Healthcare-NOW

Interview: Robert Kuttner on single-payer health care

By Vermont Public Radio— Two nationally known health care policy thinkers will be in Vermont this week, engaging in a debate over health care organized by the Janus forum at UVM. Yesterday we heard from Arnold Kling of the Cato Institute, who argues that while our current system of health insurance is broken, a universal…

Action Alert: Get Single-Payer into Congressional Hearings

House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) announced that the Committee will hold another hearing in a series on reforming the health insurance market. The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 22, and will focus on strategies to reform the health insurance market to ensure greater accessibility and affordability.…

Top Ten Enemies of Single Payer

By Russell Mokhiber of Single Payer Action— Most people, when they arrive in Washington, D.C., see it for what it is – a cesspool of corruption. Two reasonable reactions to the cesspool. One, run away screaming in fear. Two, stay and fight back and bring to justice those who have corrupted our democracy. Unfortunately, many…

Report from Demo at Rep Rangel’s Office

This week the Private Health Insurance Must Go! Coalition (PHIMG), including member organizations Healthcare-NOW!, and Act Up!, launched the “Not Covered Campaign” with overwhelming success. Putting Bill Maher’s recent words into action, “Health insurance is like a hospital gown, chances are your ass isn’t covered,” bare-bottom protesters wore hospital gowns and dressed as Insurance Executives.…

Single-Payer News from LA Health Forum

Here are some articles from the hugely successful rally for single-payer healthcare at the Presidential Health Care Forum on Monday, April 6, 2009. White House Summit In Denial On Regulating Health Care Costs Huffington-Post Universal health coverage in spotlight at L.A. forum LA Times The real show was outdoors – what the White House Forum…

White House Summit In Denial On Regulating Health Care Costs

By Jamie Court for the Huffington Post— “Prevention” was the word of morning at the White House Western forum on health care reform in downtown LA. Led by Oprah’s Dr. Oz, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire, the assembled “stakeholders” rattled off how prevention pays in health care. 20% of the patients…

Suffering and Dying for Healthcare in Las Vegas

By Donna Smith— Happy Easter everyone. Happy season of new life and blooming flowers. It’s the season of rebirth and regeneration. So, if that’s the case, then what the hell is up with letting thousands of people wait and suffer and die because we do not have the money to treat their illnesses anymore? In…

Universal health coverage in spotlight at L.A. forum

But the White House-organized event is light on details. By Lisa Girion and Noam Levey for the LA Times— Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles — Even as President Obama toured Europe his administration pressed its healthcare reform campaign Monday in Los Angeles with a forum co-hosted by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who lost his bid…

Something is Rotten at PBS

By Russell Mokhiber for Counter Punch— Last year, former Washington Post reporter T.R. Reid made a great documentary for the PBS show Frontline titled Sick Around the World. Reid traveled to five countries that deliver health care for all – UK, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, Taiwan – to learn about how they do it. Reid found…

An Open Letter to Congress: Help Me or I Will Die

By Donna Smith– U.S. Representative Eric Massa of New York said this week that in the 86 days since he took office, he has received many letters from his constituents. Some are general letters supporting him or proposed legislation; some letters express disagreement with some of what Congress is working on. Other letters begin with…