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Dennis Kucinich on The Ed Show: state-level single-payer provision stripped from health bill
Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:45 PM EDT (Examiner)
America is waking up to the fact that their beloved two-party political system is a sham. And the leaders of both the fat elephants and the jack-asses have only themselves to blame.
Two arrested at health insurance protest outside Cigna offices -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:46 AM EDT (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Two people were arrested early this afternoon when they refused a request to leave during a demonstration outside the Cigna health insurance offices in Sunrise.
publish.nyc.indymedia.org | Activists Denounce Wellpoint Influence on Healthcare Reform, Nine Arrested
Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:45 AM EDT (Global Features)
Today nine people were arrested outside of the corporate headquarters of Wellpoint, the largest provider of private health insurance to individuals in the country to protest their inordinate influence on the healthcare reform process.
4 arrested in protest outside MVP Health | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle
Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:44 AM EDT (The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Four people were arrested in connection with a health care reform rally mostly taking place outside MVP Health Care in Rochester on Wednesday.
Dozens Blockade Blue Shield of California for Single Payer Health Care : Indybay
Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:41 AM EDT (indybay.org)
About 200 people rallied in front of the 425 Market Street, where United HealthCare has clandestine offices, before moving on to Blue Shield of California, where more than 30 people blocked the entrances, delaying workers coming to work and making a clear demand for insurance com …
Single-payer health-care advocates are arrested in Newark protesting insurance companies | Bob Braun - NJ.com
Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:40 AM EDT (NJ.com)
Seven people were arrested today after they blocked entrances to the headquarters of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Crush of cancer, medical bills snares family - CNN.com
Seeded on Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:47 PM EDT (CNN)
Leslie Elder says that even if she could afford it, because of her pre-existing condition, she is "uninsurable." Without coverage, she cannot afford follow-up exams for cancer, so Elder has no idea whether her cancer has come back.
Sit-in at Aetna office in New York
Seeded on Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:07 AM EDT (healthcare-now.org)
New York, NY – Citizens and health care providers today staged a sit-in at the offices of Aetna, one of the nation's largest health insurance companies, in New York City (99 Park Ave @ 40th).
45,000 American deaths associated with lack of insurance - CNN.com
Seeded on Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:36 PM EDT (CNN)
Research released this week in the American Journal of Public Health estimates that 45,000 deaths per year in the United States are associated with the lack of health insurance. If a person is uninsured, "it means you're at mortal risk," said one of the authors, Dr.
Single-Payer Option for Health Insurance Reform
Seeded on Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:22 AM EDT (usavanguard.com)
This isn't socialized medicine because hospitals and doctors would remain independent and private, and Americans would still be able to choose their doctors.
George S. McGovern -- The Simple Health-Care Solution: Medicare for Everyone
Seeded on Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:47 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
For many years, a handful of American political leaders -- including the late senator Ted Kennedy and now President Obama -- have been trying to gain passage of comprehensive health care for all Americans. As far back as President Harry S.
Over 70 Labor Organizations Call on AFL-CIO Convention to Endorse HR 676
Seeded on Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:10 PM EDT (unionsforsinglepayerhr676.org)
More than seventy labor organizations have submitted resolutions to the AFL-CIO Convention calling for the labor federation to endorse HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI).
By T.R. Reid -- Five Myths About Health Care in the Rest of the World - washingtonpost.com
Seeded on Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:41 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
As Americans search for the cure to what ails our health-care system, we've overlooked an invaluable source of ideas and solutions: the rest of the world.
No Reason to Demonize U.S. Single-Payer Health: John F. Wasik - Bloomberg.com
Seeded on Tue Aug 25, 2009 11:45 AM EDT (Bloomberg.com)
It's time to stop kicking sand in the face of single-payer health care. It may be the strongest solution around to insure every American at a lower cost.
Joe Scarborough Is Shocked, Yet Awed by Single-Payer Logic
Seeded on Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:04 PM EDT (The Nation)
Something rather remarkable happened on Tuesday's Morning Joe. Rep.
A Few More Thoughts About Single-Payer and Medicare
Seeded on Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:34 PM EDT (The Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel Newspapers)
This is not a case where the right thing to do is push for any bill, and then try to move on. This is a case where Obama and the Democrats have whored themselves out to the greedy industry that is causing all the problems, and are pushing a plan that is worse than nothing.
How the White House's Deal With Big Pharma Undermines Democracy
Seeded on Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:51 AM EDT (wallstreetpit.com)
It's bad enough when industry lobbyists extract concessions from members of Congress, which happens all the time.
Pay to Play Is Washington's Sport of Kings
Seeded on Tue Aug 4, 2009 10:53 AM EDT (t r u t h o u t)
This week, the Center for Responsive Politics reported that in the second quarter of this year alone, the pharmaceuticals and health product industries spent $67,959,095 on lobbying, and the insurance industry $39,760,477.
Top Ten Ways To Tell Your President & His Party Aren't Fighting For Health Care For Everybody | Black Agenda Report
Seeded on Mon Aug 3, 2009 2:23 PM EDT (blackagendareport.com)
The truth is that Barack Obama campaigned as the candidate of change, and a health care system that covers everybody from day one with no exceptions is what people imagined they voted for when they swept him and an overwhelming number of Democrats into office. A single payer Med …
New Rule: Not Everything in America Has to Make a Profit
Seeded on Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:03 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Because medicine is now for-profit we have things like "recision," where insurance companies hire people to figure out ways to deny you coverage when you get sick, even though you've been paying into your plan for years.
Memo to Members of Congress: Don't Be on the Wrong Side of History
Seeded on Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:02 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Health care reform involves one out of every six dollars spent in America today. It involves the jobs and livelihoods of millions of people and the fortunes of huge corporations. Of course change in the health care system is going to be controversial.
Patients are losing patience
Seeded on Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:03 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
"With Barack Obama in the White House, large Democratic majorities in Congress, and a relentless focus in Washington on healthcare, this could have been the year the US finally joined the community of nations which guarantee healthcare for all their people.
Say no to status quo, go for single-payer
Seeded on Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:54 PM EDT (The Indianapolis Star)
On the one hand, three company physicians and an executive of WellPoint (it owns all the major shareholder-owned BC/BS plans in the country) make a plea for caution as Congress considers reform measures, particularly the public option.
Last Year's Excuses Are Gone. Come On Already
Seeded on Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:32 PM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)
A few days ago, a citizen asked the progressive legislator from California, Congressman Henry Waxman why he took his name off the list of about Eighty House sponsors of single-payer health insurance? Mr. Waxman replied: "it [H.R. 676] isn't going to happen."
I Was Treated to a Foreign First World Public Health Care System
Seeded on Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:43 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
There will always be problems in a system that takes care of millions, but that shouldn't preclude us from not giving millions their rights to proper health care.
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