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Iowa Demonstrations in the News

Demonstrators met outside, and inside, the Presidential Health Forum in Des Moines, Iowa on March 23. Here is some of the press that single-payer supporters drew that we have so far. Protests at White House healthcare hearing in Iowa Reuters The Villagers are Restless for Real Healthcare Reform TPM Protesters outside and inside White House…

Protesters outside and inside White House health care forum in Iowa

By O.Kay Henderson for Radio Iowa— There were protesters outside and inside this morning’s White House health care forum in Des Moines. About 20 protesters stood on the street outside, waving signs and chanting. A psychiatrist from University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City stood in the middle of the group, wearing his white lab…

Protests at White House healthcare hearing in Iowa

By Kay Henderson for Reuters— DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – The latest White House regional forum on healthcare drew protests and complaints on Monday along with a promise that government-run insurance was at least on the table for discussion. “Why are we having this shameful event?” said Mona Shaw, a political activist, at the start…

Crisis = Opportunity for Single-Payer

Fiscal crises may force Obama to save costs via a single-payer plan. By Roger Bybee for Dollars and Sense— President Obama seems ready to proceed full-throttle toward a health care reform plan, but one that will keep private insurers at the center of the system. The plan, termed “guaranteed affordable choice,” would allow workers to…

Douglas, Patrick co-host health care forum

By Anya Huneke for NECN.com— 48 million Americans. That’s the latest estimate of how many Americans are living without health insurance. President Obama has promised to reduce that number by expanding health care coverage in the U.S. Key players in the reform debate met to do some brainstorming in Burlington, Vermont, today. Two hours before…

Protesters Rally Outside Health Forum

By Kate Duffy for WCAX News— Supporters of a single-payer system of health care used a special White House forum to send a message to the man in the Oval Office. “Barack Obama said it at an AFL-CIO meeting in 2003 that he was an advocate of the single-payer health care system,” said Dr. Deb…

Healthcare fix crucial to recovery -Michigan forum

By Michael Strong for Reuters— Hard-hit industrial state hosts forum Delegates agree on need to control costs Many favor single-payer plan DEARBORN, Mich., March 12 (Reuters) – “Michigan is the poster child of why reform needs to happen,” Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm told President’s Barack Obama’s first regional healthcare forum on Thursday. Obama has said…

Single-Payer Health Care: A Burning Issue

By Andrew Price for GOOD— It seems we might actually be changing health care in America this time around. One way we could go would be to adopt what’s called a “single-payer” system like Canada has. Under a single-payer system we would do away with the health insurance companies and one payer (the government) would…

1st White House health forum kicks off in Michigan

By Kathy Barks Hoffman for the AP— DEARBORN, Mich. – The first White House Regional Health Reform Forum turned emotional Thursday as a young mother with ovarian cancer told of how not having health insurance caused her to put off the doctor’s visit that may have caught the cancer earlier. Adrian Campbell Montgomery is waiting…

Put Single-Payer on the Table

By Amy Goodman for TruthDig.com— President Barack Obama promises health-care reform, but he has taken single-payer health care off the table. Single-payer is the system that removes private insurance companies from the picture; the government pays all the bills, but health-care delivery remains private. People still get their choice of what doctor to go to…