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Data Reveals California’s Private Insurers Deny 21% of Claims

From Democracy NOW! – President Obama begins his final drive for healthcare reform tonight with a nationally televised prime-time address to a joint session of Congress. His speech comes after an explosive August recess consumed by raucous town halls and talk of government-run “death panels.” We take a look at California’s “real death panels.” That’s…

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

By Helen Redmond for Counter Punch – Spoiler alert: this is not a fawning, gushing, lie-filled eulogy of Saint Edward Kennedy. Read no further if you believe the “Liberal Lion” or as I prefer to call him, the “Lion King,” actually made this country a healthier, more equitable place to live in. You have been…

Bill Moyers on Obama’s Moment

From PBS.org – Video of Bill Moyers’ thoughts on President Obama and his plan for health reform.

Labor Councils in Tennessee, Texas and Minnesota Endorse HR 676

Four central labor councils in Tennessee, Texas and Minnesota have endorsed HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). One hundred and thirty four central labor councils and area labor federations have now endorsed HR 676. In Tennessee, the Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle Tennessee has endorsed HR 676,…

Giving Single-Payer a Second Look

By Rep. Anthony Weiner – As President Obama prepares to address the nation about his vision for health care reform, we should not overlook the last, best truly transformative change to our health care system: Medicare. We have been staring so intently at the lessons of 1993 that we may have forgotten the universal rule…

The health care wars Pt.2

From the Real News Network – From pro-single payer to anti-government plans, a discussion after a town hall meeting in Virginia.

Health care wars

From the Real News – From pro-single payer to anti-government plans, a report from a raucous town hall in Virginia with Howard Dean.

Single-Payer News of the Past Week

Below is a news round up from this past week in healthcare reform. Letters to the Editor –Single-payer option works – The Patriot-News –Single-payer system is the answer – Baxter Bulletin –Support single-payer health care – Hudson Reporter –Medicare works; so would single-payer health care system – Pocono Record –Single-payer plan would prove a boon…

Dems backtrack on single-payer bill

By David Shalleck-Klein for the Hill – Some House members who have previously backed a single-payer healthcare reform bill say they will not vote for a similar measure when it hits the floor this fall. Of the 12 serving House members who co-sponsored Rep. John Conyers’s (D-Mich.) single-payer bill (H.R. 676) in the last Congress…

Let’s get back to what health care reform should be about

By Rose Ann DeMoro for the Cleveland Plain Dealer – From the fabricated “death panels” scares to the traumatized seniors urging legislators to keep the government’s hands “off my Medicare,” it’s apparent that the health care debate has lurched off the rails. We’ve lost sight of families like Nathan Wilkes’ who, introducing President Barack Obama…