Image above: Health Care for All – San Fernando Valley celebrating Medicare’s 50th birthday On Medicare’s 53rd birthday, it’s evident that many people see the federal program as the solution to our healthcare problems, while others despise and want to destroy it. American politicians seem […]
Successful campaigns will feature faces of the vulnerable with whom we can identify, bold and passionate action, and a movement-building strategy of nonviolent direct action campaigning. What the Parkland teens can teach Medicare for All campaigners By George Lakey / Waging Nonviolence / Op-Ed – July 11, 2018 Photo […]
Thanks to NurseTalk for this excellent podcast making a business and personal case for Expanded and Improved Medicare for All. Features Richard Master & Donna Smith
The recent appointment of celebrity doctor Atul Gawande to head the Amazon/Buffet/JP Morgan healthcare plan, on a part-time basis no less, is just another sign that the delusion about market-based solutions for health care continues unabated. Apparently Dr. Gawande feels the job is simple enough to […]
In case you missed it, the latest news makes clear that corporate health insurance continues to suck, with fine print exclusions, claims denials and sky-high premiums that show no sign of abating after years of double-digit increases. The result? Patient suffering. Meanwhile, state governments […]
Today, I can walk without a limp. My cancer has not yet come back. So, I hope you all can walk with me for Medicare for All, for a world where healthcare is not about making money but about making people well. It took mass […]
The time for political will and bold solutions trumping corporate greed in California is now. We must not let insurance companies and drug makers use their profits to intimidate our representatives, lower our expectations and allow this historic moment to slip away. Millions […]
Thanks to Nurse Talk for sharing this special edition podcast featuring Michael Lighty, Director of Public Policy for National Nurses United! “The labor movement exists to stop money from being the metric of value and power. Healthcare is exhibit A for money as […]
