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A Month of Single-Payer Action

For the first time ever, single-payer legislation will be debated and voted on by Congress in September. The day after thousands of grassroots activists rallied in Washinton, DC for national healthcare on Medicare’s 44th birthday, Rep. Anthony Weiner (NY-9) introduced an amendment to President Obama’s healthcare reform bill (HR 3200) to replace it with HR…

Action Alert: Remote Area Medical Visits LA

In a stark reminder for the overwhelming need for universal healthcare in the US, thousands of Americans in Los Angeles, CA are lining up this weekend to receive free healthcare provided by a relief organization called Remote Area Medical. If you need care, go. All the information you need is here. Either way, ask your…

Comparing Single-Payer with the Public Option

There has been considerable confusion about the differences between single-payer healthcare, which Healthcare-NOW! supports, and the healthcare reform options, including President Obama’s “public option,” being introduced by the House and Senate. So we’ve collected the following resources to clarify the difference: Report Card for Single-Payer and “Public Option” (.pdf) More of the Same Is Not…

Marilyn Clement – June 30, 1935 to August 3, 2009

“…working for the common good is a wonderful way to live – a wonderful way to spend a lifetime.” – Marilyn Clement, June 7, 2003 Marilyn wrote a number of articles on healthcare for the site. You can read them all here. Marilyn Clement, founder and National Coordinator of Healthcare-NOW!, passed away on Monday, August…

Report on Medicare’s 44th Birthday, July 30, 2009

Over one thousand single-payer activists descended on Capitol Hill on July 30th, 2009 to celebrate Medicare’s 44th Birthday as concurrent actions planned across the country and on the Hill culminated to pay great tribute to the nation’s most popular social program that is indeed the largest single-payer in the country of hospitals and doctors. The…

The Mad As Hell Doctors Road Tour

On September 8, 2009 a group of dedicated Oregon physicians will take the message of Universal Health Care “on the road” in a wrapped and branded Motor Home headed for Washington D.C. to support single-payer healthcare. From their website: There’s no nice way to say it. The financial cost of health care is killing our…

Healthcare-NOW! Mourns the Loss of Our Founder and National Coordinator, Marilyn Clement

The entire Healthcare-NOW community mourns the loss of Marilyn Clement, Healthcare-NOW!’s Founder and National Coordinator, who died this morning, Monday, August 3, 2009. A passionate and untiring advocate for social justice, her leadership in the movement to make health care a human right inspired us all. Healthcare-NOW is gathering information for a more detailed statement…

Single-Payer Gets A Vote In House

Published by The Hill – Seeking to dampen liberal anger about deals cut with centrists, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said House leaders have agreed to allow a floor vote on a government-run, single-payer system. “A lot of members on our committee want a vote on that,” said Waxman said in an…

Happy Birthday Medicare!!!

Today, single-payer supporters from all over the country are celebrating the 44th birthday of one of the nation’s most popular public programs: Medicare. On this anniversary of Medicare, we are calling for an end to a wasteful private health financing model based on earning profits through the restriction and denial of needed health care. This…

Single-Payer Teach-In in NYC this Saturday, Watch Live Online

Watch the teach-in live right here. The nation is abuzz with health care reform. Mark your calendars for July 25th to learn about the solution to our health care crisis. A plan that 2/3 of the public supports, 59% of physicians, and nearly 100 Members of Congress. Join the Private Health Insurance Must Go! Coalition,…