By Donna Smith - Sickening. Saddening. Maddening. And the stuff of future determination in the political struggle for healthcare for all in the United States. On the floor of the U.S. Senate today, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont rose to offer his single-payer, Medicare for All amendment No. 2837 and to begin debate. Then,... »
Archive for December, 2009
Sanders Single-Payer Healthcare Amendment to be Considered in Senate
Sanders Single-Payer Healthcare Amendment to be Considered in Senate By Donna Smith December 14th, 2009 – This is it, Medicare for All, single-payer advocates. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Announced tonight that tomorrow the Senate will hear several more amendments to the health reform bill – and one of those amendments is Sen. Bernie... »
Press Roundup for International Human Rights Day Actions
A press round up from leaders that have sent info our way. All press is significant, but special thanks to the NYC folks for aggressively pursuing press and getting the first print article and photo in the NY Times discussing Medicare for All and single-payer activism! »
Health Care Street Heat Targets Senator Schumer, Demanding Medicare for All
By Joseph Huff-Hannon New York, NY. December 10, 2009 — On Thursday morning, a group of friends and colleagues, mostly middle-aged, sat and chatted over coffee at a midtown deli near Grand Central Station. Then Laurie Wen, an organizer with the Mobilization for Healthcare for All, showed up with a box of granola bars... »
Dr. Laura Boylan, demanding Medicare for All, arrested at Schumer protest
I was arrested... »
Bodies Delivered to Senate Offices for Human Rights Day
Washington, D.C. – On International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, 2009, health professionals and patients delivered “bodies” to selected Senators to make visible the number of people who die in the Senators’ home states because we do not have Medicare for all. As part of a national day of action centered on health care... »
Nine arrested at sit-in targeting Sen. Schumer demanding Medicare for All
Health professionals, patients demand expansion of Medicare Chanting “55 is not enough, Medicare for all,” 9 protesters were arrested at a sit-in at Sen. Schumer’s office in mid-town Manhattan this morning. Referring to Schumer’s push to lower Medicare age eligibility to 55, advocates for Medicare-for-All state that opening it up to only one portion... »
Day of Action at Senators’ Offices: Human Rights Day, Dec 10th
On December 10th, advocates for “Medicare for All” are demonstrating for the right to health care as part of the growing national civil disobedience campaign Mobilization for Health Care for All. The campaign has gained notoriety for having organized more than 35 sit-ins across the country in recent weeks, targeting private health insurance companies... »
Save Eduardo’s Life
While heath care reform dominates the national debate, not everyone in this wealthy country will be helped. In Kansas City, KS, there is a 14 year-old boy named Eduardo Loredo who could die any day. »



