On AlterNet: single payer

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "single payer"

The Right-Wing Plot to Control Your Health Care

Sara Robinson, AlterNet. March 21, 2012.

The war on women is also an effort to permanently give politicians, religious authorities, accountants, and your boss a seat in your doctor's exam room.

Kucinich Airs His Disagreement with Markos Moulitsas on Health Care Bill

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. March 14, 2010.

The founder of Daily Kos slammed Kucinich for threatening to vote against the Democrats' healthcare reform bill. Kucinich defends his position.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: The Fight for Better Health Care

Sen. Bernie Sanders, October 23, 2009.

A single-payer approach saves hundreds of billions of dollars.

Tavis Smiley: Lining Up for Free Health Care

Beta Tester, AlterNet. August 20, 2009.

Don't get distracted from what health care reform is really about: People.

Countdown: Arianna Huffington and Keith Olbermann on Health Care and the "Death Panel" Farce

Beta Tester, AlterNet. August 13, 2009.

Find out who's full of it and who's not in regards to the health care debate.

What's In It For Jim?

Sally Kohn, Health Care Reform for the Heartland. August 11, 2009.

Millions of Americans are in real need of health care reform. Here are just a few of their stories.

Behind the Health Insurance Lobby - Why Universal Health Care is Struggling in Congress

Fault Lines, Al Jazeera. August 6, 2009.

Health Insurance Companies Are Blackmailing the U.S. Government for A Health Care Handout.

Like Your Private Health Care? Here's Why You Can Actually Thank the Government for That

Paul Krugman, The New York Times. August 1, 2009.

For those who think the government shouldn't be involved in health care, they already are. And you should be grateful.

Honoring Paul Wellstone: Fighting Like Hell for Health Care Reform

Mike Elk, AlterNet. July 15, 2009.

Its about time that we ask ourselves, What Would Wellstone Do?

Silencing Single Payer

Staff, FAIR. July 8, 2009.

ABC's prime time forum "Prescription for America" omitted single-payer-related questions, despite its pledge to represent all sides of the issue.

Senators Urge Progressives To Keep Targeting Dems On Health Care

Sam Stein, Huffington Post. July 8, 2009.

"We should encourage people to participate in the process."

Labor Rallies for Health Care, But Keeps it Vague

Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes. July 3, 2009.

It’s no secret that the union movement is divided on health care reform.

We Already Have a Popular Single-Payer Health Care System -- It's for Active Military and Veterans

Chris Kromm, Facing South. July 2, 2009.

Oddly the states with the most people enrolled are down South -- where political leadership has been most opposed to single-payer.

Pressuring Obama to Make the Right Decision on Health Care is AlterNet's Top Campaign of the Week

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. June 30, 2009.

This is no time to let up. We must let Obama know how important a public option is for all of America.

Hey Progressives, Join Forces to Fight the Health Insurance Industry!

Karen Dolan, Institute for Policy Studies. June 29, 2009.

Single-payer and public option advocates are fighting each other. We must remember that we're on the same side.

Obama Is Making the Wrong Decision on Health Care Reform

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. June 24, 2009.

By backing away from a public option, Obama is letting down 72 percent of America.

I Would Likely Be Dead by Now if it Wasn't for One Thing ... Health Insurance

Ray McGovern, Consortium News. June 20, 2009.

My own medical emergencies have made me more conscious of the scandal in our country when it comes to health care.

Supporting Obama's Push For a Public Health Option is AlterNet's Top Campaign of the Week

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. June 16, 2009.

The time is now: Help Obama secure a reasonable option for the millions of Americans who don't have health care.

We Don't Have to Wait for Obama to Make Sure Everyone Has Better Health Care

David Sirota, AlterNet. June 12, 2009.

Taking steps to realistic health care reform begins at the state level.

Health Care is a Right

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Huffington Post. June 9, 2009.

Six times as many Americans die every from lack of health care than the number of Americans killed in 9/11.

Why Americans Don't Want Single-Payer

Bernie Horn, Campaign for America's Future. June 8, 2009.

The real reason why single-payer isn't on the table is because Americans simply don't want it as evidence suggests.

Baucus Healthcare Plan: Arrest Doctors, Nurses

John Nichols, The Nation. May 14, 2009.

While the health-insurance lobby has been welcomed to the roundtable discussions organized by Baucus, the nurses and their allies were told to leave.

Obama for Single-Payer Before He Was Against It.

David Sirota, Open Left. May 11, 2009.

How Political Elites Have Made Single Payer "Politically Impossible"

More Americans Fear Losing Their Health Insurance Than Being in a Terrorist Attack

Ezra Klein, The American Prospect. May 21, 2008.

Will a new administration and Congress get universal health care right this time?

Pushing the Single-Payer Solution

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. April 24, 2008.

It's time for the candidates to stop dancing around real health-care reform and get behind a single-payer system.