Posts Tagged ‘richard gottfried’
Unions, medical providers support universal health care in N.Y.
From the Times Union – Twelve years after he first introduced a bill to promote universal health coverage in New York, Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried thinks Obamacare may give his cause the push it needs in 2014. Federal officials have made successive fixes to address snags in the health law, formally the Affordable…
Read MoreTrue Single-Payer Healthcare System Being Considered in New York Assembly
From Truthout – New York State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, who represents the Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen sections of Manhattan (D-75th District), has introduced a bill to implement a true single-payer healthcare system in New York State. Although the legislation made it out of the healthcare committee of the Assembly last year, it then was basically…
Read MoreAction Alert: State Legislators for HR 676
Pennsylvania State Senator Jim Ferlo and NY State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried recently launched a campaign to win state legislator support for HR 676. About a month ago, Senator Ferlo sent letters to every state legislator in the country, asking them to support national, single-payer healthcare. We need your help increasing the list of signers between…
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