Physicians to Sanders: We cannot support barriers to health care

August 23, 2017 Dear Senator Sanders: We are writing to express our concern about elements of your draft single payer legislation, especially the inclusion of copayments for medically-necessary care. While your staff has not shared with us the details of the current draft, we understand from colleagues in other single-payer advocacy groups that it mandates […]

It’s Happening Again: Divide and Conquer to Weaken Movement for Improved Medicare for All

By Margaret Flowers for Health Over Profit. The tactic of dividing movements to weaken them has been used throughout history. It was used skillfully to divide proponents of single payer health care during the health reform process in 2009-10 that resulted in the Affordable Care Act. And it is being used very obviously again. In […]

Implementing Single Payer is Not Rocket Science

By Dr. Ida Hellander for Health Over Profit. Above photo: Canadian Medical Association. Under Premier Tommy Douglas (“the father of Canadian medicare”), Saskatchewan establishes an insurance plan guaranteeing publicly funded hospital care for most residents of the province. Liberals have created a new single payer bogeyman to justify their renewed pursuit of failed incremental policies for […]

Response to Nation Article on Single Payer: Improved Medicare for All is the Solution

By Margaret Flowers for Health Over Profit for Everyone. On August 2, 2017, The Nation published an article by Joshua Holland, “Medicare for All isn’t the Solution for Universal Health Care,” chastising Improved Medicare for All supporters because, in his view, the single payer movement has “failed to grapple with the difficulties of transitioning to […]

Labor Support for National Improved Medicare for All Just Got Stronger

By The Stand. NOTE: This year’s statement on Medicare for All is a significant change. Labor support will be critical in winning this struggle. Use this resolution to urge your local and state unions to endorse NIMA. Hundreds already have. Visit Unions for Single Payer to find a list of unions that have endorsed HR […]

Civil Disobedience Helped Kill Trumpcare

By Michael Corcoran for TruthOut. Above photo from Haaretz. NOTE: HOPE is focused on winning National Improved Medicare for All (NIMA). Naturally, we oppose the Republican health plan, just as we oppose the Affordable Care Act for failing to be universal, guaranteed and affordable. Two take-aways from this article are the power of civil resistance […]

Yes, We Can Fix the ACA

By Margaret Flowers for Health Over Profit. 2017 is the make or break year for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Seven years in, the flaws of the ACA are clear – tens of millions are still without health insurance, premiums and out of pocket costs are rising and causing people to either avoid and delay […]

Why I Occupied Sen. Whitehouse’s Office

By Andrew Stewart for CounterPunch. Above image: March 2017 town hall meeting in Rhode Island with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Jack Reed and Rep. James Langevin. (Stan Godlewski/For The Washington Post) Had I interfered in the manner which I admit, and which I admit has been fairly proved (for I admire the truthfulness and candor […]

Sanders Has His Priorities Backwards; We Can’t Delay Medicare for All

By Margaret Flowers for Health Over Profit. Above image from ATTN.com. We thought that Senator Sanders was on track to introduce and advocate for a national improved Medicare for All bill, but Tuesday he stated publicly  at a Planned Parenthood rally that his priorities are to first defeat the Republican health plan, then to improve the […]

‘Medicaid for All’ is NOT a Substitute for Medicare for All

By Lee Stanfield for the HOPE Steering committee. Unfortunately Nevada’s “Medicaid For All” is definitely not a substitute for “Medicare For All”, nor will it bring the savings, the comprehensive coverage, and sustainable universality that Medicare For All will bring. It is certainly understandable that people are struggling to find temporary solutions to increase access […]