Posts Tagged ‘HR 676’
Local man spearheads statewide healthcare movement
ROCKLAND (Dec 8): Jerry Call is a man with a mission. Call, who lives in Rockland and is one of the five founders of Midcoast Healthcare Reform, first learned about single-payer health care about a year ago when Dennis Kucinich was running in the Democratic presidential primaries and mentioned House Resolution 676 during the debates.…
Read MoreCoverage mandate will fail as a healthcare reform plan
By Rose Ann DeMoro It’s time for Congress to stop getting carried away with financial bailouts for big industries, especially when it comes to some of the most-profitable and least-responsible companies: the health-insurance giants. Two major trade lobbies, America’s Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross-Blue Shield Association, have announced that they would be willing…
Read MoreHost a healthcare community discussion
The Obama-Biden Transition Team Needs Our Help! Healthcare is a top priority for President-elect Obama, and he wants your help in reforming the system to provide quality, affordable health care for all Americans. That’s why this holiday season, they’re asking you to give them the gift of your ideas and input. www.Change.gov will provide all…
Read MoreReport Back From the National League of Cities Conference
Alison Landes, NLC Project Director, has sent us the following report about the resilient efforts in seeking an endorsement for HR 676 from National League of Cities. The National League of Cities (NLC) is the oldest and largest national organization representing municipal governments throughout the United States. Working in partnership with the 49 state municipal…
Read MoreOregon Labor Council and AFSCME Local Endorse HR 676
In Oregon, AFSCME Local 3214 and the Central Oregon Labor Council have both endorsed HR 676, single-payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). The Central Oregon Labor Council is the 118th council to endorse HR 676. AFSCME Local 3214 in Eugene, Oregon, represents Albertina Kerr Center employees of Lane County. In Bend, Oregon,…
Read MoreWhy is single-payer health reform not viable?
A writer for the Billings Gazette wrote an article supporting single-payer healthcare. By MIKE DENNISON Reporter’s notebook HELENA – When it comes to health care reform in America, there is a relatively simple solution that will cover everyone’s basic health care, control costs and save businesses, most people and the country a lot of money.…
Read MoreDes Moines Register Endorses Single-Payer
The Des Moines Register recently printed an editorial endorsing single-payer healthcare. Here’s the whole editorial: “There is no way to solve America’s economic problems without solving health care,” said U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. The $2.3 trillion spent annually on health care “sucks up 16 percent of our economy and…
Read MoreTime for More Single-Payer Truth Hearings
By the depth and amount of your response to our website, the National Strategy Conference, and the various videos and other resources offered from Healthcare-NOW, it is clear that we are growing in numbers and in commitment to a national, single-payer healthcare system in this country. In addition, president-elect Barack Obama continues to commit to…
Read MoreVote for Single-Payer on Change.org
Change.org is organizing the top “Ideas for Change in America” which they will present to the Obama Administration on inauguration day. Please help make single-payer healthcare one of those ideas. According to Change.org, “The ‘Top 10 Ideas for America’ will be presented to the Obama Administration on Inauguration Day. We will then build a national…
Read MoreSingle-Payer Minute at Our National Strategy Conference
In this edition of the Single-Payer Minute, Donna Smith attends Healthcare-Now’s National Strategy Conference.
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