Single-Payer News
Pause in Honor of Medicare
By Richard Propp, M.D. for the Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) – At this time of year I usually start thinking about the passage of Medicare in July of 1965. How in the world did President Johnson decide to take on Congress to approve such a huge program for seniors? To sum it up, it was…
Read More‘Obamacare’ Bends for Big Business… Again
Critics blast Obama’s decision to delay mandated employer health insurance in Affordable Care Act that was already a concession to private industry By Sarah Lazare for Common Dreams – The one-year delay of what Obama touted as a 'key provision' to his plan will apply to businesses that employ 50 or more full-time workers. The…
Read MoreAnthony Weiner’s single-payer plan is progressive, but not single-payer
By Reid Pillfant for Capital New York – Advocates for a single-payer health care plan see plenty of reasons to like Anthony Weiner’s proposed overhaul of the city’s health system. They just think it’s mislabeled. “Well as I understand his proposal, it’s not what I would call a single-payer proposal, but it has some useful…
Read MoreIdaho AFL-CIO endorses HR 676, National Single Payer Health Care
From UnionsForSinglePayer.org – Rian Van Leuven, President of the Idaho State AFL-CIO, announced that on June 12, 2013, the delegates to the 55th Annual Idaho State AFL-CIO Convention passed a resolution to publicly endorse and support H.R. 676, Single Payer Healthcare. Further the resolution states “That the Idaho State AFL-CIO will develop working relationships with…
Read MoreCanadians pay taxes for universal healthcare, and now they’re richer than us
By Dr. Philip Caper for BangorDailyNews.com – I’ve been watching with some dismay the wrestling match going on between the governor and the Maine Legislature over the opportunity offered by the federal Affordable Care Act to expand our MaineCare program. Proponents of expansion of MaineCare make their argument on both moral and economic grounds. Such…
Read MoreUniversal Healthcare and Economic Freedom Go Hand-in-Hand
By David Callahan for Demos – One of the most pernicious myths of the past half century is that guaranteeing healthcare for all Americans would strike a mortal blow against this country’s system of free enterprise. That claim has been made endlessly in the context of the Affordable Care Act, and Obamacare critics are now…
Read MoreLocal 155, United Steelworkers, endorses HR 676
From Unions for Single Payer – Rick Rigney, President of USW Local 155, reports that his union has endorsed HR 676, national single payer health care legislation sponsored by Congressman John Conyers. “We just believe that every American ought to be afforded the right to have health care,” said Rigney, “but there are a lot…
Read MoreGOP Hospital Executive Calls For Single-Payer
By Jack Bernard for the Observer – After spending 25 years in the health care field, most of it related to making hospitals more efficient and effective, I have become skeptical of many of Washington’s reform efforts, especially by my party, the GOP. One of the biggest problems with health care is escalating, uncontrolled expenditures,…
Read More30 Million to Remain Uninsured Under Obamacare
Harvard and CUNY researchers say 4.9 million Texans and 3.7 million Californians will still be uninsured in 2016 A study released today on the Health Affairs blog finds that between 29.8 million and 31.0 million people will remain uninsured after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2016 and breaks down those figures by…
Read MoreCLCs to AFL-CIO: Act to Expand Social Security Financing & Pass Improved Medicare for All
By Kay Tillow, All Unions Committee for Single Payer Health Care–HR 676 – Four central labor councils have passed an identical resolution calling upon the September AFL-CIO convention to organize an offensive campaign for expanding Social Security financing and passing improved “Medicare For All” legislation. The resolution, which was initiated by the Troy Area Labor…
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