Demand Transparency in Medicare for All
One of the most important pieces of legislation of our times, one that will impact every person in the United States, is currently being drafted in a non-transparent and non-participatory process by a small group of insiders. Rep. Pramila Jayapal is redrafting HR 676, the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, which has existed […]
Why Are These Labor Unions Opposing Medicare for All?
NOTE: This article points out that healthcare industry and business groups are using unions to oppose single payer. Union groups that do support single payer need to speak out and out-organize these industry-backed unions. We can expect this tactic to be used to subvert other single payer supporters and be ready to neutralize them. By […]
Majority of Healthcare Professionals Support Single-Payer System, Poll Says
By Alicia Ault for Medscape As many of the newly elected and newly empowered Democrats in Congress are vowing to push for what they are calling “Medicare for all,” a majority of US healthcare professionals recently surveyed said they support a single-payer system, according to a Medscape Medical News reader poll. Sixty-eight percent said they […]
Advocates Call On Jayapal To Release Draft Text Of House Single Payer Bill
Russell Mokhiber, of Corporate Crime Reporter and Single Payer Action, wrote an article published in Common Dreams, Advocates Call on Jayapal to Release Draft Text of House Single Payer Bill, (published below) about Health Over Profit for Everyone’s call for a transparent and participatory process for the rewriting of HR 676. See, Letter to Congresswoman Jayapal – […]
Incoming Dem chairman open to hearing on ‘Medicare for all’
NOTE: We will need to push for hearings on HR 676. It’s good to keep track of the committee chairs’ positions. We will need to pressure them for fair hearings. By Peter Sullivan for The Hill The incoming chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), said Tuesday that he is […]
Letter to Congresswoman Jayapal – Release the text of HR 676
On Monday, December 17, 2018, the letter below was delivered to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal requesting her to share a draft text of HR 676 with the single payer movement for review and input. We urge you to take action – use the letter to draft your own letter to Congresswoman Jayapal and/or use this simple […]
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“Off the Table” The Case for HR 676
By Kay Tillow of All Unions for Single Payer “Off The Table: The Case for HR 676” is a new video by western Pennsylvania film makers John Rice and Tony Buba. The film, made for showing at union meetings, examines the difference between U.S. and Canadian healthcare. The video is available free to view or […]
Establishment looks to crush liberals on Medicare for All
The coalition that fought Obamacare repeal has fragmented as the party tries to follow through on campaign promises. By Adam Cancryn for Politico The united front that helped Democrats save Obamacare just a year ago is falling apart over single-payer health care. Deep-pocketed hospital, insurance and other lobbies are plotting to crush progressives’ hopes of […]
These Are the Democrats Teaming Up With Insurance Industry Giants to Kill Universal Healthcare
By Clio Chang for The Slot Nearly 30 million people still don’t have health insurance in the United States; among those who do, many are paying enormous premiums that go up year after year. Others rely on crowdfunding platforms for medical care. It’s a grotesque and deadly system, which is probably why universal healthcare polls […]