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Fearless, iron-core accountability journalism: Tarbell.org

Why We Need ‘Pull-No-Punches Reporting’ That Holds Big Corporations And Moneyed Interests Accountable Wendell Potter, Founder of Tarbell.org (10/25/2017) Huffington Post Nataline Sarkisyan might be alive today had I not been such a team player when she was so sick. Had I not been so focused […]

Centrism on Healthcare Reform? A Political Dead End

Why “Centrists” Will Sink the Democrats, If They Haven’t Already The majority of registered Democratic voters view Sanders favorably and support single-payer healthcare. by Richard Eskow (Oct 24, 2017), OurFuture.org (Excerpts – Read complete article here.) No political ideology in modern American history has failed as consistently, […]

Oh, Oh, Ohio! Buckeye State Considers Single Payer

Ohio Democrats Propose Single-Payer Health Care By Jim Provance | BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF Published on Oct. 24, 2017 | Updated 4:11 p. m Oct. 24–COLUMBUS — Even as the Republican-controlled General Assembly has moved to restrict Ohio’s expansion of Medicaid, a pair of Democratic lawmakers Tuesday proposed […]

Live Free (from Corporate Health Insurance) or Die!

N.H. rep proposes statewide single-payer health care By ETHAN DeWITT (October 23, 2017), Concord Monitor (Excerpts below. Complete article here.) A proposal to create a single-payer health care system in New Hampshire drew mixed reactions in the House on Monday, with some denouncing it as […]

Gavin Newsom Wins Union Endt, Strongly Supports Single Payer

Democrats running for California governor debate over bringing single-payer healthcare to the state By Willon, Phil. (2017, October 22) Los Angeles Times (Excerpts. Read complete article here.) The top four Democrats running for California governor stood onstage for the first major candidate forum [sponsored by National Union […]

Op-Ed, The Business Case for Single-Payer

Why business should demand single-payer health care The San Diego Union Tribune (Online Oct 17, 2017) By Eric Leenson & Dan Geiger, co-founders, Business Alliance for a Healthy California The powerhouse of America’s economy — small business — is being sabotaged. Yes, sabotaged — not by […]

LTE: Kudos to Arcata City Council

From Mad River Union Opinion, October 14, 2017 Kudos to Arcata City Council by Diane Ryerson I wish to recognize and thank Arcata City Council members for voting unanimously to authorize Mayor Ornelas to send a letter of support in concept for SB 562, The Healthy […]