by Rose Ann DeMoro Executive Director, National Nurses United, AFL-CIO and California Nurses AssociationPassage of President Obama's healthcare bill proves that Congress can enact comprehensive social legislation in the face of virulent rightwing opposition. Now that we have an insurance bill, can we move on to healthcare reform? As an organization of registered … [Read more...] about Diary of a Wimpy Health Care Bill (California Nurses Association)
Pro-single-payer doctors: Health bill leaves 23 million uninsured-23,000 unnecessary deaths annually
For Immediate Release March 22, 2010 Contact:Oliver Fein, M.D.Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.David Himmelstein, M.D.Margaret Flowers, M.D.Mark Almberg, PNHP, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org The following statement was released today by leaders of Physicians for a National Health Program, www.pnhp.org. Their signatures appear below. As … [Read more...] about Pro-single-payer doctors: Health bill leaves 23 million uninsured-23,000 unnecessary deaths annually
More critiques of the health care bill acknowledging the good as well as the ugly (several articles)
A cause for celebration?Alan Maass (Socialist Worker) examines the claims made about the Democrats' health care legislation. March 24, 2010LAST SUNDAY night around 10 p.m., I was finishing up the next day's edition of SocialistWorker.org when my e-mail inbox started filling up like a casino slot machine finally paying off. The subject lines all had the same theme: "Historic … [Read more...] about More critiques of the health care bill acknowledging the good as well as the ugly (several articles)
Health Reform: Theirs and Ours
By Paul Street from ZNETCorporate health “reform” has gotten the congressional votes it needed and the public relations spin is on. Now that the “deeply conservative” Barack Obama[1] and his fellow corporate Democrats have pushed their big business-friendly measure – devoid of any public insurance option to counter the power of the insurance oligopoly– through the House … [Read more...] about Health Reform: Theirs and Ours
Healthcare Bill “A Victory for Capitalism” (Excerpt of Michael Moore Interview with Amy Goodman)
...Today we’re joined by the director of Sicko, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore. His latest film is called Capitalism: A Love Story, and he’s made many others. We spoke to him late yesterday and began by asking Michael for his reaction to the House vote on healthcare reform. MICHAEL MOORE: I’ve been pretty vocal about this. This bill was never … [Read more...] about Healthcare Bill “A Victory for Capitalism” (Excerpt of Michael Moore Interview with Amy Goodman)