By BETH SIRR Helena Independent Record 03/01/2009By BETH SIRR | Helena Independent Record
Sick of health insurance costs? Then pay attention. Some in Congress want
Single payer only route to Obama's grand vision on healthcare reform
by Chuck Idelson
California Nurses Association blog
February 26, 2009
Hours after President Obama's speech to Congress in which he laid down a marker for achieving "comprehensive" healthcare
Health Care Reform: Learning from the International Experience — A Case for Single Payer
by Claudia Chaufan
Social Medicine Portal
February 27th, 2009
by Claudia Chaufan | Social Medicine Portal
So President Obama gets it: he has recognized that the time to reform
President Obama Must Include Single-Payer Advocates In National Health Care Debate
Statement of Sidney Wolfe, M.D., Director, Public Citizen's Health Research Group, and James Floyd, M.D., Researcher, Public Citizen's Health Research Group
Feb. 26, 2009
This morning, President
Subsidizing COBRA Is Not Enough–We Need Single Payer
Andrew Coates MD
COBRA is a law that allows you to keep your employer-sponsored health insurance for 18 months if you lose or change jobs. To
Behind Closed Doors, Repeating Mistakes from the Past on Health Care Reform
James Floyd, M.D.
Huffington Post
February 27, 2009
James Floyd, M.D. | Huffington Post
Last week, the New York Times reported that Senator Ted Kennedy has been holding secret
Insurers, drug makers poised to profit from Obama health plan
By Timothy P. Carney
DC Examiner
Beltway Confidential blog
2/25/09
Although President Barack Obama promised that he would freeze out the lobbyists in order to finally reform our broken
Tell Baucus single-payer is best
by Bob Balhiser Queen City News, Montana Wednesday, February 11, 2009 To the Editor: Now that Tom Daschle is out of contention for HHS
Joseph Stiglitz on Single Payer
Excerpt from Democracy Now
2/25/09
AMY GOODMAN: And healthcare? He's called for universal healthcare, but he does not call for single-payer healthcare.
JOSEPH STIGLITZ: I think that there
Renew Auto Industry? Start With Real Health Reform
by John Nichols
The Nation blog
02/20/2009
General Motors, and what is left of Chrysler, are back asking for another government bailout. And Americans who recognize that an
Seattle City Council Endorses National Single-Payer Health Program
PNHP Western Washington
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 17, 2009
By unanimous vote, the Seattle City Council today passed a Resolution sponsored by Councilmember Nick Licata, to ask
America’s Economic Future Requires Health Care Reform
Dr. Margaret Flowers
Maryland Commons
February 23, 2009
We are told reforming health care is impossible in tough economic times. However, it is not only possible, it is
