GRITtv: Mary Gerisch: Health Care as a Human Right
GRITtv: Mary Gerisch: Health Care as a Human RightVermont’s “Green Mountain Care”, if implemented, will be the U.S.’s first single-payer health care plan. Mary Gerisch explains why framing health care as a human right helped them win.
Blue Shield Backs Off Rate Hikes…For Now
So Blue Shield finally blinked. On Wednesday, the health insurer withdrew proposed rate increases of as much as 86.5% on individual policies. This hike would have been on top of increases Blue Shield imposed on its customers in January and October. From the Sacramento Bee: […]
How Cuba’s Health Care Costs 96% Less and Gets Same Results
The following article from the blog AlterNet shows how Cuba achieves virtually the same quality of health care as the United States, but at 96% less cost. What’s this country’s secret? An emphasis on preventive care. The results prove that this approach works better than […]
NNU: Nurse protest prompts Blue Shield to delay rate hike
People power works, and not just in Egypt.Blue Shield of California today announced a 60-day reprieve in an unconscionable rate hike of up to 59 percent it intends to foist on individuals and families.The announcement coincided with announced plans by nurses, patients, and consumer advocates […]
GOP Repeals Healthcare Law Even Though About Half of Americans Have Preexisting Conditions
On Wednesday, the House Republican majority made good on its dog and pony show of repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). All 242 Republicans in the chamber voted to repeal, along with three Democrats. Never mind that 129 million Americans would be […]
NNU: Let’s stop pretending it was a government takeover of healthcare
Our pal Deborah Burger, RN, is co-president of National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of RNs, with 160,000 members around the country. Healthcare reform? She’s written a great piece about what we need to do now.”It’s time to move […]
A Reminder from Mary Maxwell that Laughter is the Best Medicine
We love this. Take a look.A friend of the couple who founded Home Instead Senior Care, Mary Maxwell was asked to give the invocation at the company’s 2009 Convention. Initially it seemed like a normal prayer, but it soon took a very funny turn.
Nobel Laureate Endorses Single Payer
Here’s what Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has to say about single payer, in an interview published in The Times of India: Why have you been pitching for a single payer system for health insurance rather than a system where several private companies compete?The US […]