Health care
Current proposals for health care reform will make insurance companies even richer, and that money will flow back into American politics.
November 18, 2009 : Dennis Kosuth Budget cuts and layoffs in Chicago's Cook County will reduce access to an already overburdened public health care system.
November 17, 2009 : Gary Lapon The banksters arrogantly jumped to the front of the line for H1N1 vaccine--but the even bigger scandal is the profit-mad behavior of drug companies.
November 16, 2009 : Alan Maass and Helen Redmond The House "reform" bill is a disaster for anyone who hoped a Democratic president and Congress would fix the screwed-up health care system.
November 11, 2009 : Solomon Hughes The leading corporate lobbyist against a "public option" in the U.S. helped waste billions on "market reforms" of Britain's National Health Service.
November 4, 2009 The Democrats' proposal for a "public option" is so scaled back that it's barely public--and it can hardly be called much of an option.
November 3, 2009 : Alejandro Cubria Getting sick was only the first part of a health care nightmare--and not the worst--for a young woman from El Salvador.
October 27, 2009 The insurance companies are attacking health care legislation, but their recently issued report shows how they will try to profit off reform.
October 22, 2009 More than 100 activists rallied for single-payer health care outside the Portland building of Regence Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Oregon.
October 20, 2009 Two single-payer health care activists explain why they took part in a sit-in at insurance company Cigna's offices in Chicago on October 8.
October 19, 2009 Like the 19th century railroad barons who built their fortunes from the public trough, the health care lobbies can spot a bonanza in the making.
October 8, 2009 Health care activists in New York City sat in at insurance giant Aetna as part of a day of action for single-payer health care.
October 8, 2009 More than 200 people rallied outside Blue Cross Blue Shield offices in Portland, Ore., to protest the insurance industry's greedy practices.
September 29, 2009 : Dr. Andy Coates A member of Physicians for a National Health Program talks about what’s been missing from the health care “reform” debate in Washington.
September 28, 2009 Only labor has the resources, membership base and organizational potential to wage the struggle for health care as a human right.
September 23, 2009 : Joshua Frank Sen. Max Baucus, the man behind the latest version health care "reform" legislation, may be the most corporate-entrenched Democrat in Washington.
September 18, 2009 Barack Obama's speech to Congress seemed to help him regain momentum on health care legislation. The question is whether that is a good thing.
September 16, 2009 : Helen Redmond The basic fact is that pursuit of profit is the core mission of the private health insurance industry, not patient care, wellness or satisfaction.
September 15, 2009 A group of Oregon doctors began their tour across the country with a kickoff rally in Portland, Ore., and a first stop in Seattle.
September 11, 2009 : Hugh Moore A nurse who worked at Los Angeles Forum offering free medical services describes the dire need for health care across the U.S.
September 4, 2009 If there's any idea worth rethinking, it's Whole Foods CEO John Mackey's claim that our needs are best met through the unfettered free market.
September 3, 2009 Many people at a San Diego town hall supported single-payer--but with a dismissive Democrat and right-wingers on hand, they had to fight to be heard.
September 3, 2009 : Helen Scott My recent encounter with Britain's National Health Service was a stark contrast with the U.S.--and exposed all the right's lies about socialized medicine.
September 2, 2009 A group of Oregon physicians calling themselves the Mad As Hell doctors is getting ready for a cross-country tour to demand real health care reform.
September 1, 2009 : Laura Durkay The hundreds lined up at Los Angeles' famous Forum arena for free medical services exposed the staggering inadequacy of the current system.
August 31, 2009
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