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Another Poll Shows Majority Support for Single-Payer

A New York Times/CBS News poll released last week shows, yet again, that the majority of Americans support national health insurance. The poll, which compares answers to the same questions from 30 years ago, finds that, “59% [of Americans] say the government should provide national health insurance, including 49% who say such insurance should cover…

National Campaign Launched in Partnership with Change.org

A few weeks back we asked you to vote for single-payer healthcare on Change.org. Well, it got enough votes to become one of their ten “Ideas for Change in America,” and we couldn’t be happier. Change.org presented these ideas two weeks ago at an event at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Macon Phillips,…

Dr. Quentin Young: Marcia Angell or David Satcher for HHS secretary

Today, Dr. Quentin Young, national coordinator of Physicians for a National Health Program, called on President Barack Obama to nominate Dr. Marcia Angell or Dr. David Satcher to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Angell is a senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School and former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine.…

Plan Congressional Visits During Presidents’ Day Recess

Congressman John Conyers re-introduced HR 676 into the 111th Congress on January 26th. The bill keeps the same number, HR 676, as it has since it was first introduced in 2003. Because this is a new Congress, representatives who co-sponsored HR 676 in the 110th Congress need to sign on again. Plus we need to…

Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care Officially Launches

Yesterday, Healthcare-NOW, co-founder of the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care, took part in the official launch of the coalition in Washington, DC. Nurses, doctors, students, large community-based membership groups, labor unions, religious organizations, and activists launched a new healthcare alliance called the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care. The member organizations lay claim to…

Philadelphia City Council Votes to Support Single-Payer Healthcare

Today, groups representing doctors, nurses, healthcare advocates and labor unions are applauding the Philadelphia City Council for passing a resolution in support of national, single payer health care (HR 676) and two state single payer bills. The resolution, sponsored by Councilman Greenlee and Councilwoman Tasco, makes Philadelphia the 28th city and 46th local government to…

Action Alert: Demo. at National Health Policy Conference

Action alert! Target Health Insurers, Big Pharma, and Senator Baucus! When: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 8:30 – 10:00 AM Where: JW Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC What National Health Policy Conference that includes a Congressional Plenary on Tuesday morning starting at 9:00 AM. Senator Baucus and Representative Stark start off at 9:00, followed…

Walk the Halls of Congress for Single-Payer

This Wednesday, January 28th!!! Wednesday, January 28 will be a historic day for single-payer advocates. And there will be something for everyone to participate in! The Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care will host a press conference to launch the national single-payer alliance in the morning and host a briefing for members and staff to…

Are they listening?

As Tom Daschle, President-elect Obama’s choice for secretary of health and human services, flies across the country to attend community meetings on health care reform, and the Obama Web site solicits opinions and health care stories from citizens, those of us who support a single-payer national health insurance program hold our collective breath. Will the…

Missouri IBEW State Conference Endorses HR 676

The Missouri State Conference of Electrical Workers has endorsed HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). The Conference, made up of all 21 IBEW local unions in the state of Missouri, represents more than 21,000 members. The endorsement was voted at the regular quarterly meeting on Jan 13th. Michael Datillo,…