White House Single Payer Petition: Let's Make It Go Viral
Can we make this go viral? It's a White House petition for single payer health care (i.e. Medicare for all), and it's in desperate need of some tender loving care from progressives who truly care about...
View ArticleAlyssa's story. Or Why Single-Payer Cannot Come Soon Enough.
This is Alyssa.If you read my diaries you might remember Alyssa from this account.Alyssa also used to write Haiti diaries here on Daily Kos as allie123. She's had multiple sclerosis for many years now,...
View ArticleChange the California Democratic Party from Within - Become a Delegate....
As a progressive activist in Los Angeles, I always encounter other progressives who are frustrated by the glacial pace of change, but are unaware of how they can become influential above and beyond...
View ArticleThere are more signatures for Texas secession than for #singlepayer at the...
Folks, it's pretty sad that there are 115,074 signatures for Texas to secede at the White House, but only 1,404 for single payer: Single-payer healthcare systems ensure coverage for 100% of citizens....
View ArticleCalling all Single Payer Supporters in California (specially in LA)
February 11 is a Single Payer action day in California, Lobby DayI have been to Sacramento for Lobby Day a couple of times.So if you can make it to Sacramento to support Single Payer, by all means go...
View ArticleSingle Payer in New York State
NYS Senator Bill Perkins and Assembly Health Chair Richard N. Gottfried introduce a bill today calling for a single payer system called New York Health.
View Article$1,000,000 in Medical Debt Ripped Up and Spit Out by Strike Debt NYC.
1000 debtors liberated from medical debt in KY & IN! Join the fight against for profit healthcare ow.ly/iUrkg— StrikeDebt (@StrikeDebt) March 14, 2013Today, Strike Debt, an offshoot of Occupy Wall...
View ArticleCancer Clinics Stop Treating Cancer. Sequester Brings New Meaning to 'Die...
It's the sequester. And the sequester is good. Austerity for cancer patients. What could go wrong with that? Cancer clinics across the country have begun turning away thousands of Medicare patients,...
View ArticleObamacare is a step in the right direction but not the final destination
The Affordable Care Act will help millions but it is not enough. If OFA and other Obamacare supporters want the grassroots to help it get implemented they need to clearly indicate that it is not the...
View ArticleSingle Payer movement in the era of Obamacare
If you believe that healthcare is a basic human right and understand why Single Payer IS the final destination of healthcare reform and you want to get it done as soon as possible, read on.If you are...
View ArticleAnother Obamacare Fiasco: No Limits of Out-Of-Pocket Drug Costs This Year For...
One of the big draws of Obamacare was that at least - at the very least - expenses would be capped. No longer could someone run up a catastrophic $100,000 bill. As the President said "We will place a...
View ArticleSingle Payer will come and you can help (Updated)
First of all, knowledgeable activists believe that the ACA will benefit millions and its success will clear the road to Single Payer, the final destination. If Obamacare fails, many of us understand...
View ArticleWashington Post editorial: House Republicans are failing Americans in their...
The faces of fail It's not often that a Washington Post editorial is a must read, but today's headline speaks for itself: House Republicans are failing Americans in their effort to kill Obamacare As...
View ArticleContact the Five California State Senators Against California Single-Payer
Six California Democratic Senators voted against California SB-810 Single‑payer health care coverage. Link to SB-810 bill text at California Legislative Information. One is no longer a Senator. Logo...
View ArticleDerek Cressman; a much better Democrat for CA Secretary of State
The June 3 "jungle" primary is upon us. The new rules are that the top 2 candidates, whatever their party affiliation, will face each other in November.There is one race where it is clear that if we...
View Article2015 America: Woman chooses wheelchair over medicine she can't afford. Read...
Probably known more for its presence in the lobby of the Econolodge or Holiday Inn than exhaustive, in-depth reporting, USA Today has hit it out of the park with its recent article on the crushing...
View ArticleSingle Payer Lobby Day in Sacramento on Monday. Join us.
The Single Payer movement is moving forward in California. We are kicking off the new strategy on Monday. The ultimate goal is to apply for a "waiver" under the ACA in 2017. For this we need several...
View ArticleOn May 19 a much better Democrat for the Senate in DailyKos HQ backyard
A special election on May 19 will determine whether Susan Bonilla or Steve Glazer gets to be a California Senator representing the 7th Senate district. Susan came 2nd in the March 17th primary....
View ArticleNew York's State Assembly just passed a single-payer bill
Some outstanding news from Albany.Assembly passes #universalhealthcare#singlepayer#NYHealth bill! @nynurses@1199SEIU@PNHPNYMetro@NYHCampaignhttp://t.co/...— Richard Gottfried (@DickGottfried) May 27,...
View ArticleMedical Professionals Debate the Merits of Single-Payer vs Free-Market &...
WebMd's professional-level Medscape site published a pair of articles last week — Single-Payer System: Why It Would Save US Healthcare and Single-Payer System: Why It Would Ruin US Healthcare—...
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