Hollywood speaks out to help insurance companies Have we been too hard on private insurance companies? Will Ferrell and others say so in this new PSA from Funny or Die: “As the health care debate heats up, we need to remember who the real victims are: health insurance executives…Why is Obama trying to reform health [...]
Wendell Potter, CIGNA whistle blower leads ‘Crucial Conversation’ The NC Justice Center will hold the next installment in it’s ‘Crucial Conversation’ lunch series next Tuesday, September 29, 2009. The guest speaker will be Wendell Potter. Until recently, Potter was a senior executive for corporate communications at CIGNA, a major private health insurance company. His job [...]
Health Care Reform: A Progressive Agenda “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” –Martin Luther King, Jr., March 25, 1966 The activists’ teach-in is an opportunity to examine the promises and compromises in proposed legislation and the President’s plan. Will health reform bring real health care [...]
U.S. Senator Kay Hagan Elections, resolutions, and answering the call to action At our recently concluded 52nd Annual Convention in Atlantic Beach, NC, delegates took action on a range of issues, including the election of officers and executive board members, approving resolutions to guide our work for the next year, and writing letters to the [...]
Officer elections and the President in the House of Labor Immediately following our state convention, the officers and other delegates from unions and Central Labor Councils across North Carolina headed to Pittsburgh, PA for the national convention of the AFL-CIO. The national convention this year marked the end of John Sweeney’s tenure at the helm [...]
White House bus is coming to Charlotte, Raleigh tomorrow (9/3) Join political, community and grass roots leaders from across the state as we rally together in support for health insurance reform. We’ll welcome the Organizing for America (OFA) bus as it makes its final stops before heading back to Washington, DC. Thousands of North Carolina [...]
Find an event near you There are several events you can attend to show your support for comprehensive health care reform. We encourage our readers to find and attend a health care action near you because health care can’t wait. This Saturday, August 29, four rallies will be held across North Carolina to demonstrate public [...]
Center for Medicare Advocacy counters misinformation “Medicare IS Public Health Insurance” Americans over age 65 have had public health insurance for 44 years now, thanks to the leadership of President Lyndon Johnson and many courageous members of Congress who heard in 1965 the same lies told about health insurance reform today but chose to act [...]
Join the discussion at an event near you Health Care for America Now (HCAN) coalition members will be holding several more special events and town hall meetings while the Congress is on recess. Find time to take part in one of these events near you: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:00 AM in Chapel Hill – [...]
Almost 63,000 calls to Congress for reform Thanks to everyone who participated in the National Call-In Day for Health Care Reform on Tuesday. Your efforts and those of our allies in the coalition for health care reform resulted in 62,941 calls to Congress in just one day. North Carolina ranked 8th out of 50 states [...]
Call the Congress July 28 from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. It’s time. Health care costs are skyrocketing, and last fall we voted for real change. Congress needs to support President Obama and pass health care reform in this session. Tomorrow is an important day for our federal legislative agenda – National Call-In Day for [...]
“Patients aren’t the only ones crying out for health care reform” The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is taking to the airwaves with a new television ad about health care reform. Titled “Nurses”, the spot features several members of AFSCME describing the pain they feel from having to deny care to [...]
Tuesday, July 28 from 9 A.M. – 5 P.M. It’s time. Health care costs are skyrocketing, and last fall we voted for real change. Congress needs to support President Obama and pass health care reform in this session. Call your representative and tell him or her your union and your family want our broken health [...]
Why the profit motive doesn’t work for every industry When your business model depends on a steady stream of sick people, better health care at lower costs isn’t your concern. That’s why real health care reform depends on having a public option to keep private, for-profit health insurance companies and hospitals honest. Bill Maher, comedian [...]
UPDATE! Location Change for Chamber’s Anti-Reform Seminar Will Not Stop SEANC Protest The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce has moved the location of its anti-health care reform seminar to avoid SEANC’s planned protest. However, SEANC has obtained new permits, and the protest will go on as planned at the new location. Where: Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, [...]
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