Posted on November 2nd, 2009 by DavidDelk
Today, House leadership introduced its healthcare bill–and they threw us under the bus.
No Kucinich Amendment. This amendment would have eliminated a legal hurdle that currently can be used to prevent states from creating their own single payer systems. But this amendment is nowhere in the final bill.
And now the Weiner Amendment may never come to the floor for a vote, despite Nancy Pelosi’s July promise.
But there’s one last chance to fight back for both the Kucinich and Weiner Amendments.
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Posted on October 16th, 2009 by DavidDelk
The action heated up on Thursday on national healthcare reform with the arrest of 54 protesters nationally using non-violence tactics to bring the single payer reform to the fore front of the national conversation. This was a nationwide effort organized by HealthCare Now. Portland was one of the cities where these actions took place with 12 people being arrested for trespass at the doors of Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield.
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Posted on September 28th, 2009 by DavidDelk
National Alliance for Democracy Action Alert follows asking that we contact the Senate Finance Committee to support a public option to Sen. Baucus’s Health Care bill. As noted even though we support Single Payer, a public option is needed in this bill to support our efforts. Please make the call right away.
David e. Delk, Alliance [...]
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Posted on September 13th, 2009 by DavidDelk
Mark Karlin is the founder and editor of BuzzFlash.com and his recent column is copied below. The important thing to get from this piece is that we are witnessing the bigot’s backlash to having elected a black man president and that Obama must stop trying to placate these bigots because he cannot. Further, that his model is, and should be, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who won impressive advances equal human rights for African Americans (and all of the various other human rights movements to follow) by standing for his beliefs and enlisting the active support of “we, the People.” So, there are two questions. Will Obama stop trying to placate the rightwing bigots who are stirred up by corporate financed rightwing hate media and call for a mass populist movement? The second question is, will you respond?
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Posted on August 3rd, 2009 by DavidDelk
Great news below from Unions for Single Payer (Healthcare) http://unionsforsinglepayerhr676.org/. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has stated that HR 676 for single payer healthcare will be considered after the congessional recess
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Posted on June 4th, 2009 by ejagadmin
Hi EJAGers, AfDers and friends,
Following is latest e-alert from the national Alliance for Democracy for Single Payer Healthcare. Note the picture from the Die-in at Rep. Blumenauer’s office to support single Payer healthcare. Note the single payer is not the same as the Obama/Baucas/Kennedy public option. If you make this call, [...]
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