The Cumberland Times News gets a letter:

I feel my responsibility is not only to my six children, my parents, and one day my grandkids but also for the millions of patients unfortunately caught in this dysfunctional medical arena.

I support HR 676 and will continue to be an advocate for it. “Affordable” universal healthcare is a contradiction in context. Affordable isn’t universal. Who decides affordability? The government, making well into six figures?

Californians can be real proud so have elected so many sponsors of HR 676.

Barbara Lee

I have reintroduced H.R. 3080, the United States Universal Health Service Act. This bill will specifically make high-quality preventive, acute and long term care available to everyone regardless of demographics, employment status, or previous health status. This health care service creates an entitlement to high-quality health care and supplemental services without charge and without discrimination based on race, sex, age, religion, language, income, employment status, sexual orientation, or previous health status. It also stresses prevention and wellness.  Read more 

Two of Virginia’s Democratic Representatives, Bobby Scott and Jim Moran, are supporters of HR 676.

Bobby Scott sponsored the All Healthy Children Act. He also sponsored H.AMDT.568, an amendment to prohibit use of funds for the Random Student Drug Testing Program.

You can see a video here of his exchange with Monica Goodling.  Read more 

John Yarmuth is one of 90 cosponsors of HR 676, or Medicare for all. So what else we know about Yarmuth?

He secured $500,000 to address Louisville heath and dental care shortfalls, and $250,000 for eldercare. He got $452,746 for Louisville’s emergency food and shelter program.

He also has done a bunch of other good stuff not related to healthcare.

Voices From The Nursing School
ADNA Discrimination Is Illegal!

My nursing colleague, “S,” has a 50/50 chance of inheriting Polycystic Kidney Disease from her father. At the age of 28, through genetic testing, she will find out if she has the gene that will inevitably cause her body to develop cysts in her kidneys, liver and other organs. There is no cure, so why would she get screened? And more immediately, if she has the gene, will she be dropped by her health insurance company for having a pre-existing condition?  Read more 

Labor, Faith, Seniors, Consumer Groups Rally at New York State Capitol in Support of Single Payer Universal Health Care

NEW YORK - May 7 - Single payer universal health care advocates rallied today at the State Capitol in support of action at both the national and state level.

Representatives of unions, nurses, doctors, seniors, consumer and faith groups urged the state legislature to pass a resolution urging Congress to pass HR 676, known as Medicare for All. As. Felix Ortiz sponsors the Assembly resolution. HR 676 has 90 cosponsors, including NY Congressional representatives Engel, Hinchey, Maloney, McNulty, Nader, Owens, Rangel, Serrano, Towns, Weiner and Velazquez.  Read more 

The Party of Michael Moore

But when Moore returned with his next film in 2007, O’Reilly was still very much on the warpath.  Read more 

This is an incomplete list of all the cosponsors of HR 676. The remainder will be posted when I have a chance. There are 90 cosponsors, so this is clearly a popular approach.

Dennis Kucinich

John Conyers

Neil Abercrombie
Joe Baca
Tammy Baldwin
Xavier Becerra  Read more