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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12/30/08
National health plan a necessity to some

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 ...

Source: Arizona Daily Star, AZ
12/27/08
Linda Mulka: Single-payer health system preserves choice

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

Source: Summit Daily News, CO
12/26/08
Facing the Economic Crisis

... 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. ...

Source: Center for Research on Globalization, Canada
12/25/08
Bob McElroy: Opening access to health care

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 ...

Source: Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription), FL
12/19/08
Don’t Let Them Destroy Our Union

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 ...

Source: La Prensa San Diego, CA
12/19/08
Avance Electoral

Hablando, durante la convención demócratica, del proyecto de ley HR 676 para seguro médico universal pagado individualmente, el congresista John Conyers ...

Source: Communist Party USA, NY
12/17/08
End the Auto Crisis: Public Ownership to Save Jobs and the Environment

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

Source: Political Affairs Magazine, NY
12/15/08
Democratic Lawmakers, Obama Likely To Seek Changes to Medicare ...

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 ...

Source: Kaiser network.org, DC
12/13/08
Bail Out the People: Pass Medicare for All (HR 676)

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. ...

Source: OpEdNews, PA
12/12/08
An Extra Half-million in Every Pot

John Conyers’ HR 676 Medicare for All single-payer plan. Watch the news in early January for the 20 (yep, 20) major labor organizations launching the “Labor ...

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
12/08/08
Ralph Nader and Medea Benjamin on Obama’s Cabinet and Grassroots ...

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

Source: Democracy Now, NY
12/08/08
Local man spearheads statewide health-care movement

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

Source: VillageSoup Belfast,  USA
12/05/08
Single-payer health plan best

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 ...

Source: Bradenton Herald,  United States
12/05/08
Health Care Reform Top Priority, Say Small Business Owners

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). ...

Source: Political Affairs Magazine, NY
12/04/08
Join the Auto Worker Caravan to Washington, DC

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, ...

Source: Monthly Review, VA
12/04/08
Automakers could lead the way for reforming health insurance

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 ...

Source: Dailyrecord.com, NJ
12/04/08
How to hold Obama accountable on health care, jobs

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, ...

Source: Florida Courier, florida
12/02/08
Testify! In Defense of American Workers

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 ...

Source: ireport
12/02/08
Netlets for Tuesday, Dec. 2

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

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN
12/02/08
New York Says NO to Budget Cuts

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. ...

Source: NYC Independent Media Center, NY
12/01/08
Connecticut conference highlights Declaration of Human Rights ...

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 ...

Source: People's Weekly World
12/01/08
Bailout -- an End Run around Bankruptcy

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

Source: Monthly Review, VA
12/01/08
Mike Dennison: Single-payer health care is simple solution, but ...

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 ...

Source: The Missoulian, MT
09/09/07
Group seeks better health system

... 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. ...

Source: Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ
09/07/07
Wisdom: Recall is tripartisan

... 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. ...

Source: Vail Daily News, CO
09/07/07
Hundreds of RNs from Across US and World to Join California Nurses ...

... 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. ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
09/06/07
Who's Right about Kaiser -- Michael Moore or SEIU?

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 ...

Source: Monthly Review, VA
09/06/07
Hundreds of RNs from Across US and World to Join California Nurses ...

... 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. ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release), NY
09/05/07
The Consequences of No Agenda in Iowa

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 ...

Source: OpEdNews, PA
09/02/07
Edwards urges health care for all in Tipton stop

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 ...

Source: DesMoinesRegister.com, IA

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