Action Alerts
Take Our Social Media Survey
We would like your help. Healthcare-NOW! wants to reach out to new single-payer supporters and strengthen ties with our current members, and to do this we need to make sure that our website and social media sites are as current and informative as possible. If you could take this brief 10-question survey, it would greatly…
Read MoreNurses, Robin Hood, Prepare to Converge on Chicago May 18
Healthcare-NOW! is proud to be one of more than 85 environmental, labor, and health groups to endorse National Nurses United’s “Protest the Global 1%” march and rally on May 18 in Chicago. As part of their Main Street Not Wall Street campaign, NNU is calling for a financial transaction tax – or Robin Hood tax…
Read MoreMay 1 – A Day Without the 99%
For more than 120 years, May 1 has been celebrated internationally as a day to honor workers and commemorate the suffering they have endured – and continue to endure – in their struggles for equity for all in the workplace. Building on the history of May Day, the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement is calling…
Read MoreHow to Organize a Healthcare Teach-In or Speak Out
On March 14 we organized our first ever skill-building call for our members and activists on how to organize effective teach-ins and speak-outs. Listen to the call here: Organizing Teach-Ins and Speak Outs You can also download a simple two-sided handout (.doc) on how to hold a successful speak-out or teach-in that includes: An overview…
Read MoreInjecting Single-Payer Into the Mandate News Cycle
With the Supreme Court hearings on the individual mandate happening this week, healthcare reform is back in the news. It’s time to send letters to the editor all over the country saying, “Individual mandate or not, we need Medicare-for-all.” The Supreme Court hearings on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate provision to…
Read MoreAction Alert: Never Mind the Mandate
The Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of the individual mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or “Obamacare,” in late March. The mandate would require that almost everyone in the US be covered by some form of health insurance, public or private, by 2014 or be fined. Therefore, it’s no surprise that…
Read MoreHealthcare-NOW! Strategy Conference Agenda
Don’t forget! Healthcare-NOW!’s Annual Strategy Conference in Houston, TX on January 28th and 29th is fast approaching, so register soon if you haven’t already. Go to our Strategy Conference page to register. You can download the agenda here (.pdf). Registration ends on January 21st and you must reserve your hotel room by January 13th to…
Read MoreWe Need Your Support!
At Healthcare-NOW!, daily letters, emails, and phone calls remind us that the healthcare crisis continues. Vanessa, before becoming our Director of Organizing, joined Healthcare-NOW! in 2005. “Suffering from a chronic illness,” says Vanessa, “I tried hard to find health insurance in the public and private markets, but was always turned down. Meanwhile, I got sicker.…
Read MoreRegister for the Healthcare-NOW! Annual Strategy Conference
Healthcare-NOW! National Strategy Conference January 28th and 29th, 2012 Houston, TX We need your help planning the strategy for the year ahead. Join single-payer activists and supporters from across the country in Houston, TX so we can build on the successes of the year past and develop concrete plans for the year ahead. The Patient…
Read MoreHealthcare-NOW! Supports Occupy Wall St. Movement
In 1,368 cities across the country and around the world, people are standing up to the top 1% who collectively have more wealth and power than the lower 99% of the population. These occupations are self-sustaining communities focused on creating a space for free and open dialogue and action on the issues–from healthcare to education…
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