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By LocalHealthGuide on July 15th, 2009

Single-payer advocates to meet tonight in Seattle

The Western Washington chapter of the Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), which advocates a single-payer health-care system, will meet tonight at the Swedish Medical Center’s Cherry Hill Campus to discuss the latest developments in the health-care reform debate in Washington, D.C.
Fifteen people will be able to participate in the meeting via the Internet.
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By LocalHealthGuide on July 07th, 2009

Health stories in the news – July 7th

New York Times profiles Seattle’s Group Health Cooperative
Opponents to a public health insurance plan are proposing private-sector insurance cooperatives as an alternative, and they are pointing to Seattle’s Group Health Cooperative as an example of what such cooperatives can accomplish, writes New York Times reporter Kevin Sack in today’s issue of the paper.
Group Health has [...]

Group Health Cooperative • Health Insurance • Health-care Policy • Healthcare Reform • Hospital News • University of Washington
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By LocalHealthGuide on July 07th, 2009

True Believers: Selling a Single-Payer System, Despite a Lack of Buyers

By Rick Schmitt – Kaiser Health News
July 07, 2009
The YouTube video shows Donna Smith pulling on a white hazmat suit and protective rubber gloves. She is going to work, trying to clean up the nation’s health insurance industry.
Nurses rally in Washington on May 13th to demand better conditions for nurses as well as comprehensive health [...]

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By LocalHealthGuide on December 24th, 2008

U.S. health insurance industry “dying”, says UW professor in video comment

 The $300 billion U.S. health-insurance industry is dying and should be replaced with a cheaper, more efficient, and equitable single-payer system, says Dr. John Geyman, professor emeritus of Family Medicine at the University of Washington, in a video commentary on the online medical journal MedScape.
Premiums are unaffordable, millions go without coverage, and often those with [...]

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By LocalHealthGuide on December 12th, 2008

Physicians for a National Health Program

[ December 17, 2008; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ]  

 

 

The Western Washington Chapter of a Physicians for a National Health Program, a group that supports the establishment of a single-payer health-care system for the United States, will hold its monthly meeting this Wednesday evening, Dec. 17.

The meeting will focus on responding to President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team’s call for community discussions on health-care reform.

The Obama [...]

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By LocalHealthGuide on December 12th, 2008

Physicians for National Health Program meeting – Wednesday evening, Dec. 17

The Western Washington Chapter of a Physicians for a National Health Program, a group that supports the establishment of a single-payer health-care system for the United States, will hold its monthly meeting this Wednesday evening, Dec. 17.
The meeting will focus on responding to President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team’s call for community discussions on health-care reform.
The [...]

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