Embedded video from CNN Video Health care reform has become one of the most controversial issues in the country. We debunk the myths surrounding this hot-button issue and clarify the plans for overhauling the health care system. We’ll break through the political rhetoric, explain the various proposals, and weigh the[Read More…]
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Weekly Address – President Obama Debunks ‘Phony Claims’ about Health Reform; Emphasizes Consumer Protections, August 22, 2009
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2009. Each and every day in this country, Americans are grappling with health care premiums that are growing three times the rate of wages and insurance company policies that limit coverage and raise out-of-pocket costs. Thousands are losing their insurance coverage each day. Without real reform, the[Read More…]
Readout of President Obama’s Meeting With Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2009. “The President invited Senator Daschle to the White House for a quick check-in on the health insurance reform process and to exchange views on the process moving forward. Senator Daschle is one of the foremost experts on health care and on the legislative process, and has[Read More…]
Insurance Jive: The Real ‘Death Panels’
Commentary from Courage Campaign: Our “Insurance Jive” video shows that insurance companies actually operate de facto “death panels” — and demonstrates why we must demand that a strong public option be included in health care reform. Send this video to your friends and help spread a progressive message that shows[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at the Organizing for American National Health Care Forum
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2009 – 2:45 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Hey! Thank you. AUDIENCE: Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! Yes we can! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat. This looks like a casual crowd; I’m going to —[Read More…]
Workers Uniting Union Counters the Lies in U.S. Health Care Debate
Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2009. Workers Uniting, the world’s first international union, has launched an attack on the lies and misinformation being spread in the USA by opponents of President Obama’s health insurance reform plan. In an online campaign, the union representing three million working people from every industrial sector in[Read More…]
Barney Frank to Woman with Obama-As-Hitler Sign: What Planet Are You From?
Commentary From Talking Points Memo (TPM): Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) had an amazing moment at a town hall meeting, confronting a woman with an Obama-as-Hitler sign, and who asked Frank why he supported Obama’s “Nazi policy” on health care: Frank, who is a member of at least two groups that[Read More…]
America: Home of the For-Profit Health Care System
Commentary By Rosemary Piser Associate Editor One of the primary reasons why the United States will never be able to have the type of national health care program found in places like Canada, Great Britain, or France is due to the fact that the delivery of health care in the[Read More…]
Heckling, Name-Taking Fly in Face of Protest, Petition
Commentary By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Vocal public protest has a place in American history that began before there was American history. But as the national debate over health care rages on, the First Amendment’s guarantees of free speech and the rights of assembly and petition[Read More…]
Health Insurance Reform and Disability
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The White House responded last week to what it characterizes as a misunderstanding that the President’s plan will mean children with disabilities will not receive the care they need. “On the contrary,” says Katherine Brandon on the White House Blog, “reform will eliminate health insurance discrimination against people[Read More…]