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‘Million Med March’ Draws Hundreds in St. Louis

November 21st, 2009 · No Comments

A crowd of more than 300 gathered at Memorial Plaza outside the St. Louis County (Mo.) Government Building in Clayton Saturday afternoon as part of the Million Med March protest against health care reform measures now under consideration in the nation’s capitol.
Medical professionals, many of whom donned white coats, were joined at the rally by [...]

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Survey: 92 Percent of Physicians Back Tort Reform (Update)

November 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

EDITOR’S UPDATE 11/21/09: Click here to see the SERMO.com blog page containing survey results mentioned by Dr. Dan Windsor at the Million Med March today in Clayton, Mo. More details about the rally will be published here during the remainder of the weekend.  Jackson Healthcare survey article continues below.
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Ninety-two percent of the [...]

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Medical Professionals to Rally Against Government-Run Health Care Saturday

November 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment

This Saturday at noon, I plan to attend the St. Louis version of the Million Med March set to take place in the courtyard (a.k.a., “Memorial Park”) just south of the St. Louis County Government Building in Clayton, Mo.  There, I plan to interview doctors, nurses and other health care professionals in an effort to [...]

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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, tactics [...]

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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 as [...]

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