Uninsured back universal health care

When Andrew and Merry Kuharsky had their first child in Canada, they never got a bill from the hospital.

Their second child, born in Greenville, cost them about $3,000.

As they see more and more Americans becoming uninsured, and fear what their own future may hold with only catastrophic coverage, the Kuharskys, directors of the Greenville Ballet School, think it's time to change the health-care system. Read more…

Local Union Spotlight:IBEW Local 1547 Read more…

On Saturday, September 13, 2008, single payer advocates from across New York will meet in Albany to form a new statewide organization.

Our aim: to build an unbeatable movement for a single payer public system that would fully fund comprehensive health care, including prescription drugs, for all. We invite all single-payer supporters to join us! Read more…

nyceve at California Nurses has a video of McSame's appearance at the Lance Armstrong Cancer Center:

"Allow cooperation among states in the purchase of insurance". This is code speak for the infamous and despicable Enzi Bill, which the Republicans deceptively named the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2005 and had it become law (God forbid), would have thrown even the most modest state health insurance consumer protection laws out the window.

In 2006, Mr. Bush and the U.S. House tried to pass legislation to allow associations to offer health coverage to their small-business members. Read more…

Insurers don't like to 'share'

The current mantra of those who support our private insurance model for health care is "shared responsibility." Their goal is to ratchet up the amount that individuals will have to pay for medical costs, by buying insurance policies that have higher deductibles, larger co-payments, and higher costs for prescription drugs. What "shared responsibility" is about is maintaining insurance company profits. Read more…