Tag Archives: Affordable Care Act

Single Payer: We’ve Tried The Rest; Now, Let’s Try The Best

Katy Bar The Door: We’re Coming For Single Payer. It’s as obvious as the nose on your face. Single Payer has been and always will be the only answer to our fractured U.S. health care delivery system. We are ready to join the rest of the educated countries on this planet to ensure health care as a human right. People Not Profits. Continue reading

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My Junk Insurance Policy Cancelled? I Jumped For Joy

This is what a Junk Insurance policy cancellation notice looks like. I jumped for joy when I received mine. I believe that for a great majority of people who forced the noise machine chorus of “you promised I could keep … Continue reading

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Wendell Potter: Talking Truth About The ACA

As we move closer to implementation of the Affordable Care Act, it’s important to stay informed and know the facts. There is no one better to help spread the truth about the ACA than Wendell Potter. We are proud to have had the opportunity to interview him in 2012 (before the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the ACA)…his words are as relevant today as they were then. We are pleased to feature this great wisdom voice again as our September 2013 Progressive Profile. Continue reading

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The Affordable Care Act: My Journey To Full Implementation

We’re six months away from full implementation of the Affordable Care Act. I plan to blog regularly on what that means for someone without meaningful insurance coverage and a pre-existing condition. The ACA creates a baby step toward what this country really needs: a single payer, Medicare-For-All delivery system. Tell us your health care story and push back against anyone who tells you the ACA should be repealed. Continue reading

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Mercy Killers: Play Moves To Ohio As Healthcare Debate Continues

Too often the pain and suffering (physical and monetary) of everyday people in this country is lost during a debate or discussion on healthcare. We are set to begin implementation nationwide of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and yet, despite … Continue reading

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Single Payer — It Remains The Only Answer

The push is on to move the Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA) to what everyone knows is the only real answer to our health care crisis: single payer. The Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare’s annual conference repeated the simple message of single payer: Everybody In. Nobody Out. The work to educate, motivate and organize for single payer continues. Continue reading

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Single Payer: Moving Forward State-by-State

Whatever the Supreme Court decides regarding the Affordable Health Care Act, the move to single payer is on in several states — including Minnesota. Read more about what one dedicated organization is doing to move us toward real coverage for all. Continue reading

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