Single-Payer News
Remember Medicare for All in the healthcare reform debate
By Kay Tillow for the Hill Blog – We are in danger of losing the opportunity to bring Improved Medicare for All, a single payer plan, before the Congress. Last July Congressman Anthony Weiner and six of his colleagues on the Energy and Commerce Committee attempted to substitute the real public option—HR 676, a single…
Read More13 students and citizens arrested in sit-in at Independence Blue Cross offices
Philadelphia – 13 students and citizens angered by our broken healthcare system, which leaves 47 million uninsured, is part of 60% of all bankruptcies, and causes about 45,000 avoidable deaths each year, were arrested at the Independence Blue Cross offices in Philadelphia on October 30, 2009. The 13 participants approached one of the entrances to…
Read MorePhysicians and supporters arrested at CareFirst health insurance office to call for real health care reform
Dr. Margaret Flowers and Charles Loubert, 81, will stay in jail until CEO of CareFirst meets to discuss redirecting lobbying funds to pay for patients care Baltimore, MD – Two physicians and two supporters were arrested today at a sit-in at a Baltimore CareFirst health insurance office. The sit-in is part of a national groundswell…
Read MoreSen. Al Franken humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over healthcare bankruptcies
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over health care bankruptcies during a senate Judiciary sub-committee hearing on bankruptcies driven by catastrophic medical expenses.
Read MoreHarrisburg Rotunda Filled By Single-payer Supporters
From PDA – “The October 20 ‘Healthcare for All’ rally at the capital rotunda in Harrisburg, Pa., was a huge success,” said Tim Carpenter, PDA National Director. “Anywhere from 700 to 1200 supporters turned out during the course of the event.” The rally was organized in support of Pennsylvania’s single-payer healthcare legislation and was co-sponsored…
Read MoreCalifornia Man Jailed for Five Days After Sit-In at Blue Cross Office in Los Angeles
From Democracy Now – On Thursday, Sam Pullen was arrested at the Los Angeles offices of the insurance giant Blue Cross. He refused to give his information to police and vowed to remain in prison until Blue Cross agreed to hear demands that it stop denying doctor-recommended medical treatment to seriously ill patients. Despite his…
Read MoreUS Healthcare History: Our Very Own Killing Fields
By Donna Smith – Jenny Fritts was 24 years old. Jenny lived with her husband Sean for the past five years, and together they had a little girl named Kylee, 2. Jenny was seven-and-a-half months pregnant with her second child – a beautiful, baby girl. Jenny is dead. Jenny’s unborn baby is dead. They died…
Read More“I’m staying in police custody until we have health care for all”
Los Angeles, CA – Sam Pullen, 31, was arrested yesterday in Los Angeles at a sit-in at the Blue Cross health insurance office. He is refusing to give information to police, vowing to stay in jail until Blue Cross stops denying care to those who need it most. He is being supported by the group…
Read MoreNew York Times: ‘FAIR Had a Point’
Paper’s public editor agrees with activists FAIR published this Activism Update – In response to FAIR’s September 22 action alert, New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt agreed (10/11/09) that the paper’s September 20 article about Medicare for all excluded supporters of a single-payer healthcare system. FAIR pointed out that the article, written by Katharine…
Read MoreA Death Every 12 Minutes: The Price of Not Having Medicare for All
By John Geyman for Huffington Post – Americans are dying at a faster rate — 1 every 12 minutes, 5 an hour, 120 a day, 45,000 a year — not from war or natural disaster, but from lack of health insurance. That’s the stunning finding of a study published today in the American Journal of…
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