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Director of UCLA Health Policy Research Center explains: “the crazy patchwork of health care financing we have in the U.S” and why single-payer makes sense
Visit UCLA Site Here. Interview Re-posted to SPN website. Three Questions for the Expert Gerald F. Kominski, PhD Gerald Kominski is the director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and co-author of a new policy brief on the share of taxpayer dollars that are spent on health care expenditures. In this brief interview,…
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Activists Call on Hillary Clinton to support single payer
Activists in San Francisco greeted Hillary Clinton outside her fundraiser asking for her to join 81% of her fellow Democrats and a majority of Americans, and support Universal, Single Payer, Medicare for All!!
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The Human Face of Obamacare, a video summary of John Geyman’s new book
John Geyman, M.D. has just released an excellent new book that analyzes the promises and the reality of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare. Here a dedicated group of seven professional women present a chapter-by-chapter video summary of the book. Chaps. 1-3 Ann Chen Chaps. 4-6 Tara Keir Chaps. 7-12 Makulla Godwin Chaps. 13-15 Mona…
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Dr. Margaret Flowers interviewed on Pacifica Radio
Click here to listen to Dr. Margaret Flowers interviewed on Feb. 2, 2016 by KPFK journalist Sonali Kohlhatgar on the Uprising Program. Play audio from 8:35 minute mark to 25:25. Margaret discusses the Clinton campaign, recent attacks on single- payer and the Democratic parties lack of attention to the issues. Margaret Flowers is a member…
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Economist Gerald Friedman Defends Medicare for All As the Wall St. Journal and Hillary Clinton Attack Single Payer
Medicare for All is in the news. Both the Wall St Journal and Hillary Clinton are attacking it. Gerald Friedman, the UMass economist and Board Member of Healthcare Now has been defending single payer. On January 21, 2016, he spoke on Pacifica radio for 25 minutes. Click here to hear the interview with KPFA host…
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UPCOMING SINGLE PAYER ORGANIZER POSITION
Starting in 2018, we will be hiring at least 4 organizers to help us win a single payer health care plan in California. And then a national plan, such as HR 676, the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act. These are approximately 5 to 7 year organizing positions. Our goal is to win a…
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HR 676 Introduced by Rep. John Conyers Jr.
The Expanded & Improved for Medicare for All Summary of HR 676 Introduced by Rep. John Conyers Jr. on February 3, 2015. HR 676 currently has 44 co-sponsors. The Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act establishes a unique American national universal health insurance program. The bill would create a publicly financed, privately delivered healthcare…
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Help Campaign for Medicare for All At the Progressive Festival
When: Sunday, Sept. 28th from 11 to 5pm Where: Walnut Park, (at D St) Petaluma, CA What: We will be asking people to sign a postcard to President Obama asking him to support HR 676, the national Medicare for All bill. The day will be fun with entertainment, community booths, and food booths. Please let…
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Privatization Won’t Fix the VA
Suzanne Gordon — award-winning journalist, distinguished writer on healthcare topics and author of an upcoming book on the Veterans Administration healthcare system — explains the current fuss about the VA and what the mainstream media aren’t telling us. The VA, even with its flaws, is still the best healthcare system in the US.
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Union President Speaks at Single Payer Lobby Day
From: Single Payer News, June 2, 2014 Washington, DC. Gregg Junemann, a member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, addressed a congressional briefing on single payer health care on Capitol Hill on May22nd. An audience of close to 100 activists from 10 organizations were in Washington to lobby for single payer legislation. Junemann, President of…