Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Tuesday, December 8.
1. Marta Evry reminds everyone that doing a "One Voice for Choice" phone bank is "easy, it's fun, and best of all, you will make a difference." What more can you ask for? :)
2. [...]
Senator Bernie Saunders, of Vermont, has introduced Senate Amendment 2837. This is a federally funded program which is run by the states and provides Medicare for all.
December 3, 2009. Challenging head-on the powerful private insurance and pharmaceutical industries, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced an amendment to the Senate health reform [...]
MONDAY, Dec. 7 at 7:00 pm
Cinema Theatre, corner of Goodman St.
and Clinton Ave S, Rochester NY
($2.00 each)
Another reminder why meaningful health care reform is so important in the US.
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After the president’s speech on Tuesday, the nation has turned it’s eyes from the health care debate to the war in Afghanistan. Sadly, that doesn’t seem to be a problem because the debate about true reform is already over for this cycle. Our choice has become:
Increase the [...]Still time to make a difference with health care reform:
Petition may be signed here.
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Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Monday, November 30.
1. To put it mildly, Jon Walker believes that the Urban Institute's new report "endorsing the idea of a super-hard trigger for a robust Medicare-style public option" is off base. Walker argues that the [...]
Senators are back in Washington D.C. after the holiday week to debate health care reform legislation. Politico reports, "Republicans want six weeks of debate — which would be enough to push the final vote past Christmas — and have an arsenal of" [...]
Tomorrow morning, Senator Bernie Sanders will be discussing Afghanistan and health care with George Stephanopoulos:
Senator Bernie Sanders will be George Stephanopoulos’ guest Sunday on the ABC News program This Week to discuss the war in Afghanistan and the debate over health care reform. Sanders and Sen. Lindsey [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for "Black Friday" (November 27).
1. On Wednesday, Jane Hamsher asked, "Why is HCAN Defending Blanche Lincoln From A Primary Challenge?" The answer: "[HCAN] will continue to operate as part of the Democratic party infrastructure, try to kill primary" [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Monday, November 23.
1. Yesterday, Jon Walker took on Nate Silver, who "believes progressives should trade the public option away, but what he wants in return is far more useless and an even tougher political battle."
2. [...]
Now that the Senate will debate health care reform next week, the question is whether Senate Democrats can gain enough support to pass legislation. Senator Charles Schumer told Face the Nation, "Look, there are still many bumps in the road, discussions, arguments, disagreements." [...]
Here’s another opportunity to have your voice heard in regards to health care reform before the senate bill is complete. I heard Tom Daschle speak on NPR today. the way I interpreted what he said was that he has no problem compromising away the public option, as impotent as [...]
Photograph of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, embracing Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., as Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., left, looks on by Jose Luis Magana/
Last night, the Senate voted to debate health care legislation after Thanksgiving, in a 60-39 vote [...]
This morning the US Senate is debating whether to debate the health care reform bill. We're number 1!!!' [...] Apparently for one U.S. Senate Democrat - $100 million.
ABC News’ Jonathan Karl reports:
What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform?
Here’s a case study.
On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Tuesday, November 17.
1. Jon Walker reports that a new ABC/Washington Post poll indicates the country "nearly divided" on the overall health care reform effort, but "very high popular support [for] the public option and the employer" [...]
Wonder about how a weak health care reform bill got passed in the House and we are so desperate to pass anything.
Check out Senator Sherrod Brown’s quote answering this question “What concessions have the ConservaDems made?”
“A large number of people in this country including many, many doctors wanted Medicare [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Monday, November 16.
1. Jon Walker reports that "HR 3962's Massive Expansion Of Coverage Would Result In Very Small Increase In Health Care Spending." Walker adds, "Despite the Republican talking point, it is not some liberal overreach-this reform" [...]
The Metro NY Labor Communications Council is sponsoring an “organized conversation” about health care reform tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 6-8 p.m., at the Center for Worker Education (CWE), CUNY, 25 Broadway, 7th floor auditorium.
View the flier here.
Participants include:
Bill Henning, 2nd [...]Welcome to another edition of In Case You Missed It…
As always lots going on. There was the aftermath of the House passing HR 3962, the Health Care Reform bill that in our opinion is weak while setting back a women’s right to choose courtesy of the Stupak-Pitts amendment. There was [...]
Buffalo, NY – Tomorrow (Friday) at 1:30pm, Rep. Louise M. Slaughter will hold a press conference joined by members of the community in her Buffalo office announcing the benefits Western New Yorkers can expect from the newly passed Affordable Health Care for America Act.
The historic health care bill passed the [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Wednesday, November 11.
1. Jane Hamsher points us to Kagro's "excellent rundown of what happened on the public option fight," and also why abortion rights activists, with "an existing network of professional lobbyists and policy analysts, plus a" [...]
Well, that vow lasted less than 24hrs. Check out this video- “I’m a Democrat and I’m a Republican”
I received this by email today from peaceteam.net and felt that it needed to be seen and heard and you can take action by clicking on the link. The text from [...]
