Posts Tagged ‘Healthcare Reform’
Healthcare, babies and the national debt: The real cost
By Jonathan D. Walker, M.D. for Frost Illustrated – The term “infant mortality rate” is a measure of the number of babies that die under one year of age per 1,000 live births. It is a useful indicator of how effective a healthcare system is—the lower the number, the fewer babies die. Although there are…
Read MoreMeet Our New Director of Organizing
Exciting news! Please join me in welcoming Healthcare-NOW!’s new Director of Organizing, Vanessa Beck. Vanessa comes to us from Chicago where she was a founding member of Chicago Single-Payer Action Network and recently received a graduate degree in Social Work from the University of Chicago. Vanessa is joining the team in Philadelphia, PA and will…
Read MoreSingle-payer: Sensible health plan
A Charleston Gazette Editorial – CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Some federal courts are ruling that America’s breakthrough 2010 medical reform is kaput because government cannot force people to pay for health insurance. (Governments force people to buy car insurance. What’s the difference?) If the historic reform eventually is killed, we hope it leads to a better…
Read MoreCan We Have Health Reform Without an Individual Mandate?
Yes, It’s Called ‘Medicare for All’ By John Nichols for The Nation – The essential vote on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel that ruled that the individual-coverage mandate in President Obama’s healthcare reform is unconstitutional did not come from a reactionary Republican appointed by Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush. Rather, it came…
Read More11th Circuit: Health Care Law’s Individual Mandate Is Unconstitutional
From Talking Points Memo – In a split decision, a three-judge panel on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that the health care law’s individual mandate exceeds Congress’ Commerce Clause powers and is therefore unconstitutional. However, unlike the district court ruling preceding this case, the judges found the mandate to be “severable” and…
Read MoreMedicare’s 46th Anniversary Roundup!
July 30th was Medicare’s 46th anniversary and we’ve been celebrating all over the country. Improved Medicare-for-all supporters in 21 states organized over 45 events, rallies, birthday parties, and congressional visits aimed at preventing cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security while also calling for Medicare-for-all as the solution to, not the problem with, our national…
Read MoreDespite Rightwing Myths, US Health Care Problems Rooted in Private Sector
By Mark Weisbrot for JuneauEmpire.com – A recent report by McKinsey and Company was seized upon by opponents of health care reform to create a new myth: that President Obama’s health insurance reform (the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — PPACA) will cause huge numbers of employers to drop health insurance coverage that…
Read MoreQuit Playing with My Life
By Art Pronin for TaylorMarsh.com – The reason I have been a Democrat is because Dems are supposed to protect Social Security and the welfare state. Dems, the real ones, back progressive taxation. I found out about the hard way the wonders that leaders like FDR and LBJ achieved for our nation. Many years ago,…
Read MoreProgressives Were Right: Obama’s Health Plan Not Solving Crisis
New Data Show Why Simply Having Insurance Isn’t Enough by David Sirota for Salon – While the contest for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination is already revolving around conservative-themed attacks on “Obamacare,” back when the healthcare bill was being legislated, the most important debate was within the Democratic Party, which held large majorities in both…
Read MoreHealth Insurance Brokers Win A Round
From NPR – Score one for the health insurance brokers in their fight to avoid going the way of buggy-whip manufacturers. A task force of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners voted Thursday to endorse legislation that would effectively spare their commissions from being counted as administrative costs. And consumer groups aren’t happy about it.…
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