Healthcare-NOW Updates
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 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 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…
Read MoreAction Alert: Talk the Talk
Healthcare-NOW! recently launched the Campaign to Preserve and Protect Medicare and Social Security. We need to make sure Congress knows that we will not stand for cuts or privatization of Medicare or Social Security. We support Improved Medicare for All to get our economy back on track. Will you help us build the base of…
Read MoreAction Alert: Your Vote is Needed
As you may know, the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process will examine the United States’ human rights record this November. To make sure that people’s voices are heard throughout this process, the U.S. Human Rights Network created the Testify Project, where individuals all over the country upload videos documenting human rights abuses in…
Read MoreAction Alert: Stand With Kate
Two weeks ago we sent an action alert about the unfair targeting of activists in New York City. The response was tremendous. Hundreds of people made calls last week and successfully pressured the DA’s office to take the unusual step of inviting Kate Barnhart and her lawyer to a 40-minute meeting. One can hardly find…
Read MoreAction Alert: Social Security turns 75 on August 14th!
Social Security turns 75 on August 14th! Join the Alliance for Retired Americans in celebrations and actions (.pdf) across the country. In its 75 years of existence, Social Security has not added a cent to our country’s budget deficit. Nevertheless, even as the baby boomers begin to retire, some fiscal conservatives have labeled Social Security…
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