Posts Tagged ‘Single Payer Healthcare’
Protesters Rally Outside Health Forum
By Kate Duffy for WCAX News— Supporters of a single-payer system of health care used a special White House forum to send a message to the man in the Oval Office. “Barack Obama said it at an AFL-CIO meeting in 2003 that he was an advocate of the single-payer health care system,” said Dr. Deb…
Read MoreAction Alert: “Sick Around America”
We urge you to reach out to your community and host Sick Around America watching parties on and after March 31st. Sick Around America, a compelling and timely documentary exposing the serious consequences of getting sick in the United States, will premiere on PBS on March 31st. It is the sequel to the highly acclaimed…
Read MoreAlabama Labor Council and KY CWA Local Endorse HR 676
The Southwest Alabama Labor Council has endorsed HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). The Alabama Labor Council is the one hundred-and-twenty-first labor council to endorse the Conyers legislation. The resolution was forwarded to the members of congress who represent Mobile and surrounding areas. In Lexington, Kentucky, CWA Local 3372…
Read MoreActivists Burn Insurance Bills at AHIP Conf.
On March 11, members of Single Payer Action burned their health insurance bills, in protest, in front of the AHIP conference in Washington, DC. See the full video of the demonstration below.
Read MoreForum Puts Single-Payer in the News
Yesterday’s Healthcare Forum, organized by the Obama Administration, in Dearborn, Michigan, drew many single-payer supporters. Enough so that quotes and stories from single-payer healthcare supporters made it into the mainstream press. Here are the articles and TV segments we’ve found so far: Cancer Story Stands Out at White House Forum Health Reform Forum in Dearborn…
Read MoreCancer Story Stands Out at White House Forum
Participants at the first White House Regional Forum on Health Care Reform heard from many people who have horror stories about their health care. WATCH ACTION NEWS REPORTS IN THE VIDEO PLAYER ON THE RIGHT One participant was Adrian Campbell Montgomery. The young mother told the crowd about her battles with cancer. At 22 she…
Read MoreHealthcare fix crucial to recovery -Michigan forum
By Michael Strong for Reuters— Hard-hit industrial state hosts forum Delegates agree on need to control costs Many favor single-payer plan DEARBORN, Mich., March 12 (Reuters) – “Michigan is the poster child of why reform needs to happen,” Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm told President’s Barack Obama’s first regional healthcare forum on Thursday. Obama has said…
Read MoreSingle-Payer Health Care: A Burning Issue
By Andrew Price for GOOD— It seems we might actually be changing health care in America this time around. One way we could go would be to adopt what’s called a “single-payer” system like Canada has. Under a single-payer system we would do away with the health insurance companies and one payer (the government) would…
Read More1st White House health forum kicks off in Michigan
By Kathy Barks Hoffman for the AP— DEARBORN, Mich. – The first White House Regional Health Reform Forum turned emotional Thursday as a young mother with ovarian cancer told of how not having health insurance caused her to put off the doctor’s visit that may have caught the cancer earlier. Adrian Campbell Montgomery is waiting…
Read MoreDebate: Single-Payer Vs. Public Option
Change.org is hosting a blog debate between Dr. Don McCanne, a retired family physician now serving as Senior Health Policy Fellow for Physicians for a National Health Program, and Jason Rosenbaum, a writer and activist, and the Deputy Director of Online Campaigns for Health Care for America Now. Dr. McCanne is representing the single-payer model,…
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