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Medicare-for-all doctors arrested outside Obama-GOP meeting

‘There is a better health plan, Mr. President’ Rising to President Obama’s challenge in his State of the Union address that others come up with a better approach to health care reform than his own, two Maryland physicians who advocate for a single-payer program stood on the sidewalk this morning outside the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace…

Join Dr. Flowers in Asking the President to Meet with Us

During last night’s State of the Union Address, President Obama said, “If anyone from either party has a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors, and stop insurance company abuses, let me know.” So to let him know about a better approach, PNHP’s Congressional…

Time to Start from Scratch

We’ve heard President Obama assert during his campaign that if he were starting from scratch he would implement a single-payer plan. He recently stated: “I want to cover everybody. Now, the truth is unless you have what’s called a single-payer system in which everyone’s automatically covered, you’re probably not going to reach every single individual.”…

Democrats Put Lower Priority on Health Bill

From the New York Times – WASHINGTON — With no clear path forward on major health care legislation, Democratic leaders in Congress effectively slammed the brakes on President Obama’s top domestic priority on Tuesday, saying they no longer felt pressure to move quickly on a health bill after eight months of setting deadlines and missing…

Download “The Truth About Health Reform”

An MP3 audio file from our conference call teach-in titled The Truth About Health Reform is now available for download. You can listen to the file here. [audio:https://www.healthcare-now.org/wp-content/uploads/mp3/truthaboutreform.mp3] Or you can download the file by going here: The Truth About Health Reform. Featured speakers include: Ronald Hikel, Legislative Director and Deputy Chief of Staff for…

Obama Received $20 Million from Healthcare Industry in 2008 Campaign

Almost three times the amount given to McCain by Brad Jacobson for the Raw Story – While some sunlight has been shed on the hefty sums shoveled into congressional campaign coffers in an effort to influence the Democrats’ massive healthcare bill, little attention has been focused on the far larger sums received by President Barack…

The Truth About Health Reform

Please join Healthcare-NOW! for two educational conference calls this month. The Truth about Health Reform – Thurs., Jan. 14th at 8pm EST Join leading policy experts and single-payer advocates on a conference call this Thursday, January 14th at 8pm EST for analysis from the beltway on the lack of transparency in the current health reform…

Probation Ends for Baucus 8

Group Vows: “The Fight will continue until every person in our nation has access to quality, affordable health care.” Washington, D.C. – Members of the Baucus 8 appeared at the H. Carl Moultrie I Courthouse today for their final hearing following 6 months of probation and, for 3 members, 40 hours of community service. The…

Denial of Care Profits: $73 million for CIGNA’s retiring CEO

By National Nurses Movement – It’s hard for most of us to imagine a lifestyle supported by a $73 million retirement bonus. It’s even harder to imagine a whole nation’s healthcare controlled by those who have benefited so wildly from denying healthcare to those who need it. But Cigna’s Edward Hanway knows well what it…

Senate Healthcare Bill: A Step in the Wrong Direction

An analysis by the Labor Campaign for Single Payer In a last minute flurry of pork barrel deals and capitulation to powerful corporate interests, the U. S. Senate finally passed its version of healthcare reform on December 24. The final bill was roundly condemned by nearly every labor organization in the country. “The health care…