Posts Tagged ‘universal healthcare’
John Boehner Didn’t Cry for Us, He Locked Us Out of His Office
A Capitol Police Officer oversees us deliver 2,100 letters to Rep. John Boehner asking him not to cut Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. Thanks to all of our supporters, over 2,100 people signed our petition asking Speaker of the House John Boehner not to cut or privatize Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security. Many of you…
Read MoreVWC on Their Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign
Last night, June 8, Healthcare-NOW! hosted a national conference call featuring members of the Vermont Workers’ Center to discuss their Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign and the impact it had on universal healthcare legislation in their state. If you missed the call but want to hear it, you can download it here (right click…
Read MoreStill Paying Through the Nose, Labor Campaigns for Single Payer
By Andy Coates for Labor Notes – A year after President Obama signed his health care reform with strong support from the labor movement, advocates of a single-payer system might be tempted to ask, “How’s that working out for you?” At last weekend’s conference of the Labor Campaign for Single Payer, a Plumbers and Pipe…
Read MoreAction Alert: Healthcare NOT Warfare
Healthcare-NOW! is an endorsing organization of Progressive Democrats of America’s Healthcare NOT Warfare Campaign. To support the growing demand that we end foreign wars and bring money home for domestic needs, please sign this letter to the Senate Democratic Caucus asking them to support the DNC Afghanistan Withdrawal Resolution and Sanders’ American Health Security Act…
Read MoreMedicare for All!
By the Editors of the Nation – The day after Democrat Kathy Hochul scored an upset victory in a special election deep in upstate New York’s Republican territory, former President Bill Clinton was getting real chummy with Congressman Paul Ryan, whose plan to privatize Medicare was widely seen as costing the Republicans the race and…
Read MorePlans for Medicare’s Anniversary?
Medicare is making headlines daily. Republicans are threatening to eliminate the program, and Democrats aren’t impressing us with their ability to defend it. Regardless of the beltway politics, people across the country have been showing an outpouring of support for Medicare at town halls, and vocal advocates for Medicare-for-all like John Nichols and Robert Reich…
Read MoreVermont governor signs universal healthcare bill
New law designed to lead the state toward the nation’s first single-payer system By Dave Gram for the AP – Vermont still has “a few challenges” ahead to meet its goal of a universal health care system this decade, Gov. Peter Shumlin said Thursday as he signed into law the bill designed to make the…
Read MoreFDL and PNHP Join Forces to Petition Obama Administration
Give Vermont the Waivers it Needs to Build a Better Health Care System If McDonald’s receives health care waivers from HHS, Vermont should too Petition: http://action.firedoglake.com/VThealthcare Physicians for National Health Program (PNHP) and Firedoglake.com are joining forces to urge the Obama administration to grant Vermont the waivers it needs to implement its new health care…
Read MoreVideo: VT to Become 1st State to Enact Single-Payer
From Democracy Now! – Today Vermont is set to make history by becoming the first state in the nation to offer universal, single payer healthcare when Gov.Peter Shumlin signs its healthcare reform bill into law. The Vermont plan, called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will attempt to stem rising medical care prices and…
Read MoreCelebrate 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…
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