Rob Stephenson
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The Presidents Speak Out for Single Payer Healthcare
Three past, present or future presidents of physician associations explain eloquently why they support single payer healthcare.
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2011 Single Payer Now Fundraiser in Los Angeles
You are cordially invited to: SINGLE PAYER NOW’s February 3rd Fundraiser Los Angeles, California How do we weaken the corporate stranglehold over our health care system? How do we protect Medicare and Social Security during an onslaught to reduce the deficit on the back of our most valuable social programs? What’s next for states fighting…
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Stop the Corporate Stranglehold Over Our Healthcare System
How do we weaken the corporate stranglehold over our health care system? How do we protect Medicare and Social Security during an onslaught to reduce the deficit on the back of our most valuable social programs? What’s next for states fighting for single-payer health care? 7pm Wednesday, February 2 474 Valencia, San Francisco Centro del…
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Single Payer Mailing Specialists Needed
We need your expertise on Friday Jan. 21 and Saturday Jan 22 from noon to 8pm. Our mailing party will be at the home of Susan Cieutat who lives at 531 Grove St in San Francisco, which is 4 blocks west of the Civic Center BART/MUNI stop. We will be mailing alerts for Feb 1…
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Single Payer Mailing Specialists Needed
We need your expertise on Friday Jan. 21 and Saturday Jan 22 from noon to 8pm. Our mailing party will be at the home of Susan Cieutat who lives at 531 Grove St in San Francisco, which is 4 blocks west of the Civic Center BART/MUNI stop. We will be mailing alerts for Feb 1…
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Update from Student Lobby Day and Rally in Sacramento
Take a look at the grassroots single payer event on the steps of the California State Capitol January 10, 2011. For more information on Single Payer Now’s role — including our collaboration with the event sponsor California Health Professional Student Alliance and how to donate — visit our event page. For more on Lobby Day,…
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Update from the Health Care Potluck with Mark Leno
Over 170 people attended today’s event at St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco, which featured a presentation by State Senator Mark Leno on the 2011 Campaign for Universal Healthcare Without the Insurance Industry. Video coming soon. Senator Leno’s remarks included: Somehow, someway, whether we do or referendum, this will be on ballot. We need to…
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Video: “The Unfinished Business of Health Care Reform” by John P. Geyman, M.D.
Watch the 24-minute video of “The Unfinished Business of Health Care Reform,” a presentation by John P. Geyman, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, University of Washington in Seattle: The video http://fwdlabs-singlepayernow.s3.amazonaws.com/john-geyman.m4v appears to have been removed from Amazon.
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Update from the 2010 Healthcare-NOW! National Strategy Conference
Check out the Report Back from the 2010 Healthcare-NOW! National Strategy Conference in Philadelphia on November 13,14. Single Payer Now is proud to have participated in such an inspiring and educational weekend with activists from all over the country. Please download and distribute the outreach guide (PDF), which was made special for this conference. Feedback…
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U.S. Slips to 49th in Life Expectancy
From Sahil Kapur for RawStory.com via Healthcare-NOW: The United States currently ranks 49th in the world in overall life expectancy, according to a study published in the academic journal Health Affairs, slipping dramatically during the last decade. “As of September 23, 2010, the United States ranked forty-ninth for both male and female life expectancy combined,” concludes…