H.R.676 - United States National Health Insurance Act (or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act)

To provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: United States National Health Insurance Act (or the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act) as introduced.
  • Official: To provide for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United States residents, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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07/15/07
John Edwards' Fortress

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 ...

Source: OpEdNews, PA
07/15/07
Paying for health care will put communities in debt

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 ...

Source: Press & Sun-Bulletin, NY
07/13/07
“So Let’s Call it What it Is!” by Elmer Freeman

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

Source: WBUR, MA
07/13/07
More letters

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.

Source: Arizona Daily Star, AZ
07/13/07
SOUND OFF: Published July 13

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 ...

Source: Tonawanda News, NY
07/13/07
National health system needed

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 ...

Source: Montgomery Advertiser, AL
07/12/07
American dream includes proper care

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

Source: Tallahassee.com, FL
07/12/07
Readers on Moore's health-care documentary

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 ...

Source: OCRegister, CA
07/12/07
Readers on Moore's health-care documentary

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 ...

Source: Orange County Register, CA
07/12/07
Single-payer care faces obstacles

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 ...

Source: Red and Black, GA
07/12/07
American dream includes proper care

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

Source: Tallahassee Democrat, FL
07/11/07
The only solution

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.

Source: Concord Monitor, NH
07/11/07
Crying from the lessons learned in 'Sicko'

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. ...

Source: Napa Valley Register, CA
07/11/07
Ugly Health Care Waiting Times? Look at the US

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

Source: Napa Valley Register
07/11/07
Toolkit: Code Blue - Demand Health Care for All

... 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.

Source: Napa Valley Register
07/10/07
Health care is a right

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. ...

Source: Pasadena Star-News, CA
07/09/07
"Sicko" in California and the Nation: Universal Healthcare ...

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

Source: CounterPunch
07/09/07
SiCKO Builds a Movement

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. ...

Source: FinalCall.com
07/08/07
New Bill Seeks Universal Healthcare

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 ...

Source: Monthly Review
07/07/07
Rescue Plan: Single-Payer System Is the Answer to Health Insurance ...

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. ...

Source: Monthly Review, VA
07/06/07
Congressional bill seeks universal healthcare for all Americans

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 ...

Source: WCAX
07/06/07
Health care wars and the lies the for-profit racketeers tell us

... 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 ...

Source: Online Journal, FL
07/05/07
FCN Editorial - Health care for all!

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

Source: FinalCall.com, IL
07/05/07
Universal care

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 ...

Source: Lawrence Journal World, KS
07/05/07
Waiting Times for Care? Try Looking at the US

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 ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
07/05/07
Waiting Times for Care? Try Looking at the US

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 ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
07/05/07
Waiting Times for Care? Try Looking at the US

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 ...

Source: Earthtimes.org
07/05/07
Single-payer universal health care can be a reality!

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 ...

Source: People's Weekly World
07/05/07
Health Care Crunch

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, ...

Source: WCAX, VT
07/03/07
SICKO and Political Health of Michael Moore

... 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. ...

Source: Monthly Review, VA

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