Healthcare-NOW Updates
More than 1800 RNs Join National Conference Call to Prepare For Haiti Disaster Relief Mission; 4,500 Signed Up to Go
Nurses to Establish Command Center in Miami in Advance of Assignments With some 4,500 U.S. nurses signed up to volunteer for a Haiti disaster relief mission – and more than 1800 of them participating in a national conference call joined Thursday – National Nurses United (NNU) today announced it will set up a command center…
Read MoreDownload “The Truth About Health Reform”
An MP3 audio file from our conference call teach-in titled The Truth About Health Reform is now available for download. You can listen to the file here. [audio:https://www.healthcare-now.org/wp-content/uploads/mp3/truthaboutreform.mp3] Or you can download the file by going here: The Truth About Health Reform. Featured speakers include: Ronald Hikel, Legislative Director and Deputy Chief of Staff for…
Read MoreThe Truth About Health Reform
Please join Healthcare-NOW! for two educational conference calls this month. The Truth about Health Reform – Thurs., Jan. 14th at 8pm EST Join leading policy experts and single-payer advocates on a conference call this Thursday, January 14th at 8pm EST for analysis from the beltway on the lack of transparency in the current health reform…
Read MoreHold Strong For Medicare For All
Healthcare-NOW! was founded with the basic understanding of the words of Martin Luther King, Jr that, “of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” On the eve of Dr. King’s 81st birthday, we share with all of our supporters the frustration, dismay, and anger that the current…
Read MoreProbation Ends for Baucus 8
Group Vows: “The Fight will continue until every person in our nation has access to quality, affordable health care.” Washington, D.C. – Members of the Baucus 8 appeared at the H. Carl Moultrie I Courthouse today for their final hearing following 6 months of probation and, for 3 members, 40 hours of community service. The…
Read MoreLong 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 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 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…
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