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Another Single-Payer Minute
This week at SPM we went into our video archives and found this timely short film for your pre-election viewing pleasure. Find more Single-Payer Minutes at American Patients United’s website.
Read MorePassing on Single-Payer Health Care
The following article was printed in the October/November issue of Dollars and Sense magazine. Passing On Single-Payer Health Care Union leadership is out of touch with the rank and file—and the public—on health care. By Jeffrey Muckensturm A coalition of major labor unions and liberal organizations has recently created what it calls “a national grassroots…
Read MoreHealthcare in the USA Pt. 2
Despite the fact the US continues to rank poorly in worldwide health care standards, John McCain like many, maintains that the United States health care is the best in the world. The Real News Network spoke to Steven Lewis, health policy and research consultant from Canada, Dr. Don McCanne of Physicians for a National Health…
Read MoreHealthcare in the USA Pt.1
The Real News Network spoke to Dr. Steffie Woolhandler of Harvard Medical School and Dr. Don McCanne of Physicians for a National Health Program who say John McCain’s healthcare proposals would make things worse than they are now and Barack Obama’s proposals won’t work and won’t be enough to fix the problems.
Read MoreWomen Buying Health Policies Pay a Penalty
The New York Times is reporting that women pay a disproportionately more than men for healthcare: Striking new evidence has emerged of a widespread gap in the cost of health insurance, as women pay much more than men of the same age for individual insurance policies providing identical coverage, according to new data from insurance…
Read MoreHow Single Payer Health Care Pays For Itself
This article is from Progress Illinois. by Dr. Quentin Young M.D. And Nicholas Skala on October 07, 2008 The threat of large spending increases normally extinguishes any talk of expanded health coverage. In the wake of the financial system’s speculative collapse, Barack Obama told reporters that he would have to delay initiatives promised on the…
Read MoreCNA President, Deborah Burger, Interview on Obama’s and McCain’s Healthcare Plans
The Real News Network recently interviewed Deborah Burger, President of the California Nurses Association (CNA), about the presidential candidates’ healthcare plans and why single-payer is the real solution to America’s healthcare crisis. Part 1 Part 2
Read MoreSingle-Payer Minute #4
American Patients United brings us another Single-Payer Minute. This week they talk with Dr. Vincent Gaddis on the moral failings of our current healthcare system.
Read MoreEntertainment Industry Unions Endorse HR 676
Two local unions in the entertainment industry have endorsed HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). In Weehawken, New Jersey, delegates to the District 10 Convention of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) endorsed the Conyers bill, reports Robert Score, a delegate to the convention and Recording Corresponding…
Read MoreSingle-Payer Minute #3
Donna Smith brings us another episode of Single Payer Minute. This week we hear from Vanessa Beck, who has battled our dysfunctional health care system for the better part of her life.
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