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Labor Campaign for Single-Payer’s Letter to President Obama

Dear President Obama, The lives and livelihoods of a vast majority of Americans have been held hostage for decades by this country’s failure to provide an equitable, socially just health care system. Your Administration should be commended for identifying the need and pushing for a comprehensive solution to this uniquely American dilemma. But this year’s…

Let Him Know

By Katie Robbins – After a sobering loss for Democrats in the special election held to replace Sen. Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts, probing exit polls about health reform show that the win of Republican Scott Brown who pledged to cast the vote that would kill national health reform, didn’t come from people who thought the…

Medicare-for-all doctors arrested outside Obama-GOP meeting

‘There is a better health plan, Mr. President’ Rising to President Obama’s challenge in his State of the Union address that others come up with a better approach to health care reform than his own, two Maryland physicians who advocate for a single-payer program stood on the sidewalk this morning outside the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace…

California Senate approves single-payer health care proposal despite governor’s veto pledge

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate approved creating a government-run health care system for the nation’s most populous state on Thursday, ignoring a veto threat from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Supporters said it is time for state legislatures to take up the debate as the Obama Administration’s national health care proposal falters in Congress. “If…

Join Dr. Flowers in Asking the President to Meet with Us

During last night’s State of the Union Address, President Obama said, “If anyone from either party has a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors, and stop insurance company abuses, let me know.” So to let him know about a better approach, PNHP’s Congressional…

Open Letter to President Obama on Health Care Reform From Margaret Flowers, MD

Dear President Obama, I was overjoyed to hear you say in your State of the Union address last night: “But if anyone from either party has a better approach that will bring down premiums, bring down the deficit, cover the uninsured, strengthen Medicare for seniors, and stop insurance company abuses, let me know.” My colleagues,…

Time to Start from Scratch

We’ve heard President Obama assert during his campaign that if he were starting from scratch he would implement a single-payer plan. He recently stated: “I want to cover everybody. Now, the truth is unless you have what’s called a single-payer system in which everyone’s automatically covered, you’re probably not going to reach every single individual.”…

Democrats Put Lower Priority on Health Bill

From the New York Times – WASHINGTON — With no clear path forward on major health care legislation, Democratic leaders in Congress effectively slammed the brakes on President Obama’s top domestic priority on Tuesday, saying they no longer felt pressure to move quickly on a health bill after eight months of setting deadlines and missing…

Dateline NBC Brings the Sarkisyan Family and Wendell Potter Together

Mother Hilda Sarkisyan, takes her fight for her daughter Nataline to recieve a liver transplant to the executive headquarters of health insurance giant CIGNA. Her battle inspires top executive Wendell Potter to resign and become a leading advocate for reform. Dateline NBC, segment 5, with Sarkisyan, CNA protest & Nataline’s death. Visit msnbc.com for breaking…

Win-Win Campaign Conference Call Report

Thanks to everyone who participated in the conference call about our Win-Win Campaign for Healthy Cities on Saturday afternoon. We had over 40 people on the call from all over the country, and many of you had really great questions and feedback. If you missed the call, you can listen to it here: [audio:http://recordings.freeconferencecalling.com/mp3/0/441086/MN2124_01232010100439731_1050093.mp3] Or…