http://www.dumpthesick.com a Canadian sounds off for U.S. single-payer health care Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:18:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Portland, OR has passed a very progressive bill supporting single-payer, and it calls for passage of HR676 - the National Health Care Act (Single-payer) sponsored by Representative John Conyers. Pressure from more and more city councils will make a big difference. Here is the text of the resolution: (from Amanda Fritz's ... http://www.dumpthesick.com/2009/10/05/blueoregon-portland-city-council-endorses-single-payer-bill-calls-for-action-from-congress-and-citizens/ Nothing seems to slow these health insurance companies down, give them pause, fear backlash, etc... I guess it's because the corporations aren't people, just profit-seeking entities. But what about public relations as an engine of profit, as I learned in my (misguided) business school days? ---------- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield ... http://www.dumpthesick.com/2009/10/05/wellpoint-subsidiary-fights-maine-over-big-rate-hike-video/ Bah! So far from the single-payer that's really needed, yet so seemingly impossible for Senate Democrats to even go to the public option. The writing was on the wall back in May when Baucus wouldn't even let single-payer advocates into his caucus meeting on health care. He knew that ... http://www.dumpthesick.com/2009/10/04/stewart-destroys-dems-for-not-getting-public-option-passed-video/ The Mad As Hell Doctors' odyssey into the politics of health care reform ended Wednesday with a modest rally in Washington, D.C., and a resolve to continue the quest for single-payer medical coverage. Six Oregon physicians left Portland Sept. 8 in a custom-painted Winnebago on a cross-country roadshow aimed at building ... http://www.dumpthesick.com/2009/10/01/mad-as-hell-doctors-rally-in-d-c/ In the 1st of a wave of upcoming protests against health insurers denial of coverage approved by doctors, 16 were arrested at Aetna in New York City on September 29th. The protests move on to Chicago n the 6th and the across the U.S. on the 15th. full news story by David ... http://www.dumpthesick.com/2009/10/01/sixteen-arrests-at-protest-against-aetna/ A New York Times/CBS News survey last week shows that the people in the U.S. do want guaranteed insurance for all, even if the poll didn't ask specifically about single-payer. It was an offer of a very strong public option. While I don't believe a public option would ... http://www.dumpthesick.com/2009/09/30/poll-shows-public-wants-medicare-for-all/ US healthcare vs. Canadian single payer: Doctors Give Their View - Cortlandt Forum An article from some doctors who have worked on both sides of the border. They have no difficulty discussing problems with Canadian healthcare, such as some procedures that are less readily available than in the U.S. and ... http://www.dumpthesick.com/2009/09/30/us-healthcare-vs-canadian-single-payer-doctors-give-their-view/ Here is video of Shepard Smith with Fox News correspondent Dan Springer in Vancouver, B.C. who is 'reporting' on the overwhelming waits in Canada for medical care and the terrible suffering we are all going through here. He says Canadian single-payer "works really well if you don't get too sick." ... http://www.dumpthesick.com/2009/09/30/shep-smith-was-that-canadian-health-care-story-we-just-ran-fair-video/ ...another letter from a fed-up Canadian tired of the lies put forth about Canadian healthcare. Detroit Free Press, Sept 28th This Canadian is tired of US media (ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX) transmitting health care falsehoods to the public. I would expect this type of malarkey from the representative of a US ... http://www.dumpthesick.com/2009/09/30/quit-dumping-on-canadian-health-care/ Letter to the Editor in the Seacoast On-line, Portsmouth, New Hampshire On a recent trip to Canada, I spent some time reading The Globe and Mail. In an article on Page A17 of the Sept. 14 issue, economist Eugene Lang and health policy adviser Philip DeMont compare the Canadian (medicare) and ... http://www.dumpthesick.com/2009/09/23/letter-canadian-health-care-is-good-model-for-u-s/