The response letter sent to Merkley’s heath care staffer
From: Debby Schwartz Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2020 To: HCAO National Strategy Committee Subject: Re: The followup letter sent to Merkley’s heath care staffer: On Apr 1, 2020, Debby Schwartz wrote: Dear Elvia, Senator Merkley’s letter “From coronavirus...
Merkley Response to HCAO Letter on Coronavirus
Senator Merkley wrote this wonderful letter in response to our Coronavirus crisis. He said: “Every American must have the opportunity to participate in simple, seamless, cost-effective Medicare for All.” A couple of us of been talking about writing a thank...
TARBELL REPORT – Is Relying on China for Prescription Drugs a National Security Risk?
While Chinese manufacturing plants have been scrutinized for safety issues, American pharmaceutical companies have relied on them for sourcing cheaper ingredients for generic drugs since 2001. Now, this dependence is raising new concerns as a national security risk. Thousands...
Medicare for All Is the Shot We Have to Make Happen
There’s nothing realistic about passing Medicare for All. We know we’re outgunned, outspent, and outmatched. And yet we have no other choice. Throughout 2019, Iowans were walloped with political commercial after political commercial, owing to the fluke that their...
Take My Benefits — Please!
https://newpol.org/take-my-benefits-please/?print=pdf At the June 2019 House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Medicare for All, Texas Republican Kevin Murphy lamented, “That great health care plan that your union negotiated for you? It’s gone. Banned under Medicare for All.”1...
Debate Heats Up Over Making Health Care Accessible to All
Citizens (and some candidates) are focused on healthcare in this election because getting it and being able to pay for it is a life and death issue for so many. In recent days, several tweets shared ominous news about...
Americans Putting off Medical Treatment in Record Numbers
A stunning indictment of U.S. health-care system in one chart– Americans are putting off medical treatment in record numbers because of cost, Gallup data shows. By Christopher Ingraham Reporter Dec. 10, 2019 One quarter of American adults say...
Poll Measures 75% Support For Single-Payer In Oregon
By THE JEFFERSON EXCHANGE TEAM • Nov 19, 2019 Listen 22 minutes Joe Graf and Bill Walsh with Geoffrey Riley. The talk of health insurance continues to heat up along with the presidential campaign. And a poll taken earlier this year...
Don’t Touch My Medicare!! “Is Program on its last legs?”
“Don’t Touch My Medicare!” Wendell Potter, Tarbell’s founder: If we learned one thing from the presidential debates last week, it is that health care—and, in particular, the Medicare program, which turned 54 years old Tuesday, July 31—are going to be...
I’ve lived the difference between US and UK health care. Here’s what I learned
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/07/opinions/single-payer-healthcare-beers/index.html (CNN) Earlier this year, I shattered my elbow in a freak fall, requiring surgery, plates and screws. While I am a US citizen, several years ago I married an Englishman and became a UK resident, entitled to coverage on...