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Real News Network: Single-payer advocates protest Senate hearing (Video)

The Real News Network put together an amazing video on the eight single-payer advocates who were arrested at the Senate Roundtable on health reform.

Tonight: Single-Payer on the ED Show, MSNBC

Tonight! 6 PM Eastern time, Margaret Flowers of PNHP will be on the ED Show on MSNBC. Margaret was one of the eight single-payer advocates arrested at the last Senate Roundtable on health reform. More on the ED Show here.

NY Labor Council Urges AFL-CIO Convention to Endorse HR 676

The Troy Area Labor Council has submitted a resolution to the AFL-CIO September Convention, calling for the AFL-CIO to endorse HR 676 and to lobby against “… any fallback program of mandated insurance or public option plans which include the wasteful, for-profit insurance industry.” The Troy Council’s resolution also asks that “the AFL-CIO help organize…

IATSE Locals in St. Louis, Boston & Sacramento Endorse HR 676

Three more IATSE local unions have endorsed HR 676, single payer health care legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). Stage Hands Local 6 in St. Louis, Stage Hands Local 11 in Boston and Local 50 in Sacramento all endorsed HR 676, reports Robert Score of IATSE Local 1 in New York City. Score is…

Saratoga Springs backs universal healthcare, HR 676

By Andrew J. Bernstein for the Saratogian— After a vote Tuesday, the City Council threw its support behind universal health care, passing a resolution to back federal legislation to establish a new paradigm for medical insurance. If passed through Congress, the HR-676 will create a single-payer health care system administered by private entities and funded…

Portland IBEW Local Endorses HR 676

The 4,000 member IBEW Local 48 has voted to endorse HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). Dana Welty, Oregon Nurses Association, and Tom Leedham, IBT Local 206, made a joint presentation on HR 676 to the February membership meeting but the endorsement of HR 676 was tabled until the…

Belly Dancers Rally for Universal Health Care

By Scott Hershberger for Your4State.com— MARTINSBURG, WV – It may have looked like a party in Martinsburg: belly dancers and loud, festive music, but the people involved weren’t celebrating. The group is hoping to see “single payer” health insurance in the United States, and they want some support from a local lawmaker. They’re hoping to…

USW and CWA Locals Endorse Single-Payer, HR 676

Two more local unions in Oregon have endorsed HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). In McMinnville, Steelworkers Local 8378 endorsed HR 676 and submitted its resolution to the Marion, Polk and Yamhill Counties Central Labor Council for consideration, reports Joseph Munger, President of the USW Local. In Portland, Communications…

Action Alert: Get Single-Payer into Congressional Hearings

House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) announced that the Committee will hold another hearing in a series on reforming the health insurance market. The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 22, and will focus on strategies to reform the health insurance market to ensure greater accessibility and affordability.…

Massachusetts NEA Local Endorses HR 676

The Board of Directors of the Somerville Teachers Association (STA) has voted to endorse HR 676, single payer health care legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). The Somerville Teachers Association, an affiliate of the Massachusetts Teachers Association and the National Education Association (NEA), voted at its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 7th. The…