By Katie RobbinsThe following text is the testimony that Katie Robbins, national organizer for Healthcare NOW (www.healthcare-now.org), presented to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility
Single-payer advocate: 'Don’t shred our safety nets'
By Katie RobbinsThe following text is the testimony that Katie Robbins, national organizer for Healthcare NOW (www.healthcare-now.org), presented to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility
Scare Tactics, Spin and Health Care
Liberals and Single-PayerBy HELEN REDMONDCounterpunch, June 29, 2010By HELEN REDMOND | Counterpunch
Liberals are on a mission to convince a skeptical public the Patient Protection and
Vermont attorney general’s office must reconsider Leddy decision
Editor’s note: What follows is an open letter from James Marc Leas, an attorney in Burlington to the Vermont Attorney General’s office. The letter is
America Speaks Back: The Effort to Gut Social Security and Medicare Takes a Hit
By Dean BakerTPM Café, June 28, 2010The opponents of Social Security and Medicare are getting in high gear. After all, it makes perfect sense that
Questions and Answers about benefits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
June 23, 2010Claudia Detwiler M.S.W., M.P.H.Coordinator of Outreach, Western PA Coalition for Single-Payer Healthcare1. Question: I have a re-existing condition. When can I get an
Vermont health reform panel recommends analyst
Burlington (Vt.) Free Press
By Nancy RemsenBurlington (Vt.) Free Press, June 29, 2010MONTPELIER — The Health Care Reform Commission recommended Monday that the Legislature hire the Harvard economist who
In Deficit “Town Meetings,” People Reject America Speaks Stacked Deck
TPM Café
By Roger HickeyTPM Café, June 27, 2010 On Saturday, the group known as America Speaks (funded by Wall Street mogul Peter G. Peterson and two
Not all single payer bills are equal: Why private insurers and investor-owned, for-profit providers must be excluded from single payer legislation
Comparison of John Conyers’ “U.S. National Health Care Act” (H.R. 676), John Dingell’s “National Health Insurance Act” (H.R. 15), and Jim McDermott’s “American Health Security
Patterns: Uninsured More at Risk Even in Hospitals
By RONI CARYN RABINThe New York Times, June 14, 2010By RONI CARYN RABIN | The New York Times
Uninsured Americans often have difficulty getting care and
U.S. Health Care Ranks Low Among Developed Nations: Report
Business Week
Despite high cost, it delivers too little to patients, Commonwealth Fund saysBy Steven Reinberg, HealthDay ReporterBusiness Week, June 23, 2010WEDNESDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) --
U.S. scores dead last again in healthcare study
Reuters
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science EditorReuters, June 23, 2010Americans spend twice as much as residents of other developed countries on healthcare, but get lower
