November General Meeting
When: Tuesday, November 24th, at 6:30 pm (join us for PIZZA at 6 pm)
Where: The Teachers Union (ACEA) Hall, 618 NW 13th Ave. (Turn west onto 13th Ave. from NW 6th St. - entrance to meeting room is at back of building.)
Why: For a report back from the Healthcare-NOW! National strategy [...]
Let states try Medicare for All (single-payer)
The recently-passed House health care bill, in addition to vastly curtailing access to abortion (the Stupak Amendment), also stripped out one good measure, the Kucinich Amendment, that would protect states that institute single-payer health care systems from being sued by insurance companies under an obscure law called ERISA. The Senate now will consider whether to [...]
Urgent - Save Kucinich Amendment and let Congress vote on HR 676
Call Nancy Pelosi!
Ask ask her to keep her promise to allow a vote on single-payer in the House, and to keep the Kucinich Amendment.
The two single-payer amendments to the House healthcare bill that were promised a vote this fall, one introduced by Rep. Dennis Kucinich allowing states to implement single-payer systems on the state level, [...]