Single-Payer Resources – Page 2

Single Payer Legislation vs. Reconciliation Bill

Physicians for a National Health Program recently released a comparison of single-payer healthcare and the bill that the House just passed. You can download the one-page handout here.

Report Card on Single-Payer and Public Option

Healthcare-NOW!, along with Progressive Democrats of America, has produced a report card that compares single-payer healthcare with President Obama’s “public option” proposal currently being debated in the House and Senate. Please feel free to download and distribute the two-page report card. Report Card on Single-Payer and “Public Option” (.pdf)

New Report Casts Exclusion of Single Payer as a Question of Democracy and Human Rights

At a critical moment for health care reform in the United States, The National Economic & Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) has published an in-depth assessment of single payer proposals, finding that a single payer system goes further towards meeting key human rights principles than market-based plans. The question of whether national leaders will consider a…

Illness, medical bills linked to nearly two-thirds of bankruptcies

Harvard study finds 50 percent increase from 2001 Most of those bankrupted by illness were middle class and had insurance Download Study (pdf) Download Medical Bankruptcy Q&A (.doc) Download Fact Sheet (.doc) Medical problems contributed to nearly two-thirds (62.1 percent) of all bankruptcies in 2007, according to a study in the August issue of the…

Slides on healthcare for all

Here are some informative slides on HR 676 and national, single-payer healthcare. Use it for a meeting or just for informational purposes. Download the Power Point slides here.

Massachusetts Health Reform: Solution or Stopgap?

Questions about the Massachusetts health plan? This brochure might help you sort through this recently popular “blueprint” for a national healthcare plan. Get all the details about the limits of mandates and keeping private health insurance companies in the mix. From the brochure: Massachusetts health reform (known as “Chapter 58”) has been billed as a…

Death By Spreadsheet Booklet Now Available

This booklet contains testimonials detailing injustices of the American health care system. These are firsthand accounts of tragedy and death due to insurance denials and lack of coverage. At a time when 47 million American people are uninsured and 80 million more Americans have inadequate coverage, these expressions of suffering–posted to our online petition–document the…

Protest Toolkit Available

The Chicago Single-Payer Action Network (CSPAN) created this tool kit to assist other single-payer groups in organizing protests of insurance companies. The photographs in this manual were all taken during our protests in Chicago. We hope you will find this tool kit helpful in organizing your own protests. Download the toolkit here (pdf). More information:…

New HCN Bookmark Available

NEW! Healthcare-NOW! Bookmarks available! This a simple handout packed with information about the US Health Care Crisis and the Single Payer Solution. For a limited time, you can receive 10 *free* bookmarks by request. Additional bookmarks can be purchased at $0.15 each. Order from Healthcare-NOW! at 800-453-1305 or info@healthcare-now.org.