Healthcare-NOW

Nine arrested at sit-in targeting Sen. Schumer

Health professionals, patients demand expansion of Medicare Chanting “55 is not enough, Medicare for all,” 9 protesters were arrested at a sit-in at Sen. Schumer’s office in mid-town Manhattan this morning. Referring to Schumer’s push to lower Medicare age eligibility to 55, advocates for Medicare-for-All state that opening it up to only one portion of…

Healthcare-NOW! Members Oppose Current Version of Congressional Health Bill

Over 125 Healthcare-NOW! members at our 2009 strategy conference voted to oppose the current Congressional version of health insurance reform legislation. While we recognize that many of our allies and supporters may disagree about specific aspects of the pending legislation, we believe that, taken as a whole, it is not worthy of our support. In…

Two-thirds of Americans support Medicare-for-all (Part 2)

Citizen juries demonstrate massive support for single-payer By Kip Sullivan, JD for PNHP – “They contradicted both beltway and public opinion polls. The whole damn world seems to think the Clinton plan is the way to go. Yet they like the single-payer system, which isn’t even getting considered in Washington.” That was how the president…

Civil Rights Complaint Filed with US Dept of Justice Over Hospital’s Closing

By Moriah Balingit, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – The president of the Braddock Borough Council has filed a complaint with the U.S. Justice Department, claiming that the closure of UPMC Braddock in the poor and predominantly black community is discriminatory. Council President Jesse Brown filed a complaint last week with the U.S. Department of Justice, requesting an…

Two-thirds of Americans support Medicare-for-all

Introduction to a Six-part Series By Kip Sullivan, JD for PNHP Blog – “Americans are scared to death of single payer.” These words were not uttered by some foaming-at-the mouth wingnut. They were written by Bernie Horn, a Senior Fellow at the Campaign for America’s Future, a member of Health Care for America Now, on…

Urgent: Call Senators Today to Support Sanders Single-Payer Amendment

The idea of a Medicare for All type, single-payer healthcare system will be heard on the Senate floor. This week, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont filed Senate Amendment No. 2837, and there are two additional original co-sponsors of this amendment, Senator Roland Burris of Illinois and Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio. Call your Senators. Tell…

Teenager denied lifesaving transplant in US: National appeal to save Eduardo’s life

From the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign – While heath care reform dominates the national debate, there is a 14 year-old boy in Kansas City, Kansas named Eduardo Loredo who could die any day. Eduardo is being denied a heart transplant because he does not have health insurance (or enough money) to pay for…

Health Care, Essential to Democracy

by Katie Robbins & Andy Coates – Two weekends ago, after the bait and switch of a vote on single-payer for a vote on an anti-abortion amendment, we felt wizened to the possibility of unknown threats in the legislative churn on health reform. As insurance and pharmaceutical companies, Catholic bishops, and the right wing throw…

Weak Public Option Myths That Liberals Believe

For OpEdNews by Kevin Gosztola – On Saturday night, the Senate will take a procedural vote to move debate on the current health insurance enrichment bill in Congress forward. Democratic Senators like Dick Durbin, Patrick Leahy, and Chuck Schumer, through a project called Citizens for a Public Option, have been building support for the public…

Before You Carve that Turkey: All In for Bernie Sanders

By Donna Smith – Those millions of us who support a Medicare for All, single-payer, reform for the healthcare crisis in this nation have some work to do over the next few days. Senators are on their way to their home states for the one-week Thanksgiving recess – and they need a little up close…