HR 676 News

The state-based single payer strategy - Washington Post (blog)
03/10/2010 02:40 PM

The state-based single payer strategy
Washington Post (blog)
HR676 is an incremental step. In 1965 we gave Medicare to the mostly costly group of Americans. Now it is time to give it to the rest of Americans. ...
Sanders: Single Payer Never Had A ChanceTPMDC (blog)

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Grassroots labor leaders vow stronger, long-term campaign to support "Medicare ... - Gather.com
03/11/2010 01:37 PM

Grassroots labor leaders vow stronger, long-term campaign to support "Medicare ...
Gather.com
The group supports the national single-payer bill, HR 676 that has been endorsed by 39 state AFL-CIO federations, 135 Central Labor Councils, ...

Liberal Groups Align Against Lincoln - National Journal (blog)
03/01/2010 11:27 AM

Liberal Groups Align Against Lincoln
National Journal (blog)
They wanted a humane single payer system like the rest of the developed world has (HR676). Or at least a humane strong GOVERNMENT-run public option CHOICE! ...

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Health care worth fighting for - Socialist Worker Online
03/04/2010 12:34 AM

Health care worth fighting for
Socialist Worker Online
IF THE Democrats plan to strong-arm health care reform through the use of the reconciliation process, then they should use it to pass HR 676--the "Expanded ...

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Republicans aren't bringing a health reform plan to the summit because they ... - Firedoglake (blog)
02/24/2010 11:08 AM

Republicans aren't bringing a health reform plan to the summit because they ...
Firedoglake (blog)
HR 676 makes it more comprehensive. It saves beaucoup bucks ($400B a year, per PNHP.org), which helps the deficit problem. HR 676 already has provisions to ...

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Universal health care would cost U.S. less - Seacoastonline.com
03/04/2010 01:22 AM

Universal health care would cost U.S. less
Seacoastonline.com
HR 676, which has been suppressed in the House of Representatives for several years, and was not even included in the discussions on health care reform, ...

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WellPoint Raising Premium Rates By Double Digits In At Least 11 States, Report ... - Huffington Post (blog)
02/24/2010 11:41 AM

WellPoint Raising Premium Rates By Double Digits In At Least 11 States, Report ...
Huffington Post (blog)
Remember this when anyone tells you that we cannot afford HR 676. In 2008, Wellpoint had $2.7 billiion in profits. In 2009, they nearly doubled their ...

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Bipartisan Agreement Outside Blair House: We Don't Like This Bill - ABC News (blog)
02/25/2010 10:19 AM

Bipartisan Agreement Outside Blair House: We Don't Like This Bill
ABC News (blog)
From the Left: “Medicare for All” and “Support HR 676 National Health Care Act.” A group advocating single payer has unfurled a large poster claiming to be ...

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Help us create better world for all - The Coloradoan
03/07/2010 06:07 AM

Help us create better world for all
The Coloradoan
... HR 3699, prohibiting any increase in the number of US forces in Afghanistan; and HR 676, establishing improved and expanded Medicare for all. ...

Dingell, Conyers runs stir term limits talk - Examiner.com
02/24/2010 01:07 PM

Examiner.com
Dingell, Conyers runs stir term limits talk
Examiner.com
Last August, he introduced HR 676, The United States Health Care Act, which would have established a publicly funded, government-administered healthcare ...