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With Caravans and Cabarets Retirees Push for Single Payer

Today, September 13, 2010, Retirees for Single Payer Health Care will meet at 11:30 AM at UAW Local 22 (4300 Michigan Ave.) in Detroit to caravan to the office of Congressman John Dingell in Dearborn where they will demonstrate and seek to win Dingell’s support and co-sponsorship for HR 676, national single payer health care.…

Now That the Theater Has Ended, Real Talk about Real Health Care Reform

Featuring Dr. Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Esq. When: Monday, April 12, 5:30 PM (Pacific) / 8:30 PM (Eastern) Three ways to participate: 1. CONFERENCE CALL: First, RSVP by email with “Health Care Reform” in the subject line, so we can reserve a spot for you on the call and send you instructions for cueing…

Obama plan leaves millions uninsured, boosts private insurers

From PNHP – President Obama’s health care proposal, preserving as it does a central role for the for-profit, private health insurance industry, is incapable of achieving the kind of universal, comprehensive and affordable reform the country needs, a spokesman for a national doctors’ group said Wednesday. “Regrettably, the president’s proposal is built on some of…

NYT Slams Single-Payer

Fails to include advocates among ‘diverse’ experts From FAIR – The New York Times devoted some rare space on September 20 to discussing single-payer (or Medicare-for-all) health reform. The result? A one-sided account of why such a system couldn’t work. With a headline like “Medicare for All? ‘Crazy,’ ‘Socialized’ and Unlikely,” readers probably had a…

As Baucus Unveils Health Plan, New Study Finds 45,000 Uninsured Die Every Year

From Democracy Now – A long-awaited healthcare bill from Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus includes no public option and would require almost all Americans to buy insurance or pay a penalty. This comes as a new study finds that nearly 45,000 Americans die every year due to lack of health insurance. We speak with…