Posts Tagged ‘health care’
Our Last Chance on State Single Payer Option
This is a letter form Rep. Dennis Kucinich Dear Friends, Thank you for all of your efforts on behalf of the Kucinich Amendment for a state single payer option which would protect the right of states to pursue a single payer health care system. Unfortunately, the House Leadership has rejected the many appeals on behalf…
Read MoreAction Alert: Make Pelosi Keep Her Promise on Single-Payer
Today, 12 brave activists were arrested because they entered Nancy Pelosi’s office in California to get some answers. They wanted to know why she broke her promise to hold votes on two single-payer amendments this fall. They weren’t leaving until the single-payer amendments were put back on the table. Pelosi refused to speak to them.…
Read MorePhysicians and supporters arrested at CareFirst health insurance office to call for real health care reform
Dr. Margaret Flowers and Charles Loubert, 81, will stay in jail until CEO of CareFirst meets to discuss redirecting lobbying funds to pay for patients care Baltimore, MD – Two physicians and two supporters were arrested today at a sit-in at a Baltimore CareFirst health insurance office. The sit-in is part of a national groundswell…
Read More115 arrested so far in 18 cities to demand for health care for all
Total number who risked arrest yesterday: 73 in 10 cities Yesterday 37 were arrested, although 73 staged a sit-in or blockade and were not arrested due to the entire building being put on lockdown. Tomorrow, several dozen more risk arrest, including Margaret Flowers, MD, a former pediatrician and mother of three teenagers. (More information on…
Read MoreSen. Al Franken humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over healthcare bankruptcies
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over health care bankruptcies during a senate Judiciary sub-committee hearing on bankruptcies driven by catastrophic medical expenses.
Read MoreHarrisburg Rotunda Filled By Single-payer Supporters
From PDA – “The October 20 ‘Healthcare for All’ rally at the capital rotunda in Harrisburg, Pa., was a huge success,” said Tim Carpenter, PDA National Director. “Anywhere from 700 to 1200 supporters turned out during the course of the event.” The rally was organized in support of Pennsylvania’s single-payer healthcare legislation and was co-sponsored…
Read MoreCall Congress Today!
Congress will vote on single-payer, Medicare-for-All soon! They need to hear from single-payer supporters from all over the country. While media coverage of the health reform debate is focused on the Senate Finance Committee’s bill (which was largely drafted by current and former executives at Wellpoint, the nation’s largest private health insurance company), several congressional…
Read MoreWhy the Current Bills Don’t Solve Our Health Care Crisis
By Rose Ann DeMoro & Michael Moore – Now we know why they’ve stopped calling this health care reform, and started calling it insurance reform. The current bills advancing in Congress look more like rearranging the deck chairs on the insurance Titanic than actually ending our long health care nightmare. Some laudable elements are in…
Read MoreSit-in today at Aetna office in New York to demand an end to insurance company abuse
17 citizens and health care providers arrested, launching national mobilization for health care for all New York, NY – Citizens and health care providers today staged a sit-in at the offices of Aetna, one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies, in New York City (99 Park Ave @ 40th). The action is part of…
Read MoreAs Senate Panel Debates Public Option, Groups Take Direct Action to Promote Single Payer
From Democracy Now! – As debate continues over healthcare reform on Capitol Hill, we hear from two groups taking action to call for a single-payer system: Mad As Hell Doctors, who have been driving across the country in the lead-up to a rally tomorrow in Washington, DC, and Mobilization for Health Care for All, which…
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