Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.676 United States National Health Insurance Act (or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act)

National health plan a necessity to some

2008-12-30T00:00:00Z

Congressman John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat, is pushing legislation (HR 676) to create such a plan. Rep. Phil Lopes, D-Tucson, has tried for three years ...

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Linda Mulka: Single-payer health system preserves choice

2008-12-27T00:00:00Z

HR 676 was introduced to implement a single-payer health care system that covers all Americans regardless of preexisting condition or employment status and ...

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Facing the Economic Crisis

2008-12-26T00:00:00Z

... 4. demand creation of labour-intensive jobs in public services and the arts; 5. demand enactment of the Conyers Bill HR 676 providing medicare for all. ...

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Bob McElroy: Opening access to health care

2008-12-25T00:00:00Z

One answer to that question is HR 676, sponsored by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., Conyers is a seasoned lawmaker known for attention to detail and legislation ...

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Avance Electoral

2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

Hablando, durante la convenciÃ³n demÃ³cratica, del proyecto de ley HR 676 para seguro mÃ©dico universal pagado individualmente, el congresista John Conyers ...

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Donâ€™t Let Them Destroy Our Union

2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

If we are looking for real, lasting solutions that will also help our economy, the parties must demand that Congress pass HR 676, the single-payer national ...

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End the Auto Crisis: Public Ownership to Save Jobs and the Environment

2008-12-17T00:00:00Z

We need National Health care, pass HR 676 â€“ health care is a human right and it should be removed as a bargaining chip. * We need an international minimum ...

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Democratic Lawmakers, Obama Likely To Seek Changes to Medicare ...

2008-12-15T00:00:00Z

Friedman recommends passage of a bill (HR 676) sponsored by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) that would expand Medicare to all US residents, "absorb such ...

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Bail Out the People: Pass Medicare for All (HR 676)

2008-12-13T00:00:00Z

There is a bill in Congress now, HR 676, sponsored by John Conyers (D-MI) with about 90 co-sponsors. The plan? Extend medicare to all Americans. ...

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An Extra Half-million in Every Pot

2008-12-12T00:00:00Z

John Conyersâ€™ HR 676 Medicare for All single-payer plan. Watch the news in early January for the 20 (yep, 20) major labor organizations launching the â€œLabor ...

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Ralph Nader and Medea Benjamin on Obamaâ€™s Cabinet and Grassroots ...

2008-12-08T00:00:00Z

... districts to focus, for example, on single-payer healthcare, which has ninety-five members of the House already supporting the Conyers bill, HR 676. ...

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Local man spearheads statewide health-care movement

2008-12-08T00:00:00Z

(Photo by Shlomit Auciello) In January 2007, Congressman John Conyers introduced the current version of HR 676, which Kucinich referred to as the "Medicare ...

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Single-payer health plan best

2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

There is a solution: HR 676, the single-payer plan which has the backing of over 90 members of the House of Representatives. Titled the National Health ...

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Health Care Reform Top Priority, Say Small Business Owners

2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

Such a proposal has been introduced in Congress as the United States National Health Insurance Act (HR 676), authored by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI). ...

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How to hold Obama accountable on health care, jobs

2008-12-04T00:00:00Z

In the current session, that bill is HR 676, the Conyers- Kucinich National Health Care Act, and has been endorsed by dozens of city councils, ...

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Automakers could lead the way for reforming health insurance

2008-12-04T00:00:00Z

A much better solution would be to enroll the autoworkers, current and retired, in a program like that outlined in HR 676, which is designed to provide ...

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Join the Auto Worker Caravan to Washington, DC

2008-12-04T00:00:00Z

The rescue of the auto industry should be linked to the creation of a national single-payer health system like the "Medicare for All" proposal in HR 676, ...

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Netlets for Tuesday, Dec. 2

2008-12-02T00:00:00Z

Despite polls that show the a good majority of the American public wants single-payer universal health care (HR 676, which is NOT â€¦ read more socialized ...

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Testify! In Defense of American Workers

2008-12-02T00:00:00Z

Medicare for All as advocated in John Conyer's bill HR-676 is the one remedy that would unilaterally address the unfair competition that plagues ...

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New York Says NO to Budget Cuts

2008-12-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, New York State spending burdens could be greatly reduced by the creation of a national health insurance system as outlined in the bill HR 676. ...

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Mike Dennison: Single-payer health care is simple solution, but ...

2008-12-01T00:00:00Z

HR 676, which would create national health insurance and a single-payer system, was introduced last year by Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Mich. and has 93 ...

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Connecticut conference highlights Declaration of Human Rights ...

2008-12-01T00:00:00Z

John Conyers, chair of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives and sponsor of HR 676 for universal single payer healthcare, will be keynote ...

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Bailout -- an End Run around Bankruptcy

2008-12-01T00:00:00Z

Most importantly, we can demand that Congress take immediate action to pass John Conyer's bill HR-676 for single payer health care. ...

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Group seeks better health system

2007-09-09T00:00:00Z

... Jersey Movement for Justice and Peace, The Green Party and Greater Camden Unity Coalition have joined forces to form South Jersey Coalition for HR 676. ...

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Hundreds of RNs from Across US and World to Join California Nurses ...

2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

... describing the kind of healthcare system that Americans and Californians could have with the enactment of HR 676 in Congress or SB 840 in California. ...

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Wisdom: Recall is tripartisan

2007-09-07T00:00:00Z

... make Congress move quickly on tax-supported national health care for all is to demand aggressive endorsement and passage of John Conyers Bill, HR 676. ...

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Who's Right about Kaiser -- Michael Moore or SEIU?

2007-09-06T00:00:00Z

Currently, the movement for Equal Care for All has a concrete focus on John Conyers' HR 676 legislation in Congress. More than 300 trade union bodies have ...

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Hundreds of RNs from Across US and World to Join California Nurses ...

2007-09-06T00:00:00Z

... describing the kind of healthcare system that Americans and Californians could have with the enactment of HR 676 in Congress or SB 840 in California. ...

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The Consequences of No Agenda in Iowa

2007-09-05T00:00:00Z

He owns the issue of health care in America having been endorsed by Michael Moore for his co-authoring of HR 676. And he also has a “worker’s rights” record ...

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Edwards urges health care for all in Tipton stop

2007-09-02T00:00:00Z

Find out if your senator or congressman is backing National Health Care HR 676. And prepare to file and run against them if they don't get HR 676 passed ...

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Health care in US already rationed

2007-09-02T00:00:00Z

It is called HR 676. This would not be socialized medicine; it just would expand Medicare to all. The US is the only advanced country that does not provide ...

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Grand theft auto

2007-08-30T00:00:00Z

We can make passage of the Conyers universal, single-payer health care bill (HR 676) an issue. We can demand bankruptcy law reform that puts workers at the ...

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Wandering & Wondering

2007-08-30T00:00:00Z

(paintingpartners.net) Physicians for a National Health Program have a Web site to organize support of HR 676, a bill in Congress to create a national ...

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Kucinich Blasts Government Over Census Burea Statistics Of Uninisured

2007-08-29T00:00:00Z

Kucinich's lawmaking history shows that he actually co-authored and co-sponsored legislation (HR 676) to establish a national, not-for-profit health ...

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Kucinich: Growing Uninsured Population Reflects Failure of ...

2007-08-29T00:00:00Z

Kucinich is the only candidate who has actually co-authored and co-sponsored legislation (HR 676) to establish a national, not-for-profit health insurance ...

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Remove middle man from health care

2007-08-29T00:00:00Z

HR 676 is the only bill now in Congress that calls for a nonprofit, single-payer national health-care system that won't cost more money. ...

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Newark Anti-War Rally

2007-08-26T00:00:00Z

Conyers pointed out that the only member of the NJ Congressional delegation to sign on to HR 676 for univeral health care has been Donald Payne and urged ...

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Kucinich in Maine Saturday, Sunday

2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

Kucinich, co-author and co-sponsor of HR 676, the Conyers/Kucinich universal health care bill, wants to hear about people's health care experiences, ...

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Kucinich in Maine Saturday, Sunday

2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

Kucinich, co-author and co-sponsor of HR 676, the Conyers/Kucinich universal health care bill, wants to hear about people's health care experiences, ...

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Newark March for Peace and Equality

2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

Conyers will discuss his national health insurance bill HR 676. Speakers at the rally will include James Kelley, whose son Clarence Lavon Floyd was killed ...

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Democratic Candidates Debate on Health Care

2007-08-23T00:00:00Z

The bill (HR 676) can be viewed here. Sen. Joe Biden (Del.), former Sen. Mike Gravel (Alaska) and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (NM) also participated in ...

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National Anti-War March in Newark, NJ, Aug. 25th.

2007-08-23T00:00:00Z

Congressman Conyers will discuss his national health insurance bill HR 676. The rally will be followed by the march which will begin at Lincoln Park, ...

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Back bill to help at-home caregivers for disabled, elders

2007-08-23T00:00:00Z

He has submitted a bill, HR 676, for universal, single-payer health care. He submitted a bill, HR 333, to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney. ...

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CBS News to Cover Kucinich on NH Visit

2007-08-23T00:00:00Z

Some of these patients will be on hand to hear about HR 676, the bill in Congress that seeks to establish a single payer health care system. ...

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LETTERS: August 25

2007-08-23T00:00:00Z

It did not stop him from introducing the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday bill or HR 676, his single-payer, health care legislation, to name just two. ...

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Eight Democratic Presidential Candidates Discuss Health Care ...

2007-08-22T00:00:00Z

Dennis Kucinich (Ohio) said that the Iowa AFL-CIO has endorsed a bill (HR 676) he co-sponsored to establish a not-for-profit health care system. ...

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Tax-Financed Health Care: More Bang for the Buck

2007-08-21T00:00:00Z

There is a national health insurance program (HR 676) in front of Congress and the Health Care for All Ohioans Act (HCFAO) in front of the Ohio General ...

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SiCKO FAMILY SEEKS 10000 TO SIGN HEALTHCARE REFORM PETITION

2007-08-19T00:00:00Z

ProtestHealthcare.org endorses HR 676, which gives citizens access to affordable quality healthcare – including doctor visits, hospital care, prescriptions, ...

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Better health care

2007-08-18T00:00:00Z

HR 676, the National Health Insurance Act, should be passed by Congress. Having lived in a European country that had universal health care and experiencing ...

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Tax-financed health care offers more value

2007-08-18T00:00:00Z

There is a national health insurance program (HR 676) in front of Congress and the Health Care for All Ohioans Act (HCFAO) in front of the Ohio General ...

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Forty Percent Of Americans Lack Adequate Health Insurance

2007-08-17T00:00:00Z

"A single-payer style Medicare for all bill, HR 676 - that would finally eliminate Americans' financial worries associated with un-payable medical bills, ...

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10 Questions: More About Health Care

2007-08-17T00:00:00Z

... that versions of our failed system can work. His support for the current single payer House Bill (HR 676) sets him apart from all the other candidates.

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Doctors, Nurses Challenge Edwards to Endorse Real Reform

2007-08-16T00:00:00Z

American companies and small businesses in particular have much to gain from a single-payer reform, such as HR 676, say PNHP and CNA/NNOC. ...

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Kucinich Travels in NH

2007-08-13T00:00:00Z

... and health care HR 676 (would impact state, county, community budgets) etc. The average age of a homeless person in the United States is nine years old! ...

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LA Health Crisis Receives Presidential Campaign Attention ...

2007-08-12T00:00:00Z

Kucinich is co-author of HR 676, a bill that would provide a national, not-for-profit health insurance plan that would provide comprehensive medical ...

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LA Health Crisis Receives Presidential Campaign Attention ...

2007-08-12T00:00:00Z

Kucinich is co-author of HR 676, a bill that would provide a national, not-for-profit health insurance plan that would provide comprehensive medical ...

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Insurance doesn't make you feel secure

2007-08-12T00:00:00Z

There is one reform that accomplishes that goal — HR 676 in Congress, a single-payer system in the form of an expanded and enhanced Medicare for all. ...

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HR 676 is essential for health care

2007-08-11T00:00:00Z

HR 676 is imperative for our nation because the current health care plan that the United States has leaves many of America's children sick and uncared for ...

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Solving New Orleans’ health care crisis

2007-08-09T00:00:00Z

This struggle would get a boost from passage of HR 676, which would provide universal health care coverage for everyone in this country. ...

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CNA/NNOC Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro Named as a National ...

2007-08-08T00:00:00Z

CNA/NNOC represents 75000 RNs in all 50 states, is a leader in the national campaign for genuine healthcare reform as embodied in HR 676 in Congress, ...

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Forty Percent Of Americans Lack Adequate Health Insurance, Survey ...

2007-08-08T00:00:00Z

"A single-payer style Medicare for all bill, HR 676 - that would finally eliminate Americans' financial worries associated with un-payable medical bills, ...

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CNA/NNOC Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro Named as a National ...

2007-08-07T00:00:00Z

CNA/NNOC represents 75000 RNs in all 50 states, is a leader in the national campaign for genuine healthcare reform as embodied in HR 676 in Congress, ...

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CNA/NNOC Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro Named as a National ...

2007-08-07T00:00:00Z

CNA/NNOC represents 75000 RNs in all 50 states, is a leader in the national campaign for genuine healthcare reform as embodied in HR 676 in Congress, ...

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Keith Olbermann: Ask Democrats About. . .

2007-08-07T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of labor groups – including eight national unions, 21 state federations and 81 central labor councils – specifically endorse John Conyers’ HR 676, ...

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What Olbermann Should Ask Dems

2007-08-07T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of labor groups—including eight national unions, 21 state federations and 81 central labor councils—specifically endorse John Conyers' HR 676, ...

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Health, not money, should drive policy

2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I am in favor of HR 676. In the May AARP Bulletin, Dr. Arnold S. Relman is against "handing health care to the money players. ...

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Forum to target universal health care

2007-08-04T00:00:00Z

Y., has signed HR 676, Ward said. They hope to encourage Congressman Michael Arcuri to do so as well and to pursue action. Ward believes that a majority of ...

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PROTESTHEALTHCARE.org TAKES ON DALLAS

2007-08-03T00:00:00Z

ProtestHealthcare.org endorses HR 676, which gives citizens access to affordable quality healthcare – including doctor visits, hospital care, prescriptions, ...

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GOP proved trickle down doesn't work

2007-08-01T00:00:00Z

Most of all, we need to pass HR 676, a single-payer, publicly funded, privately operated nonprofit national health care program.

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Health care system sick

2007-07-31T00:00:00Z

After viewing "Sicko" and subsequently brushing up on the facts of our domestic disaster of a health care system, I endorse the principles of bill HR 676, ...

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Why they’re sick of Sicko

2007-07-28T00:00:00Z

A single-payer health-care system — of the sort that HR 676, legislation sponsored by Democratic member of Congress John Conyers, would create — would ...

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Carmakers Need National Health Care

2007-07-27T00:00:00Z

But the solution to our health care crisis is passage of HR 676, the US National Health Insurance Act sponsored by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., ...

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Why no universal health care in the United States?

2007-07-27T00:00:00Z

... being promoted for passage of single-payer legislation in California (SB 840) and at the federal level (HR 676) is unlikely, by itself, to do the job. ...

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Hot battle: children’s health care vs. Bush

2007-07-26T00:00:00Z

HR 676, also known as “Improved Medicare for All,” introduced by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), would enact such a plan to cover all Americans, ...

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I Guess I'm Sicko

2007-07-25T00:00:00Z

Go see Sicko, get your friends to see it, and then write to your congressman expressing your support of the Conyers/Kucinich HR 676 bill and demand action. ...

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North Jersey Media Group

2007-07-25T00:00:00Z

It's called HR-676, the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act. It not only outlines how we can take the profit out of our health care system and insure ...

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Highlights of Michael Moore on Hardball Plaza

2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

MOORE: Well, I would say probably Dennis Kucinich has the best plan in terms of—because he supports HR 676, which is the John Conyers bill that‘s before ...

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For many small business owners, health care system is "Sicko"

2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

HR 676 - tell your reps to support it!!! The goverment should atleast be able to have a basic plan for everyone like Medicare. ...

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Crisp: Moore gets it mostly right in 'Sicko'

2007-07-23T00:00:00Z

Several women distributed a form letter in support of HR 676, the National Health Insurance Act, and encouraged the moviegoers to write to our ...

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The Right’s Last Dance: 2008 Elections

2007-07-20T00:00:00Z

In the Congress bills exist that address particular aspects of the healthcare crisis, as well as more comprehensive measures, such as the HR 676 introduced ...

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Write lawmakers about health care law

2007-07-20T00:00:00Z

It is HR 676. It states in simple language that, after filling out a form which can be no longer than two pages, anyone will have medical coverage including ...

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Bush's War on America's Children

2007-07-19T00:00:00Z

It (HR 676) would expand Medicare to provide coverage for all medically necessary procedures and treatments for everyone. The expansion would be paid for by ...

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Affordable health care should become a priority

2007-07-18T00:00:00Z

Congress must assign the highest priority to passage of the United States National Health Insurance Act (HR 676) so that we can ensure decent medical care ...

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Why they’re sick of Sicko

2007-07-18T00:00:00Z

A SINGLE-payer health care system--of the sort that HR 676, legislation sponsored Rep. John Conyers would create--would deliver better care for less money ...

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EIU United Healthcare Workers West "Strongly" Supports HR 676

2007-07-17T00:00:00Z

JULY 17 - The 140000 member United Healthcare Workers West, an affiliate of SEIU, has endorsed HR 676, legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers ...

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Letter: Pass health care legislation

2007-07-17T00:00:00Z

Please pass the United State National Health Insurance Act, HR 676, introduced by Reps. John Conyers, Dennis Kucinich, Jim McDermott and Donna Christensen ...

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National Committee Report – July 7, 2007: Labor, Globalization and ...

2007-07-17T00:00:00Z

... especially for the Conyer’s Medicare for All Bill, HR 676; 7) labor’s preparation and mobilization for the 2008 elections; 8) the growing acceptance and ...

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Moore gets it mostly right in 'Sicko'

2007-07-17T00:00:00Z

Several women distributed a form letter in support of HR 676, the National Health Insurance Act, and encouraged the moviegoers to write to our ...

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David Swanson: John Edwards' Fortress

2007-07-16T00:00:00Z

But the bill Kucinich supports (HR 676) says it will go into effect in 1 year. It may take years to get fully up to speed, but because it uses a simple ...

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JOHN M. CRISP: Moore gets it mostly right in 'Sicko'

2007-07-16T00:00:00Z

Several women distributed a form letter in support of HR 676, the National Health Insurance Act, and encouraged the moviegoers to write to our ...

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John Edwards' Fortress

2007-07-15T00:00:00Z

But the bill Kucinich supports (HR 676) says it will go into effect in 1 year. It may take years to get fully up to speed, but because it uses a simple ...

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Paying for health care will put communities in debt

2007-07-15T00:00:00Z

The House of Representatives drafted a bill, HR 676 -- cosponsored by Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley -- that if passed would convert our current health care ...

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“So Let’s Call it What it Is!” by Elmer Freeman

2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

On the national level they have sponsored legislation, HR 676 General Resolution, that calls for creation of a US National Health Insurance system, ...

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More letters

2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

Please go see "Sicko." I believe that you will also choose to support HR 676, which would guarantee health care to everyone in America without the deciders.

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SOUND OFF: Published July 13

2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

Since Congress failed to vote against the war in Iraq when it happened, I hope you can make amends by voting for HR 676 and take the first step to get ...

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National health system needed

2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

Supporting HR 676 is not only humane, but also very necessary. It is sad that the great United States is so advanced and civilized that it cannot provide ...

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American dream includes proper care

2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

Please support HR 676 so average Americans can maintain the American dream. I want to see universal health care for all American citizens. ...

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Readers on Moore's health-care documentary

2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

And we already have some forward-thinking legislators like State Senator Sheila Kuehl (SB 840) and Congressman John Conyers (HR 676) who have formulated the ...

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Readers on Moore's health-care documentary

2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

And we already have some forward-thinking legislators like State Senator Sheila Kuehl (SB 840) and Congressman John Conyers (HR 676) who have formulated the ...

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Single-payer care faces obstacles

2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

Dennis Kucinich and John Conyers' bill in Congress - HR 676 - creates a single-payer system. But these two congressional champions can't save the health ...

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American dream includes proper care

2007-07-12T00:00:00Z

Please support HR 676 so average Americans can maintain the American dream. I want to see universal health care for all American citizens. ...

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The only solution

2007-07-11T00:00:00Z

Please write or e-mail your representative and senators in Washington and ask that they sign on to HR 676, the Conyers/Kucinich health care reform bill.

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Crying from the lessons learned in 'Sicko'

2007-07-11T00:00:00Z

HR 676 is sitting in the Health Subcommittee in Congress. We should all realize that we do not need medical insurance companies driven by profit. ...

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Ugly Health Care Waiting Times? Look at the US

2007-07-11T00:00:00Z

... a publicly-financed, guaranteed health care, single-payer health care solution like HR 676, the big insurers and their defenders have pounced on Canada, ...

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Toolkit: Code Blue - Demand Health Care for All

2007-07-11T00:00:00Z

... to help facilitate a dialogue about single-payer health care. Action Alert: Send a message to Congress to support HR 676, the National Health Insurance Act.

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Health care is a right

2007-07-10T00:00:00Z

Support HR 676 in Congress! In the words of Dennis Kucinich, "Health care is not a privilege, it is a right, and it is a human right. ...

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"Sicko" in California and the Nation: Universal Healthcare ...

2007-07-09T00:00:00Z

Back at the Vogue, Sandy, a woman who works for Dennis Kucinich's Democratic presidential campaign, which supports the healthcare initiative of HR 676, ...

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SiCKO Builds a Movement

2007-07-09T00:00:00Z

They are just not as good as Dennis Kucinich's plan (HR 676) which would create one national public (single-payer) health plan for everyone. ...

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New Bill Seeks Universal Healthcare

2007-07-08T00:00:00Z

The main attraction: Director Michael Moore, who spoke with 24 House members—supporters and co-sponsors of HR 676, the “Medicare For All, National Health ...

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Rescue Plan: Single-Payer System Is the Answer to Health Insurance ...

2007-07-07T00:00:00Z

This is the idea behind a bill in Congress, HR 676: "The United States National Health Insurance Act." Among its 78 co-sponsors are Reps. ...

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Congressional bill seeks universal healthcare for all Americans

2007-07-06T00:00:00Z

The main attraction: Director Michael Moore, who spoke with 24 House members—supporters and co-sponsors of HR 676, the “Medicare For All, National Health ...

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Health care wars and the lies the for-profit racketeers tell us

2007-07-06T00:00:00Z

... as the ponderous purveyors of mass media claptrap like to say: If things get serious enough that Congress actually moves Dennis Kucinich’s HR 676 ...

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FCN Editorial - Health care for all!

2007-07-05T00:00:00Z

Even when legislation such as HR 676–the “Medicare For All, National Health Insurance Act”, authored by Rep. John Conyers of Michigan–comes along, ...

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Universal care

2007-07-05T00:00:00Z

HR 676 is a bill before Congress proposing for a Universal Health Care System. An estimated 31 percent of all medical spending is wasted on paperwork and ...

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Waiting Times for Care? Try Looking at the US

2007-07-05T00:00:00Z

That's why we a need a single payer system, such as HR 676 which is now before Congress, that can respond to new demands." Furthermore, US statistics fail ...

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Waiting Times for Care? Try Looking at the US

2007-07-05T00:00:00Z

That's why we a need a single payer system, such as HR 676 which is now before Congress, that can respond to new demands." Furthermore, US statistics fail ...

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Waiting Times for Care? Try Looking at the US

2007-07-05T00:00:00Z

That's why we a need a single payer system, such as HR 676 which is now before Congress, that can respond to new demands." Furthermore, US statistics fail ...

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Single-payer universal health care can be a reality!

2007-07-05T00:00:00Z

Michael Moore, who recently released “Sicko,” has also endorsed HR 676. Conyers’ bill would improve and expand Medicare coverage to all residents of the US ...

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Health Care Crunch

2007-07-05T00:00:00Z

Panelists advocated support for HR 676, a bill in Congress characterized as "Medicare for all." "We all share in the need," said Dr. Deb Richter, ...

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SICKO and Political Health of Michael Moore

2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

... see it and then get involved in the fight for single-payer national health insurance, like the plan embodied in the labor-backed Conyers bill, HR 676. ...

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Michigan activists bring message of 'Sicko' home

2007-07-01T00:00:00Z

Like Michael Moore, the MICHIGAN COALITION FOR HEALTH CARE NOW supports a bill currently before Congress, HR 676. (The Improved Medicare for All Act), ...

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Universal health care pushed

2007-06-30T00:00:00Z

Some held signs that read "Health Care HR 676, NOT Managed Scare." Groups that participated included Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare and Physicians ...

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From 'SiCKO' to Sanity: Nurses, Doctors, Healthcare Activists to ...

2007-06-29T00:00:00Z

Many of those on hand will be RNs in red "Scrubs for SiCKO" who will be enlisting the audiences to move "from SiCKO to sanity" and help pass HR 676 in ...

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Nurses launch national "Scrubs for SiCKO" campaign to endorse ...

2007-06-29T00:00:00Z

They will urge the audience to help pass single-payer/Medicare-for-all-type legislation such as HR 676 now pending in Congress and several states, ...

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Movie Review: Sicko, directed by Michael Moore

2007-06-29T00:00:00Z

In fact, there is a bill (HR 676, the US National Health Insurance Act) pending in Congress that would expand the current Medicare system to cover everyone. ...

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Moore's New Film Heats Up Healthcare Debate

2007-06-29T00:00:00Z

The group of under 100 said they are for a bill in the US House of Representatives known as HR-676. The bill proposes the creation of a new national ...

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Michael Moore to Join Nurses at Wall Street Press Conference to ...

2007-06-28T00:00:00Z

... element in constructing a publicly financed and administered, more humane health care system as would be established by HR 676 now before Congress. ...

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From 'SiCKO' to Sanity: Nurses, Doctors, Healthcare Activists to ...

2007-06-28T00:00:00Z

Many of those on hand will be RNs in red "Scrubs for SiCKO" who will be enlisting the audiences to move "from SiCKO to sanity" and help pass HR 676 in ...

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Michael Moore to Join Nurses at Wall Street Press Conference to ...

2007-06-28T00:00:00Z

... element in constructing a publicly financed and administered, more humane health care system as would be established by HR 676 now before Congress. ...

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Michael Moore to Join Nurses at Wall Street Press Conference to ...

2007-06-28T00:00:00Z

... element in constructing a publicly financed and administered, more humane health care system as would be established by HR 676 now before Congress. ...

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America's Nurses, Coming to a Theater Near You

2007-06-28T00:00:00Z

In the US as well, it's not a dream, it's on paper, in Congress, HR 676, and in several states, such as SB 840 in California. ...

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Sick of the system

2007-06-28T00:00:00Z

... and he heartily endorses HR 676, a comprehensive health care bill co-sponsored by US Congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich and his ...

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'Sicko' puts health care at the fore

2007-06-28T00:00:00Z

Micheal Moore endorses HR 676 National Healthcare Bill that was cowritten by Congressman and Democratic Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich and ...

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From 'SiCKO' to Sanity: Nurses, Doctors, Healthcare Activists to ...

2007-06-28T00:00:00Z

Many of those on hand will be RNs in red "Scrubs for SiCKO" who will be enlisting the audiences to move "from SiCKO to sanity" and help pass HR 676 in ...

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Michael Moore's new film has some ties to Gainesville

2007-06-28T00:00:00Z

Piotrowski points to one potential solution - HR 676, a National Health Insurance Act introduced by Rep. John Conyers of Michigan. The proposed bill now has ...

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Dallas nurses announce 'Scrubs for SiCKO' campaign in conjunction ...

2007-06-28T00:00:00Z

... HR 676 in Congress, that would establish a single-payer type system which guarantees universal, comprehensive healthcare in the form of an improved and ...

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California Nurses’ DeMoro Says SEIU on the Side of the Bosses ...

2007-06-27T00:00:00Z

We asked Dawn Lee, a spokesperson for SEIU, whether SEIU supported HR 676 – the single payer bill in the House. She said SEIU takes no position on that bill ...

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Cleveland Nurses Announce 'Scrubs for SiCKO' Campaign in ...

2007-06-27T00:00:00Z

They will urge the audience to help pass guaranteed healthcare on a single-payer/Medicare-for-all model, including legislation such as HR 676 (Conyers) now ...

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Denver Nurses Announce 'Scrubs for SiCKO' Campaign in Conjunction ...

2007-06-27T00:00:00Z

They will urge the audience to help pass guaranteed healthcare on a single-payer/Medicare-for-all model, including legislation such as HR 676 (Conyers) now ...

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Two Models of Health Care Rationing

2007-06-27T00:00:00Z

Disgust with the American medical system has built support for HR 676--The United States National Health Insurance Act--a single-payer system where medical ...

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Dallas Nurses Announce 'Scrubs for SiCKO' Campaign in Conjunction ...

2007-06-27T00:00:00Z

They will urge the audience to help pass guaranteed healthcare on single-payer/Medicare-for-all model, including legislation such as HR 676 (Conyers) now ...

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St. Louis Nurses Announce 'Scrubs for SiCKO' Campaign in ...

2007-06-27T00:00:00Z

They will urge the audience to help pass guaranteed healthcare on single-payer/Medicare-for-all model, including legislation such as HR 676 (Conyers) now ...

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Magic moment for health care?

2007-06-26T00:00:00Z

With the kind of system the Pennsylvania Healthcare Security Act and the federal bill (HR 676) would provide, you could go to any doctor or hospital you ...

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Sicko and the Politics of Health Care

2007-06-26T00:00:00Z

Unlike for other social justice movies, there is even a bill in Congress, HR 676 with 74 cosponsoring legislators, led by Cong. John Conyers (Dem. Mich. ...

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Kucinich comes to take back America

2007-06-26T00:00:00Z

He stands for HR 676, single-payer, not-for-profit health care. Again: enormous applause, this time on an issue that every candidate has tried to address. ...

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Which Side Are You On, Michael Moore?

2007-06-26T00:00:00Z

We asked Dawn Lee, a spokesperson for SEIU, whether SEIU supported HR 676 -- the single payer bill in the House. She said SEIU takes no position on that ...

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Michael Moore pushes Dems on health care

2007-06-26T00:00:00Z

The measure is HR 676, the United States National Health Insurance Act, sponsored by Congressman John Conyers, D-Mich. Along with Wisconsin Democrats Tammy ...

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California Nurses’ DeMoro Says SEIU on the Side of the Bosses

2007-06-25T00:00:00Z

We asked Dawn Lee, a spokesperson for SEIU, whether SEIU supported HR 676 – the single payer bill in the House. She said SEIU takes no position on that bill ...

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Kucinich Out Ahead on Health Care

2007-06-25T00:00:00Z

Moore said he does support Kucinich's HR 676. He said he hoped the public would insist the other candidates would modify their health care plans to make ...

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Mr. Moore goes to Washington

2007-06-24T00:00:00Z

... Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and other supporters of HR 676: The US National Health Insurance Act. Having just come from a ...

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Is There a Sicko Nurse in the Theater?

2007-06-23T00:00:00Z

They urge support for bills such as federal HR 676 and similar ones in several states. On the East Coast, a bus is touring cities such as New York City and ...

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Do something about health care

2007-06-23T00:00:00Z

Under HR 676, Medicare would be extended and improved so that all individuals residing in the United States would receive high quality and affordable health ...

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Duped by Hodes?

2007-06-23T00:00:00Z

That night, I asked the congressman if he supported HR 676, a universal health care package introduced to the house by Congressman John Conyers in 2005. ...

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‘Sicko’ energizes health care debate

2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

Sheila Kuehl, and HR 676, the US National Health Insurance Act, introduced by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich). “There is no room for the concept of profit when ...

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New Report Details Healthcare Industry's Massive Spending in ...

2007-06-22T00:00:00Z

HR 676 in Congress would establish a single-payer, publicly financed system that works as an expanded and improved Medicare for all. ...

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Reader's Alley

2007-06-21T00:00:00Z

Under HR 676, the National Health Care Insurance Act, Medicare would be extended and improved so that all individuals residing in the United States would ...

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Michael Moore, RNs, MDs and Chicago Patients Rally June 21 for ...

2007-06-21T00:00:00Z

They will urge the audience to help pass single-payer/Medicare-for-all-type legislation such as HR 676 now pending in Congress and several states, ...

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Michael Moore Conquers Capitol Hill with “Sicko”

2007-06-21T00:00:00Z

Conyers pledged to hold a series of hearings on this urgent issue to rally support for his Medicare for All bill, HR 676. And he kicked the series off with ...

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Sicko of the Week

2007-06-21T00:00:00Z

I hope the people support John Conyers' bill, HR 676, in Congress right now. I think all the polls show that health care is the number one domestic issue ...

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Michael Moore, RNs, MDs and Chicago Patients Rally June 21 for ...

2007-06-21T00:00:00Z

They will urge the audience to help pass single-payer/Medicare-for-all-type legislation such as HR 676 now pending in Congress and several states, ...

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‘Sicko’ energizes health care debate

2007-06-21T00:00:00Z

Sheila Kuehl, and HR 676, the US National Health Insurance Act, introduced by Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich). “There is no room for the concept of profit when ...

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Scrubs for SiCKO'

2007-06-21T00:00:00Z

They will urge the audience to help pass single-payer/Medicare-for-all-type legislation such as HR 676 now pending in Congress and several states, ...

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Michael Moore to Host New Hampshire Town Hall Friday, June 22 ...

2007-06-21T00:00:00Z

In a press conference in Congress on Wednesday, Moore urged Congress to pass HR 676. From coast to coast, nurses in "Scrubs for SiCKO," doctors, ...

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Kucinich Comes to Take Back America

2007-06-20T00:00:00Z

He stands for HR 676, single-payer, not-for-profit health care. Again: enormous applause, this time on an issue that every candidate has tried to address. ...

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Michael Moore, RNs, MDs and Chicago Patients Rally June 21 for ...

2007-06-19T00:00:00Z

They will urge the audience to help pass single-payer/Medicare-for-all-type legislation such as HR 676 now pending in Congress and several states, ...

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California Nurses Association News

2007-06-19T00:00:00Z

They will urge the audience to help pass single-payer/Medicare-for-all-type legislation such as HR 676 now pending in Congress and several states, ...

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Nurses, Doctors Announce 'Scrubs for SiCKO' Campaign in ...

2007-06-18T00:00:00Z

They will urge the audience to help pass single-payer/Medicare for all types of legislation such as HR 676 now pending in Congress and several states, ...

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Nurses, Doctors Announce 'Scrubs for SiCKO' Campaign in ...

2007-06-18T00:00:00Z

They will urge the audience to help pass single-payer/Medicare for all types of legislation such as HR 676 now pending in Congress and several states, ...

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Michael Moore Joins Nurses in Sacramento to Push for Single Payer ...

2007-06-15T00:00:00Z

The union, which recently affiliated with the AFL-CIO, hopes to build a broader movement for genuine reform, like SB 840 or HR 676 in Congress, ...

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Michael Moore, RNs, Doctors and Patients Join June 12 For Landmark ...

2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

... for genuine reform, like SB 840 or HR 676 in Congress that would establish a single-payer system similar to an expanded and improved Medicare for all. ...

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Group urges single-payer system

2007-06-08T00:00:00Z

Fournier said he doesn’t believe the current system is perfect, but he finds it preferable to the single-payer system outlined in HR 676, which would ...

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