Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, accused Catholic bishops of “smelling blood” and deciding to get involved as backers of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. She added that their actions to remove abortion coverage from health care legislation recently approved by the U.S. House of Representatives equates to overturning Roe v. Wade. Of course, [...]
NOW President O’Neill Slams Catholic Bishops
November 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments
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Single-Payer Advocate Says White House Lost Debate on Government-Run Health Care
November 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Michael Lighty, the former national director of the Democratic Socialists of America who now serves as public policy director of the ultra-liberal California Nurses Association, spent 10 minutes Saturday afternoon addressing a group of roughly 100 single-payer health care advocates in St. Louis for the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference. In addition to talking strategy, [...]
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Single-Payer Advocates Told to ‘Get Arrested’
November 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Sometimes experience speaks volumes. Such is the case when it comes to Tim Carpenter. The fifth of six speakers who addressed the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in St. Louis, Carpenter’s resume includes having served on the team that managed the unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign of Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). Today, he’s known [...]
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Single-Payer Advocate ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’
November 16th, 2009 · No Comments
“Number one on my list continues to be the insurance companies, the for-profit insurance companies,” said Dr. Quentin Young early in his speech during the opening session of the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in St. Louis. The first of six ultra-liberal panel members to speak during the session, the founder leader of [...]
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Victimhood Alive, Well at Single-Payer Conference
November 16th, 2009 · No Comments
In the beginning of her speech, Ethel Long Scott didn’t present herself as the most-polished of the six speakers who addressed attendees during the opening session of the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in St. Louis. She did, however, come off as the loudest, most-outspoken and most-victimized liberal granted access to a microphone. [...]
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NOW President Announces Single-Payer Push
November 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
“I intend to roll out a national action campaign for single-payer health care,” said Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women, speaking during the opening session of the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in St. Louis. Before she was finished as the third of six speakers at the two-day conference, the [...]
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Labor Boss Says He Hopes to ‘Take the Corporate Community and Its Greed Out of the Picture’
November 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Advocates of single-payer health care will not stop there, according to Jerry Tucker, former member of the UAW International Executive Board who now represents the group, Labor for Single Payer. Speaking during the opening session of the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in St. Louis, he explained his vision for the future. “Health [...]
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