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HEALTHCARE-NOW 2009 STRATEGY CONFERENCE – GRASSROOTS STRATEGY PANEL PART TWO

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 06:33:25 +0000

Part Two of the “Grassroots Strategies and Recommendations from Activists” panel at the Healthcare-NOW! 2009 Strategy Conference in St. Louis, featuring Mikuak Rai from the Coalition for Uninsured and Underinsured for Single Payer DC, Allison Guttu from National Women’s LIberation, Rita Valenti from Healthcare-NOW! Georgia, David Breitzman from Human Rights Advocate NYC, Don Bechler from Single Payer NOW! CA, Sandy Fox from Western PA Coalition for Single Payer, and Missourians for Single Payer. For more information please visit healthcare-now.org

Duration : 0:7:22

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We can’t trust the insurance industry with health care reform!

admin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:10:21 +0000

In Washington, DC on Tuesday, March 10th, hundreds of people rallied for real health care reform and against the insurance industry: http://www.healthcareforamericanow.org

America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the main health insurance industry lobbyist group, was having a “health care reform” conference, trying to pay lip service to reform while at the same time, opposing the heart of President Obama’s health care reform plan. We wanted to make sure America saw through the insurance industry’s lies. They are the enemy of health care reform.

A broad coalition of reform supporters, from proponents of Obama’s health care plan to single payer advocates, tried to present Karen Ignagni, AHIP’s CEO, with an award for “Best Protector of Profits at the Expense of Our Health.” She was too scared to face the crowd and accept the award, but Health Care for America Now will make sure it follows her around the country until she accepts.

Duration : 0:1:36

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Tea Party Challenges Costa & Cardoza’s Corrupt Buy-off for Health Care Votes

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:40:25 +0000

Sarah Bond with the Southern California Tax Revolt Coalition, home of the San Diego Tea Party, joins Fox Business News as it covers the House healthcare vote for reconciliation on March 21, 2010. The focus is the extremes Congressional leaders and the Administration have gone to in order to secure yes votes. Congressmen Costa & Cardoza of California are singled out for allowing the Administration to hold Central Valley water allocations hostage in exchange for their yes votes. What kind of “nation” withholds vital natural resources like WATER from its own people to get it’s way? Not the America we all remember.

For more information on the Congress Created Dust Bowl in California’s Central Valley visit:
http://www.savingthevalley.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=63

http://www.socaltaxrevoltcoalition.org

Duration : 0:3:9

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HEALTHCARE-NOW 2009 STRATEGY CONFERENCE – GRASSROOTS STRATEGY PANEL PART ONE

admin — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:16:11 +0000

Part One of the “Grassroots Strategies and Recommendations from Activists” panel at the Healthcare-NOW! 2009 Strategy Conference in St. Louis, featuring Mikuak Rai from the Coalition for Uninsured and Underinsured for Single Payer DC, Allison Guttu from National Women’s LIberation, Rita Valenti from Healthcare-NOW! Georgia, David Breitzman from Human Rights Advocate NYC, Don Bechler from Single Payer NOW! CA, Sandy Fox from Western PA Coalition for Single Payer, and Missourians for Single Payer. For more information please visit healthcare-now.org

Duration : 0:8:50

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Tea Party protest at SEIU headquarters in St. Louis

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:35:17 +0000

After a heated health care forum with Congressman Carnahan in Mehlville, health care reform opponents organized by the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition gathered at SEIU headquarters in St. Louis. They were protesting the actions of “union thugs”.

Duration : 0:4:13

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Aurora Health Care – Hospital Quality Coalition

admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:21:14 +0000

Nick Turkal, MD, president and CEO of Aurora Health Care provides information on Aurora’s partnership with other non-profit health organizations as part of the Hospital Quality Coalition.

www.aurorahealthcare.org
http://www.qualitycoalition.net/

Duration : 0:1:8

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Lessons in Entitlement Reform

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:09:13 +0000

On October 28th, 1997, House Speaker Newt Gingrich and President Bill Clinton held a secret meeting where they reached a groundbreaking deal to create a centrist political coalition to reform Social Security and Medicare. Although the Lewinsky scandal ultimately undermined their agreement, the efforts of these men, and others in Congress, might serve as a model for members of both parties interested in addressing the long-term shortfalls in the nation’s entitlement programs.

Steven Gillon discussed the details of how this secret agreement came to be, as first revealed in his new book, The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry That Defined a Generation. Gillon was joined by Charles Blahous and Ed Lorenzen, who were involved in bipartisan reform efforts during Clinton’s presidency, working on opposite sides of the aisle. The panelists discussed what can be learned from the reform efforts of the 1990s, and address the question of whether, and in what political environment, entitlement reform is possible.

Duration : 1:30:17

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Aurora Health Care – Hospital Quality Coalition

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:26:00 +0000

Nick Turkal, MD, president and CEO of Aurora Health Care provides information on Aurora’s partnership with other non-profit health organizations as part of the Hospital Quality Coalition.

Duration : 0:1:11

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Healthcare Reform: Breaking Down the Public Option

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:08:18 +0000

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/08/MOMENTUM_Healthcare_Briefing

Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, gives a detailed overview of the hotly debated public option.

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As President Obama pushes to enact an alternative plan, organizers and policy makers must work the devil out of the details. Join Momentum for a candid, up-to-the-minute conversation on where the debate stands, what is missing and how to best provide affordable healthcare access for all Americans. – Momentum Conference

Anthony Wright is Executive Director for Health Access California, the statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition which has been a leader in both state and national efforts to fight health care budget cuts, to win consumer protections, and to advance comprehensive health reform and coverage expansions. Wright led fights to pass a first-in-the-nation law to set standards for timely access to care, and a first-in-the-nation law against hospital overcharging of the uninsured, and to win a prescription drug discount program despite an $80 million industry campaign against it.

A consumer advocate and community organizer. Wright has been widely quoted in local and national media on a range of issues. He has also worked for New Jersey Citizen Action, the Center for Media Education, The Nation magazine, and in Vice President Gore’s office in the White House.

Duration : 0:6:15

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Weekly Address: President Obama Calls for Real Health Care Reform

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:07:26 +0000

The President makes clear that as Congress works through health care reform legislation, it must include fundamental changes that lower costs, ensure Americans have choices, and establish access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans. But what we cant welcome, the President says, is reform that just invests more money in the status quo reform that throws good money after bad habits. (public domain)

Duration : 0:4:52

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