Healthcare-NOW

Comparing Single-Payer with the Public Option

There has been considerable confusion about the differences between single-payer healthcare, which Healthcare-NOW! supports, and the healthcare reform options, including President Obama’s “public option,” being introduced by the House and Senate. So we’ve collected the following resources to clarify the difference: Report Card for Single-Payer and “Public Option” (.pdf) More of the Same Is Not…

“I Prefer Single-Payer, But …. “

The Selling of Single-Payer Features By HELEN REDMOND for Counterpunch – “Start off on high ground but end up somehow crawling…” –Bruce Springsteen, The Big Muddy The farce in Washington DC called health care reform makes the blood of single-payer supporters boil. That the Obama administration has crafted and is trying to push through an…

Bait and switch: How the “public option” was sold

By Kip Sullivan for PNHP – The people who brought us the “public option” began their campaign promising one thing but now promote something entirely different. To make matters worse, they have not told the public they have backpedalled. The campaign for the “public option” resembles the classic bait-and-switch scam: tell your customers you’ve got…

Lawmakers Reveal Health-Care Investments

By Paul Kane for the Washington Post – Almost 30 key lawmakers helping draft landmark health-care legislation have financial holdings in the industry, totaling nearly $11 million worth of personal investments in a sector that could be dramatically reshaped by this summer’s debate. The list of members who have personal investments in the corporations that…