Christian Who Supports Obamacare Really Wants Single Payer
By Margaret Flowers The video of Jessi Bohon questioning Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) about the individual mandate in Obamacare at a Town Hall has gone viral. Of interest is that in this conservative Republican community, when Jessi said “why don’t we expand Medicaid and have everybody have insurance?” most of the people in the room […]
Health Insurer’s to Leave Areas Over Lack of Profits
By Margaret Flowers When the Affordable Care Act was passed, there was a lot of media attention given to the provision that required health insurer’s to offer health plans to all enrollees regardless of whether or not they had pre-existing health conditions. This was hailed as a huge victory, but those who had witnessed the […]
Power Point: Basics of National Improved Medicare for All (Single Payer)
Here is the power point presentation by Dr. Robert Zarr. Many of the slides provided were made by Drs. Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein of Physicians for a National Health Program. Click here to listen to Dr. Robert Zarr’s presentation. Many people in the United States believe that we have the best heathcare system in […]
Major Seattle Hospital Sacrifices Patient Safety for Profit
Above photo: As the Swedish Neuroscience Institute was shifting toward a high-volume practice, Providence recruited Dr. Johnny Delashaw, a star surgeon known around the West Coast as a top producer. By Bill Wagner/The Daily News (from the Seattle Times article) By Margaret Flowers This excellent series of articles, called “Quantity of Care”, by Mike Baker and […]
More People are Concerned about Affording Health Care
NOTE: This article points out why now is the time to push for National Improved Medicare for All. It is the only way that we can bring down the cost of health care and guarantee that people can afford the care they need without fear of financial ruin. – Margaret Flowers Poll: Americans More Concerned […]
This is what Profit Over Health Looks Like
Above photo: By Gage Skidmore – https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/4379663235 Tom Price, Dr. Personal Enrichment By David Leonhart in the New York Times Each year, a publication called Medscape creates a portrait of the medical profession. It surveys thousands of doctors about their job satisfaction, salaries and the like and breaks down the results by specialty, allowing for comparisons […]
Don’t Be Fooled By The Profiteer’s Option
By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese for Popular Resistance, Sept. 18, 2016. NOTE: Senator Sanders mentioned the Public Option as a possible solution in the Sanders Cruz health debate on CNN, so we are posting this article from last September to bring some clarity. The Public Option is a Profiteer’s Option, as explained below. It […]
Health Over Profit National Calls
Health Over Profit for Everyone is a national campaign to win a National Improved Medicare for All (NIMA) healthcare system (also called a single payer health system). It is a project initiated by advocates for NIMA acting as individuals and is coordinated by Popular Resistance. We will hold regular national conference calls starting Monday, February […]
Ralph Nader Urges Senator Sanders to Champion NIMA Now
By Ralph Nader Open Letter To Senator Bernie Sanders Dear Senator Sanders: I hear that you will be debating Senator Ted Cruz next Tuesday on CNN in prime time where you will seek to defend Obamacare against Republican assault. You have said in the past that “I don’t believe in Obamacare” and that Obamacare is […]
Obamacare: The Biggest Insurance Scam in History
Above photo: Protest outside the state’s largest insurer in Des Moines, IA with the Catholic Workers. By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers. Originally published in TruthOut. NOTE: We wrote this in 2013 and we thought it should be shared again as people are pushed to defend the ACA rather than demand National Improved Medicare for […]