Posts Tagged ‘Single-Payer’
Celebrate Medicare’s 46th Anniversary! – Join Today
In this time of strong economic uncertainty, while Medicare and Medicaid are under attack and states across the country are balancing their budgets on the backs of the working class, you have remained committed to fighting for universal and equitable healthcare reform. We cannot thank you enough for your championing of Medicare for all, but…
Read MoreThursday: Live Streamed Signing of Vermont’s Universal Healthcare Bill
The Vermont Breakthrough: Live Streamed Press Conference on Signing of Vermont’s Universal Healthcare Bill H.202 When: 9:00 AM (Eastern Time) Thursday, May 26, 2011 Where: Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, Room 11 Live streamed online, tune in here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/vermont-workers-center-press-conference The Vermont Workers’ Center invites you to tune into this special presentation on Vermont’s new universal health care…
Read MoreSingle Payer in California?
By Truthout – The national debate over health care can be summed up in a bill being debated in Sacramento. Supporters of Senate Bill 810 say the legislation would be the only way to provide medical coverage for every Californian. Opponents deride the measure as socialized medicine. The California Universal Healthcare Act was introduced by…
Read MoreA Doctor’s Push for Single-Payer Health Care for All Finds Traction in Vermont
By Amy Goodnough for the New York Times – Many people move to Vermont in search of a slower pace; Dr. Deb Richter came in 1999 to work obsessively toward a far-fetched goal. She wanted Vermont to become the first state to adopt a single-payer health care system, run and paid for by the government,…
Read MoreGOP plan is a non-starter
By Rep. John Conyers, Jr. – Medicare is arguably one of the nation’s most successful and cherished public insurance programs. The program covers 47 million elderly and disabled Americans, and helps pay for hospital, physician visits and prescription drugs. It is truly hard to argue with success. The traditional Medicare program, coupled with a supplemental…
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 MoreCorporations, Federal ‘Reform’ Keep Shifting Healthcare Costs to Workers
By Roger Bybee for In These Times – Despite its $14.2 billion in profits last year untouched by federal income taxes, General Electric is now demanding that its unionized workers accept a new high-deductible “Health Choice” health savings account plan. GE’s demands are particularly obscene because it is sitting on $25 billion in savings and…
Read MoreFirst Universal Health Care Bill in U.S. Marks Success of Vermont’s Human Rights Movement
By Anja Rudiger for NESRI – On May 5 the Vermont House followed the Senate in passing the final version of a health reform bill that creates a path for a universal, publicly financed health care system in Vermont. Governor Peter Shumlin has confirmed he will sign the bill into law. This makes Vermont the…
Read MoreAFL-CIO Endorses Sanders/McDermott American Health Security Act of 2011
By the Labor Campaign for Single-Payer Healthcare – Stating that, “The fight to reform our nation’s healthcare system has only just begun,” AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker declared the Federation’s support for companion single-payer Bills submitted by Senator Sanders and Congressman McDermott. The Bills provide every American with affordable and comprehensive health care…
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