Rep. Eric Massa of New York, known as the "Democrat with a spine" speaks in San Francisco 3 hours after the reading of the Reid amendment to the senate health care bill concludes.
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At a talk to California seniors, Margaret Flowers, MD, of the Physicians for a National Health Program discusses the current Obama Whitehouse healthcare reform strategy and why the PNHP is holding firm to the single payer publicly financed universal health insurance proposals that are being and have been proposed in congress right now.
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Today, Sept. 10th, Dr. Flowers, the co-chair of Maryland's chapter of the Physicians for a National Health Program (and one of 13 physicians and attorneys who Max Baucus had thrown into jail for trying to get a "seat at the table" for single payer publicly financed universal health care) spoke with singlepayercentral.com after speaking to a very supportive group of seniors in San Francisco.
This rally outside a climate change townhall with Rep. Henry Waxman at UCLA reveals the tenor of the debate between Americans on healthcare right now.
In response to the question "what's the rush?" asked by some regarding health care reform right now, another healthcare reform townhall was brought to patients waiting for health care in America's largest waiting room and health care clinic located for 8 days in Los Angeles, California. Patients had questions and comments for President Obama, California Gov. Schwartzenegger, and Mayor Villaraigosa.
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Townhalls go to America's waiting rooms. Remote Access Medical, which primarily brings medical care to those in remote areas of the world and to those most in need is now serving the 47 Million Americans without health insurance. America, the world is watching... California, the world is watching... Patients also had messages for the Gov. Schwartzenegger.
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San Francisco was very fortunate that Dr. Quentin Young was in town for the NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION going on across the nation re getting a single payer universal publicly funded healthcare plan on the President's healthcare reform agenda. Hundreds of supporters filed into the federal building to tell Nancy Pelosi they wanted single payer 'on the table' as Art Persyko of singlepayernow.org took a moment to talk with Dr. Young about next steps.
How a single payer publicly funded universal healthcare system reduces costs by effective use of "health IT".
