 14 Philadelphia, PA Join single-payer activists and supporters from all over the US in Philadelphia, PA to plan our strategy for 2011. By learning and sharing with one another we can build on the successes of the last year and develop the plan to win single-payer national…
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