Rx and the Single Payer

Common Dreams by Bill Moyers, Michael Winship | May. 22, 2009 (News Analysis)

In 2003, a young Illinois state senator named Barack Obama told an AFL-CIO meeting, "I am a proponent of a single-payer universal health care program." Full Story »

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Subjects: Politics, U.S., Health
Topics: Health Care, Obama Administration, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Money and Politics
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 by Dwight Rousu - May. 26, 2009

The article notes the ethics-free campaigns against an effective health care plan, financed by the health care corporations. Some good muckraking is provided regarding the villains behind the curtain.

Single payer makes sense. The public health care option might enable a gradual transition.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina has hired an outside PR firm to put together a video campaign assaulting Obama’s public plan. And this month alone, the group ... More »

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