$1.4 Trillion Per Year – The Cost of Not Having Single Payer
The Cost of Not Having Single Payer: $1.4 Trillion Per Year “You could not devise a worse health care system than that of the United States if you tried. By far the most expensive, with among the worst results.”...
Single-Payer Fight Moves to Massachusetts
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/41072-single-payer-fight-moves-to-massachusetts Tuesday, June 27, 2017 By Michael Corcoran, Truthout | Report This is not just another study, organizers say — it would have real teeth. Under the proposal, if the commission finds savings from single-payer, which studies indicate would...
RV League of Women Voters: “Congress going in wrong direction” League Supports Single Payer
http://www.mailtribune.com/opinion/20170622/guest-opinion-congress-going-in-wrong-direction-on-health-care Guest Opinion: Congress going in wrong direction on health care By Jackie Clary, Kim Smith and Leslie Lowe Posted Jun 22, 2017 at 12:01 AM Why did the League of Women Voters contact Congressman Greg Walden and why...
Democratic House Speaker Pulls Plug on California’s Single-Payer Bill
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/06/24/ire-democrat-who-pulled-plug-californias-single-payer-bill Advocates of the single-payer healthcare proposal which has been steadily advancing through the California legislature were voicing outrage and disappointment on Saturday after Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, a Democrat, announced he was pulling the bill from further consideration...
America’s Broken Healthcare System is Creating More Single-Payer Advocates
The Real News speaks to advocates of universal healthcare and affordable prescription drugs at the 2017 People’s Summit http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=767&Itemid=74&jumival=19318 ...
Ann Feeney’s Upcoming Ashland Benefit Concert for HCAO
Monday, July 3rd, 2017 8:00 PM Health Care for All Oregon Rogue Valley presents Anne Feeney’s Summer of Resistance Tour! Unitarian Universalist Church 4th and C Ashland, OR http://hcao.org/ Price: free! Wes brain@mind.net is organizing the show Hi there! ...
Representative Earl Blumnenauer Hosts Town Hall on Single Payer
Rep. Blumenauer (D-OR) hosted a town hall meeting May 30 with physicians and state officials to examine the prospects for a single-payer health care system. See: https://www.c-span.org/video/?428971-1/representative-earl-blumnenauer-town-hall-meeting...
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF HEALTHY CALIFORNIA SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE PROPOSAL
From: Lou Sinniger Sent: Friday, June 02, 2017 Subject: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE HEALTHY CALIFORNIA SINGLE- PAYER HEALTH CARE PROPOSAL Check this out. If California can do it. We can do it. This is a great Study that shows that...
Setting the Record Straight
http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/home/5345662-151/my-voice-setting-the-record-straight?referrer=fpblob My Voice Bill Whitaker Published May 31, 2017 at 03:26PM About the author Bill Whitaker is a community activist who lives in La Grande. He can be contacted at bill@oregonrural.org. At recent town halls in Baker City, Elgin and...
Aging at Home Will Be Harder With Planned Medicaid Home Assistance Care Cuts
http://www.nextavenue.org/aging-at-home-medicaid-cuts/ May 17, 2017 Home- and community-based services are vulnerable. The vast majority of people in nursing homes do not need to be there, they just need some home supports. — Leonardo Cuello, National Health Law Program...