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2008
State Democratic Parties in Colorado and New Hampshire back single-payer health plans. The national party's platform committee will be considering our health care plank in Denver Read
Bill Moyers discusses FEHBP, the wasteful for profit insurance industry and nurses as patient advocates with the CA nurses. Watch video
CNN's Health Care Hero: Not a soldier in Iraq, but one individual making a real difference in the lives of so many "Each day, I get to treat the patients whom our medical system has forgotten, without the hassle of insurance paperwork. Is it any wonder I once again feel the real joy of practicing the craft that I love" Dr Stewart's story
Software used by the insurance companies to exploit minor technicalities denies millions due in payment to health care providers. The same software companies offer software to beat health insurance denials as well, toward which hospitals spend millions. Is this insane? Read.
Harvard study finds dangerous increase in Emergency Department waits nationwide. Read
Health insurer tied bonuses to dropping sick policy holders: Corporate greed at its worst... another health insurer exposed. Read LA Times
With health care costs out of control - How much longer will we be able to afford Medicare for all our seniors? Read.
Wal-Mart, CVS, Walgreens - meet our new health care providers. Read NY Times
It could happen to you or someone you love - Diary of one man's health care experience. Read
Latest study finds health improves significantly when uninsured people gain Medicare coverage. Taxpayers are big winners too. Read more
Hillary discusses single-payer insurance reform NY Times interview with comments by Don McCanne, MD. Read Interview
Doctors at UCLA - the patient needs a liver transplant, CIGNA denies payment, who is running our health care system? Read CNN
Health care reform advocates wake-up. The private insurance industry has a monopoly in the marketplace, no free market competition. Read
Insurance executives resign amid FBI fraud probe. Raid at WellCare Headquarters. More .
November 2007
Nurses say Dick Cheney would be dead if not for socialized medicine. He doesn't hesitate to receive care at the taxpayers expense, while denying insurance to millions. Nurses speak out.
Edwards speaks out again: Pledges as president, he would strip health coverage from congressional members if they did not adopt universal healthcare. Read & watch video.
Obama's Health care plan: He just doesn't get it...He still won't get it once elected. OP-ED
The U.S. can afford universal health care coverage. Read more from Newsweek ...
October 2007
Election 2008 Kaiser tracking poll: Health Care #1 domestic issue and more important to Republicans than ever before. Poll Summary
September 2007
First TV ads urge presidential candidates to scrap private insurers. Bloomberg News. Watch our TV ads: Clinton Obama Edwards
Health insurance expert Merton Bernstein, "cost shifting increases total costs" making insurance programs less affordable. Read more
August 2007
Republican Legislature endorses HR 676... the first Republican body to endorse. More .
July 2007
Americans with health insurance are already waiting as long or longer than in other countries Read more from NY Times OP-ED columnist .
June 2007
Our SiCKOCURE.org campaign with the Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) was a huge success. Watch us on WKYC TV . Read the Plain Dealer article.
June NY Times, CBS News, & MTV Poll: Young Americans, 17-29 yrs, want a govt run universal health care insurance system. Read...
May 2007
Latest Study Confirms : U.S. dead last on health care access, patient safety, efficiency & equity among countries studied. Read More...
Medicare for All Act - Senator Ted Kennedy & Rep. Dingell introduced S. 1218, H.R. 2034. It leaves nobody out - Not even the insurance companies. Bill Summary More .. Bill status
It's not just the lobbyists who receive payouts from the drug industry. Doctors reap millions ..
April 2007
Latest study finds that equal access health care systems - like single-payer Medicare for All w ill minimize racial disparities in outcomes. more...
AARP Reports: Prices of the 187 most com-monly used drugs rose by 6.2% in 2006, aprox twice the rate of inflation. The ave. price increase was $67.96 per prescription . Read full drug price report
Children Versus Insurers: Who will our lawmakers help this year? Read the choice.
Autism - 1 out of every 106 children are now diagnosed with a form of the disease. In the U.S., the average cost to take care of an autistic person over his/her life is now $3.2 million.
March 2007
Retiring Today? The average couple, both age 65, now needs $215,000, up 7.5 percent from $200,000 last year, just to cover their out of pocket health care costs. Read more - CNN.
AFL-CIO Executive Council backs Medicare for All: Read article. Read Council statement. watch video: Two guys on Health Care - 2 min.
Majority of Americans say the federal gov't should guarantee health insurance to all Americans. Read the March poll. video
Did you miss it ?- Sunday March 25, 10:10 a.m., Federated Church, 76 Bell Street, Chagrin Falls.
Our 2007 faith-based powerpoint presentation: "Health Care for All, A Matter of Love & Justice"
Contact us if you would like a showing at your church or other organization. Contact now.
Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) endorses our bill, rejecting Governor Romney's universal healthcare bill. Read.
February 2007
Bush's 2007 Budget: + 245 Billion for War = - 89 Billion for Medicare & Medicaid, - 322 Million for state health programs, + 0 for the Uninsured. Read more.
January 2007
Our bill, "Expanded & Improved Medicare For All" also called "The U.S. National Health Insurance Act", was re-introduced January 24. Read more on our new bill.
2007 Universal Health Care for All: Big Business makes a case to AARP members.
A Healthy New Year for All: What a great New Year's resolution - universal health care coverage for all, Paul Krugman, OP-ED columnist for the New York Times, speaks out .
December 2006
Do our parents really have a safety net in Medicare? We need Expanded & Improved Medicare for All. Read more from the New York Times & AARP. The Insurance Companies now have a plan for covering the uninsured! They call it " Hope for Millions " it really is a plan to " Give them Billions ". Read more on this plan.
November 2006
Join Us This Sunday - November 19th 11:30 a.m. First Baptist Church of Bedford 445 Turney Road Bedford, OH (440) 232-0694 http://www.bedfordfbc.org powerpoint presentation
 Committee member Jill Levine attends national strategy meeting with Rep. John Conyers "Now is the time to move on health care ... will be the number one issue in my office" Read more. Watch video.
Our voice was heard: The Citizens' Health Care Working Group Meeting Site Findings . Americans at the community meetings and the online polls want a national health program "Guanteeing that all Americans have health coverage is the highest priority"
October 2006
The greed of one man at the expense of 46 million...William McGuire chief of United Health Group Inc will receive 5.1 million dollars a year for life. Read more from the AP desk.
AARP members tell it like it is ... Republicans, Democrats, and Independents all want more affordable drugs AND guaranteed affordable health care coverage for all. Read AARP survey...
Love, makes a difference for Plumbers Local 188. As Business Manager, his activism led to his 219,800 member union endorsing HR 676. Read article.
Planning to retire at age 65? Make sure to include an extra $200,000 for you and your spouse...Not for that beach front property but for out-of-pocket medical costs. Read more from MSN Money Staff.
 This is the website of the Healthcare Now Committee of the Patriots for Change organization. We are committed to educate Ohioans on national single payer health insurance, to advocate for single payer legislation, and to support politicians who endorse single payer healthcare reform. Please join us in this national campaign to make what is morally right, politically possible. Join us - Now!
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