Recent Health Justice News

Students Rally for Single Payer Health Care in Vermont

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:38:18 +0000

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Videos of support of the Wisconsin Working People

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:04:09 +0000

Some videos of the protests in support of Wisconsin working people.

Salt Lake City

Heartland Revolution In West Virgina

Matt Miller - Health care's federal future, brought to you by the GOP

Admin — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:59:34 +0000

"Good afternoon, I'm Brian Williams reporting from Washington, where it looks like October 26, 2017, will be a day that truly goes down in history. In a few moments, at a table not far from where I now stand, President Hillary Clinton will sign into law the universal health-care legislation - "Medicare for All," as she calls it - that completes a journey Mrs. Clinton began nearly 25 years ago. Back then, as first lady, her attempt to reform the health-care system proved a fiasco that cost Democrats their hold on power. Who would have thought then - or later, when President Barack Obama's big health reform was overturned by the Supreme Court in a controversial 5 to 4 ruling in 2012 - that today's bipartisan bill would be the result? For some perspective on the twists and turns of history...

Words matter most when combined with ideas and stories

Admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:37:06 +0000

From the PNHP Blog:If I hear "Canadian health care"by Clark Newhall, MD, JDWords matter. The insurance companies have used that to their advantage and have tried to turn "single-payer" and "Medicare For All" into pejoratives, much as Ronald Reagan did with "socialized medicine" while in the pay of the AMA.But there are really no other words to use and I find that "Medicare For All" and "single-payer" are labels that best describe what I am talking about.When I encounter opposition to the words, I find that a small amount of education is in order, and usually works. Here is one example. A common response of the uninformed to the word "single-payer" is to mention Canada.If I hear "Canadian health care" from my listener then I tell the following story:I live in Canada in the summertime. ...

Clark Newhall on the Radio about Single Payer

Admin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:14:29 +0000

Clark Newhall will be featured in the upcoming these upcoming interviews:Monday, February 1, 2011, 5 O'Clock Shadow WBAI New York.Wednesday, February 2, 2011 1 am, KOA DenverWednesday, February 2, 2011, 7:30 am KPFA RadioThursday, February 3, 2011 8:20 am PST KPFK Radio

On Healthcare Insurance Ruling: How to Get to Universal Coverage Without a Mandate

Admin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:07:04 +0000

On Monday U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson in Florida ruled the Obama administrationâ€™s healthcare insurance overhaul was unconstitutional. The law will stay in effect while the decision is appealed.CLARK NEWHALLExecutive director of Health Justice, Newhall is a doctor and a lawyer. He said today: â€œJust like the government cannot force you to buy a car from GM because there is not enough mass transit, so too Congress cannot force you to buy insurance from Wellpoint when there is not enough health care access. Notably, the Florida judge said that Congress can certainly â€˜regulateâ€™ insurance, and he also determined that a government benefit program is constitutional, but he said that the individual mandate is so integral to the PPACA [last year's major healthcare insurance law] that...

Our videos are back up!

Admin — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:08:05 +0000

Our Health Care For All videos with Mike Farrell are back up at http://www.health-justice.org/videos.

Vending Program Coming Soon

Admin — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The Health Justice Vending Program is coming soon. Supporting a label program will help uninsured famlies in America find quality and affordable health care.The program will be very simple, managed online, and will allow for recurring subscriptions. Please contact us at info@health-justice.org if you have any questions. Check back soon for more updates!