Healthcare-NOW

Healthcare-NOW! is Not Mobilizing for June 25th Rally in DC

This statement has been prepared in response to the many inquiries as to why organizations supporting single-payer national health care are not mobilizing to support the June 25th rally in Washington DC organized by Health Care for America Now. Friends: As you know, the single-payer movement is driven by a diverse coalition of doctors, nurses,…

A singular solution for healthcare

By Judy Norsigian and Jennifer Potter for the Boston Globe – A single-payer healthcare system would more effectively control costs than any other plan that Congress is considering as it moves toward a reform bill. And by controlling costs, existing resources could be allocated more equitably, especially for the benefit of women. First, single-payer plans…

Insurance interests total 1/4 of Baucus’ fundraising

By Mike Dennison for the Montana Standard – As Sen. Max Baucus has taken the lead on health-reform legislation in the U.S. Senate, he’s also become a leader in something else: Campaign money received from health- and insurance-industry interests. In the past six years, nearly one-fourth of every dime raised by Baucus, D-Mont., and his…

Single payer: bold, affordable, humane

[The following is the testimony of Dr. Walter Tsou to the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions on June 10. The hearing was titled “Examining the single-payer health care option.”] By Walter Tsou, M.D., M.P.H. of PNHP – Congressman Andrews and members of the HELP subcommittee, my name is Dr. Walter Tsou. I…

Examining the Single Payer Health Care Option (Video)

Video of the testimony of Marcia Angell, M.D., Geri Jenkins, R.N., Walter Tsou, M.D., M.P.H. at a hearing examining the Single Payer Health Care Option on June 10, 2009.

Health Professionals Tell Congress They Want Single-Payer

By Jeff Muskus for Huffington-Post – At a long-awaited House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, health-care professionals made it clear that they believe a single-payer system to be the best and perhaps only workable option for health care reform. “Single-payer is the only reform that can control health care costs,” said Walter Tsou, a University of…

Watch the Single-Payer Hearing in House, Wed. June 10

The Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee of the House Education & Labor Committee will hold a hearing titled “Examining the Single Payer Health Care Option” this Wednesday, June 10th at 10:30 am in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. For those of you who would like to attend in person and can make…

Medical bills underlie 60 percent of U.S. bankruptcies: study

Most bankrupt families had health insurance 92 percent had medical bills over $5,000 By Maggie Fox for Reuters – Medical bills are behind more than 60 percent of U.S. personal bankruptcies, U.S. researchers reported Thursday in a report they said demonstrates that healthcare reform is on the wrong track. More than 75 percent of these…

Rose Ann DeMoro: There’s a Conspiracy of Silence Against Single Payer!

Rose Ann DeMoro is the executive director of the California Nurses Association and a National V.P. of the AFL-CIO. On June 3, 2009, she spoke at a Capitol Hill press conference called by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), on the issue of a Single Payer Healthcare System. Ms. DeMoro said: “There is a conspiracy of silence”…

Illness, medical bills linked to nearly two-thirds of bankruptcies

Harvard study finds 50 percent increase from 2001 Most of those bankrupted by illness were middle class and had insurance Download Study (pdf) Download Medical Bankruptcy Q&A (.doc) Download Fact Sheet (.doc) Medical problems contributed to nearly two-thirds (62.1 percent) of all bankruptcies in 2007, according to a study in the August issue of the…