Imagine having to sneak out of the doctor’s office because you couldn’t afford to pay the bill, or having perfect strangers tearfully confide in you that they can no longer afford their mental health treatment. These are just two of the reasons people gave for supporting single-payer, government-financed health insurance during a pre-Democratic National Convention […]
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The purpose of this vigil is to honor those who have passed away from COVID-19 and demand that Governor Newsom have CA lead the Nation with Single Payer Health Care now. HCA-LA will be collaborating with the People’s Rose Parade in a media press conference at the Rose Bowl Parade HQ in Pasadena followed by
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Listen to Montara Davis RN tell us why she supports Single Payer Universal healthcare for all. She witnesses and experiences the injustices and discrimination of the current healthcare system firsthand. Having great compassion for her patients and concerns for nurses’ safety, Montara wants to create a new Single Payer system that offers all people the care that
“In Canada or the U.K., there are no cracks of this sort: billing the patient like this is simply not allowed,” said Dr. Adam Gaffney, president of Physicians for a National Health Program.
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WHY PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE MAKES NO SENSE There is a lot of nonsense and confusion on the subject of healthcare in the United States. During the Democratic primary, Bernie Sanders was criticized by fellow Democrats for wanting to raise middle-class taxes and abolish the private insurance industry. Many Democrats have defended the system of private,
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‘Seems Like a Good Policy!’ CBO Shows Medicare for All Could Cover Everyone for $650 Billion Less Per Year.
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Sonali Kolhatkar & BETTY DOUMAS ON KPFK RADIO This is a KPFK interview with Sonali Kolhatkar and Betty Doumas as a guest speak talking about California’s movement to a Single-Payer system.This is an audio recording with pictures to view Sonali Kolhatkar and Betty Doumas. The interview reveals reveals several issues that for profit healthcare has
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Why Health Care is So Expensive in the US “Why didn’t we know? To start with, unlike any other business in America, almost all of the financial transactions in healthcare are hidden from the providers as well as the patients. We order tests, procedures and medications to manage our patients, but very few doctors, or
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Building the Movement for Healthcare Justice Bernie Sanders, Pramila Jayapal, Rep.Ayanna Pressley, Rev. Dr. William Barber II, Co-chair for the Poor Peoples Campaign, Ady Barkan, Healthcare Activist, Sara Nelson, President fo the Association of Flight Attendans, Dr. Abul El-Sayed, Physican and Activist. Hold a Town Hall on Healthcare Justice
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What does poverty look like in the United States? “Life inside an ‘American-made’ tragedy” Accelerated by the pandemic, there are uniquely underlying reasons for the growing population of ‘working homeless’ in the United States that starts with inadequate health care. Somehow we have normalized a type of poverty that doesn’t exist in most other countries,
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