Steve Smith: Walmart and other large companies don’t think twice about cutting workers’ hours and wages to such a low level that workers have to get health care through taxpayer-funded Medi-Cal.
ACLU-SC Pasadena/Foothills Honors “Nuns on the Bus” – Sunday, September 30th
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The ACLU/SC Pasadena/Foothills Chapter will honor the NETWORK, a national social justice lobby of activist Catholic nuns, for their outstanding service to low income households ‘
The American Dream: Deferred for Now but Not Forever
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ecently, on CNN’s Sunday morning financial show, “Your Money”, CNN contributor Will Cain commented that contemporary American politics is partisan perhaps beyond anything that we’ve ever seen in the history of the country, because the country itself is more divided along partisan and ideological lines than ever before. I agree with Mr. Cain. In my [...]
Is Obama the Best Republican President Since Lincoln?
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Tina Dupuy: Historians agree the best Republican President was also the first: Abraham Lincoln. Who’s second runner up? Which President has represented Republican values best? Easy. President Barack Obama.
The Great Health Care Takeaway
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Shamus Cooke: Most workers now understand that there is a difference between apparently having health care and actually having health care: if you are technically “insured” but cannot afford doctor visits due to high deductibles and co-pays, you really aren’t insured.
Health Care as a Human Right — in South LA and Nationwide
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Diane Lefer: In South LA, the pressures of gentrification and loss of income now have two and three families sharing apartments that would be a tight squeeze for one. Even so-called “affordable housing,” is beyond the reach of most when you consider that Los Angeles considers a living wage to be $12/hour.
Mad As Hell Doctors Coming to Town
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The Mad As Hell Doctors (MAHD), a group of activist physicians, nurses and other health care providers who are fighting for a Single Payer National Health Insurance Program for all Americans, will tour California with 26 educational, entertaining events beginning September 23 in Arcata and ending in Sacramento on October 12.
HR 3962 Passes After Generations of Americans Ignored
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Last night, the House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962. It’s being touted as a major step forward but for those who support Single Payer, it is anything but. From the house floor, Speaker House Nancy Pelosi called the passing of H.R. 3962, “an historic moment for our nation”. [...]
LA Progressive: November 1 to 7, 2009 — Articles
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HR 3962 Passes After Generations of Americans Ignored. Last night, the House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962. It’s being touted as a major step forward but for those who support Single Payer, it is anything but. -Sharon Kyle Stop US Meddling: Support Afghan Women at the Table. No [...]
Health Care Reform Is Critically Important, But Getting Americans Back to Work Is More So
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If Obama and the Democrats lose one or both houses of Congress in the midterms, it will be because the president learned only the most superficial lesson of the Clinton years. Health-care reform is critically important. But when one out of six Americans is unemployed or underemployed, getting the nation back to work is more so.
Mr. Becerra: Go to Washington! We Need a Hero in Health Care Reform
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I met you at a town hall meeting and was so impressed with how conscientiously you listened to every person in attendance and how sensitively you represent our district. I know you will not fail us now on this most important issue of health care reform.
The House: Tax the Wealthy to Keep Everyone Healthy
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A surtax is easy to administer. And the whole idea is easy to understand. Tax the wealthy to keep everyone healthy. Not even a bad bumper sticker.
Obama To The NAACP: Health Care IS A Civil Rights Fight
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Quality health care is tied to wealth, work, and wellness, none of which seems to find its way into the black community on a parity basis.
The Single Payer Solution
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A Conference on Health Care in California, entitled The Single Payer Solution, will be held at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 585 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, on Saturday May 9, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Conference is free and open to everyone. There is a nominal charge for the boxed lunch. Plenary Speakers, [...]
Draft California Democratic Party Platform
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The California Democratic Party will: • Promote peace, real security, the rule of law, and human rights both at home and abroad • Provide guaranteed support for first responders, military servicemembers, and veterans • Fight to restore the Constitutional balance among the branches of the federal government • Create a 21st century economy built on [...]
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