Healthcare-NOW

Dec. 10 – Rally to Stop the “Grand Bargain”

As you know, President Obama is seeking a “grand bargain” to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” coming at the end of the year. We already know that President Obama is willing to raise Medicare’s eligibility age from 65 to 67 and cut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security by $650 billion. We need to stop any…

Obama/GOP “Grand Bargain” Threatens Medicare

Medicare-for-All is the Solution! Go here to email Congress asking them NOT to cut Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. Dear Single-Payer Healthcare Supporter: The Presidential election is over but the fight to save Medicare intensifies. While Romney and Ryan campaigned for turning Medicare into a private voucher system, support for privatization comes from both sides…

Healthcare-NOW! Seeking a Director of Organizing

Healthcare-NOW! (HCN), a national grassroots advocacy organization supporting single-payer healthcare, is accepting applications for a full-time Director of Organizing. The Director is primarily responsible for developing and implementing HCN’s national organizing plan, creating outreach materials for HCN’s 30+ affiliate organizations and 45,000+ supporters, providing training and support to new and emerging affiliates and members, and…

Healthcare-NOW! Seeking an Office Manager/Bookkeeper

Healthcare-NOW!, a national grassroots advocacy organization supporting single-payer healthcare that formed in 2004, is accepting applications for a part-time (15 to 20 hours a week) Office Manager and Bookkeeper. The Office Manager and Bookkeeper will mostly maintain daily office operations and finances, but there are opportunities to support national organizing work as well. We are…

National Strategy Conference – Spring 2013

As you may know, Healthcare-NOW!’s National Strategy Conference is typically held in November each year. However, our next annual National Strategy Conference will be held in early Spring 2013. We will be in touch again soon with further updates on the specific date and location of the conference. With the outcome and political impact of…

Action Alert: Tell 12 Governors Not to Block Medicaid

Matthew Solis, 22, is a single father in San Juan, Texas with joint custody of his 4-year-old daughter. He works 25 hours a week for minimum wage while attending college full-time. He can’t afford private insurance, and he makes about $8,700 a year–too much to qualify for Medicaid in his state. Let’s change that. Obama’s…

On Medicare Vouchers and Cuts

Medicare is the main issue for both major political parties. Republicans Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney’s platform is to privatize Medicare and gut Medicaid, but Republicans are not alone in their attacks on our social safety net. Ryan developed his Medicare plan with Democratic Senator Ron Wyden last year. Ryan’s proposal (deceptively titled the “Path…

Happy Birthday Medicare!

Happy birthday Medicare! Medicare’s 47th anniversary is today and is a valuable opportunity to highlight why we still need single-payer Medicare-for-all. Take a minute to email and then call Congress to let them know you support improving and expanding Medicare to everyone living in the US. Medicare celebrations are happening around the country, including: Monday,…

Forging Ahead for Medicare-for-All

I’m angry. My father got laid off (again). My 17 year old sister is beginning to look at colleges for an education I already know she’ll still be paying back in two decades. My friends – some of whom have masters and law degrees – can’t find steady employment. And now the Supreme Court has…

July 30: Celebrate Medicare’s 47th Anniversary

Coming in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to largely uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicare’s 47th anniversary on Monday, July 30 is a great opportunity to highlight why we still need single-payer Medicare-for-all. We know that the ACA will not achieve universal coverage — at least 26 million people will remain uninsured…