Agence France-Presse (AFP)
June 4, 2009
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Major US, Canadian and British life and health insurance companies have billions of dollars invested in tobacco companies,
The Massachusetts Model: Massive Spending On Nonbenefit Costs
by Merton Bernstein
Health Affairs Blog
June 2nd, 2009
Plummeting coverage and soaring costs characterize the nation's health insurance crisis. With much coverage for the nonelderly based on
Baucus soothes single-payer backers
By Carrie Budoff Brown
Politico
June 3, 2009 02:36 PM EST
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) told leading advocates of a government-financed health care system that
Baucus to meet with single-payer health care advocates
By JOHN S. ADAMS
Great Falls Tribune
June 1, 2009
HELENA -- Sen. Max Baucus is set to meet with five single-payer health care advocates in Washington, D.C.
Thousands of Americans turn out to support single-payer healthcare!
Tim Carpenter, National Director
Progressive Democrats of America
Reports from the single-payer events, which took place on May 30 and the days leading up to it, are
Health care activists lament single-payer snub
Victoria Colliver
San Francisco Chronicle
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Frustrated by the exclusion of government-financed medical care from the debate to revamp the nation's troubled health system, advocates
Conyers promises a fight to get health-care reform bill through Congress
By Tim Louis Macaluso
Rochester (NY) City Newspaper
May 31, 2009
By Tim Louis Macaluso | Rochester (NY) City Newspaper
To the Baby Boomers who packed the Rochester Museum
Baucus to Meet with Single Payer Advocates
SinglePayerAction.org
May 31, 2009
Guess who's coming to dinner.
After months of proclaiming that single payer is off the table, Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) has invited five key
Baucus Battered By Voters For Health Care Stand
By Ryan Grim
The Huffington Post
June 1, 2009
Sen. Max Baucus got some not-so friendly advice from his Montana constituents last week as he works to reform
Health reform plan is endorsed
Rep. Conyers urges single-payer system
By Laura Ungar
Louisville Courier-Journal
May 31, 2009
Despite resistance from President Barack Obama and some members of Congress, Rep. John Conyers of Michigan
150 protest against private health insurers
Demonstrators urge universal care in U.S.
By Linsen Li
Louisville Courier-Journal
May 29, 2009
Margaret Sager of Floyds Knobs, Ind., took part in the downtown Louisville rally.
Brent Humes has
Single-payer topic dominates health-care listening sessions
By MIKE DENNISON
Billings Gazette
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
ANACONDA - In a packed meeting room today at Anaconda's hospital, state worker and Butte resident Anna Dockter asked
