Economic Crisis – Healthcare-NOW

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…

Blacking Out Single-Payer–And Killing The Auto Industry

By Jonathan Tasini— When the history of our current economic crisis is written, there will need to be a full chapter devoted to the willful ignorance or stupidity of the traditional media. Right before our eyes stands the solution to a huge chunk of our fiscal nightmare and a lifeline for the auto industry: single-payer…