On AlterNet: universal health care

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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.

450,000 Can’t Be Wrong About Health Care Reform

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. July 30, 2009.

The U.S. has a catastrophically fragmented system that provides incentives for sick care instead of prevention.

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.

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.

The Time is Now For Immigration Reform

Eric Ward, Imagine 2050. June 15, 2009.

The White House's health care initiatives could set the tone for immigration reform.

Will Americans Ever Get Their Health Care Reform -- And Why I Suddenly Feel Very Lucky to Have AIDS

Thomas DeLorenzo, Huffington Post. February 21, 2009.

America, let me welcome you to what those of us with chronic diseases have known all along.

The House Easily Passes Expanded Health Care for Children

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. January 14, 2009.

S-CHIP Passes the House: 289 - 139.

Want to Shut Conservatives Out of Power for Good? Implement Universal Health Care

Sara Robinson, Campaign for America's Future. October 31, 2008.

Giving Americans universal access to health care will undermine some of the deepest and most persistent myths of the conservative worldview.

Obama vs. McCain: Medical Bills, Drug Prices and Access to Health Care -- Voter Guide

AlterNetOctober 17, 2008.

Find out how the candidates compare on health insurance, prescription drugs, obesity, veterans' health and more.

The Democratic Convention Platform Must Include Guaranteed Health Care for All

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. August 8, 2008.

Health care as a human right? What a concept.

Paying More, Getting Less: Just Where Do America's Health Care Dollars Go?

Joel A. Harrison, Dollars and Sense. June 23, 2008.

If people grasped the size of the health care bill they already pay (through taxes), opponents of a universal single-payer system would be in trouble.

US Medical System: The Worst in 19 Industrialized Nations

Evan Robinson, Group News Blog. January 10, 2008.

One hundred thousand extra deaths per year. That's roughly one every five minutes, around the clock, 24/7/365 -- every year.

How Do We Cure a Sick Health Care System?

Terrence McNally, AlterNet. September 4, 2007.

Johnathan Cohn, author of SICK, discusses why the U.S. is the only developed country that does not guarantee access to medical care as a right of citizenship.