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Petition to TIAA-CREF: Move Your Money Out of Private Health Insurance!

Socially responsible investors were shocked to learn TIAA-CREF, one of the largest pension funds in the world, invests their socially responsible funds in major private health insurance companies. Private health insurance companies are known for their duplicitous practices in denying and delaying care to maximize profits; literally bankrupting patients, while registering soaring profits for shareholders…

Organizing a Petitioning Campaign

Thank you to everyone who participated in our April Skill-Building Call on organizing a petitioning campaign — and a special thank you to Josh Starcher and Omar Kutty from Healthcare-NOW! – New York City for leading the training. If you were unable to make the call or wish to share it with other single-payer activists,…

Developing a Media Outreach Strategy

Thank you to everyone who participated in our May Skill-Building Call about successful media outreach — and a special thank you to Laurie Wen from PNHP – New York Metro for lending us her excellent expertise. If you were unable to make the call, you can listen to it here: Media Outreach You can also…

ACA Upheld: We Still Need Medicare for All

The Supreme Court just released their decision on Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), and their decision is that all components of the law – including the individual mandate requiring citizens buy private health insurance – are upheld and declared constitutional. This decision does not end the fight for expanded and improved Medicare-for-all. We know that…

Two Events with Michael Moore on June 30 in Philadelphia

An Intimate Reception with Michael Moore and Wendell Potter June 30th, 2012 – 4 PM to 6 PM William Way Center Ballroom, 1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA $100 Minimum Donation. Tickets Available On-line. First Come, First Served. Go Here: http://tiny.cc/sickoreception Hors dourves and non-alcoholic drinks will be available. Beer and wine available for small donation.…

Preparing for the Supreme Court Decision

A lot of energy is being spent conjecturing on the outcome of the upcoming Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA). As pundits are busy speculating on how the decision will affect Obama’s reelection campaign and upcoming Congressional races, three possible scenarios seem most likely: – The entire law is…

Michael Moore, Wendell Potter, SiCKO’s in Philly June 30th

Still SiCKO After All These Years Saturday, June 30th, 2012. – 7 PM Plays and Players Theater, 1714 Delancy Street, Philadelphia, PA $40 Minimum Donation. Tickets Available On-line. First Come, First Served. Go Here: http://tiny.cc/sicko5 Michael Moore’s documentary SiCKO was released in 2007 to widespread acclaim. A straight-from-the-heart portrait of the crazy and sometimes cruel…

It’s Up to Us

The politics of the current moment are clear: the Democrats are desperate to hold onto the White House at any cost and Republicans are fervently working to dismantle our social safety net to further uplift the private market. And meanwhile it’s us — the workers, mothers, fathers, students, nurses, patients, and physicians — that are…

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…

Nurses, 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…