single payer

courtesy of correntewire

new york protester for single payer;

sign reads:

"Expanded and Improved Medicare For All -

Health Care Is A Human Right!"

 

in health care news, two more states - new york and missouri - have introduced single payer bills, riding momentum initiated in may last year by vermont when they became the first state to implement a universal health care system.

healthcare-NOW! reports over 70 new york state legislators as co-sponsors in an effort supported by scores of "[d]octors, nurses, patients, senior citizens, anti-poverty advocates, faith leaders and medical administrators." 

assemblymember and health committee chair richard gottfried and senator thomas duane unveiled what is essentially revised legislation drafted in the early 90s incorporating "changes that have been made in the state’s oversight of health care in the interim, advances in how to provide medical services, and the recent federal changes in the health care system."

courtesy of columbia journalism review

photographer:  Arun Prabhakaran

philadelphia protesters for single payer;

sign reads:

"What's A Life Worth?"

in the article on recent developments in new york, healthcare-NOW! reports:

The proposal would provide comprehensive health coverage for all New Yorkers. Every New York resident would be eligible to enroll, regardless of age, income, wealth, employment, or other status. There would be no premium, deductibles, or co-pays. Coverage would be publicly funded. The benefits will include comprehensive outpatient and inpatient medical care, primary and preventive care, prescription drugs, laboratory tests, rehabilitative, dental, vision, hearing, etc.

courtesy of The Standard,

Missouri State University

posted by BigTimePeace

missouri protester supporting single payer health care;

sign reads:

"I'm One Of 47 Million Americans

Without Health Insurance -

Never Heard Of Single Payer National Healthcare?"

in missouri, the missouri health care policy committee gave a formal hearing to MO HB1405, a single payer health plan bill tirelessly advanced by Missourians for Single Payer

below, 2 youtubes from the hearing.  in the first, representative mike brown from the kansas city area introduces HB1405, presenting an inescapably logical and compelling argument as to why the bill is in the state's best interests; 

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in the second video, members of the saint louis chapter of physicians for a national health plan, also testify in support of single payer -




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