Posts Tagged ‘medicare for all’
Support for ‘Medicare-for-all’ Continues in US Congress
By Healthcare-NOW! – Sen. Bernie Sanders [I VT] introduced a revised version of the “American Health Security Act,” a national single-payer “Medicare-for-all” healthcare bill, calling for the right to healthcare for all. The Bill, designated as S 915 is an updated version of S 703, submitted in 2009, and joins Rep. Jim McDermott’s [D WA] companion bill in the…
Read MoreHow Libby, Montana Got Medicare for All
By Kay Tillow – In 2009 when the Washington beltway was tied up with the health care reform tussle, Montana Democratic Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the all powerful Senate Finance Committee, said everything was on the table–except for single payer. When doctors, nurses and others rose in his hearing to insist that single payer…
Read MoreCongress should be working to expand Medicare to cover all necessary care for everyone
By Ray Stever for Times of Trenton – In 1777, the Commonwealth of Vermont became the first sovereign state in the world to abolish slavery. On May 26, 2011, Vermont became the first state in the U.S. to commit itself to establishing a truly universal single-payer health care plan. Thus, Vermont could lead the rest…
Read MoreMedicare for All!
By the Editors of the Nation – The day after Democrat Kathy Hochul scored an upset victory in a special election deep in upstate New York’s Republican territory, former President Bill Clinton was getting real chummy with Congressman Paul Ryan, whose plan to privatize Medicare was widely seen as costing the Republicans the race and…
Read MoreWhy Won’t Corporate America Support Single Payer Medicare-for-All?
By Mark Dudzic, National Coordinator of the Labor Campaign for Single Payer – On the surface, it appears to be a no-brainer. Healthcare costs in the U. S. are twice as high as any other industrialized country. Most large corporations still pay a big chunk of their employees’ health care insurance premiums. Some are obligated…
Read MoreJune 7th, National Nurses United Rally and Lobby Day
Now is the time to fight to raise standards for America’s working people! Join National Nurses United on Tuesday, June 7th for their national rally and lobby day on Capitol Hill. Please RSVP here. NNU represents 175,000 nurses across the country, and is ready to bring a new deal to Washington DC: the Main Street…
Read MoreVideo: Sen. Sanders and Rep. McDermott Introduce Single-Payer Bills
Legislation to provide health care for every American through a Medicare-for-all type single-payer system was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Bernie Sanders and in the House by Rep. Jim McDermott. Their twin bills would provide better care for more patients at less cost by eliminating the middle-man role played by private insurance companies that…
Read MoreWhy Medicare Isn’t the Problem, It’s the Solution
By Robert Reich for RobertReich.com – I hope when he tells America how he aims to tame future budget deficits the president doesn’t accept conventional Washington wisdom that the biggest problem in the federal budget is Medicare (and its poor cousin Medicaid). Medicare isn’t the problem. It’s the solution. The real problem is the soaring…
Read MoreWhen the Health Reform Truth Oozes Out: And it isn’t Just
By Donna Smith – Even the staging of the hand-picked doctors in starched white coats could not keep the truth of the healthcare reform process from oozing out of President Obama during Wednesday’s press event. Not just… “Everything there is to say about healthcare has been said and just about everyone has said it,” Obama…
Read MorePNHP Advances in Ideas for Change in America Competition
Physicians for a National Health Program just advanced to the second round of Change.org’s 2010 Ideas for Change in America competition with their “Improved Medicare for All” idea. Please help “Improved Medicare for All” become a finalist in this competition by voting for their idea here. You can vote in less than 20 seconds. The…
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