Illinois Media Progressives Video Blog: Bill Bianchi & Donna Smith; Dr. Quentin Young & Illinois Single Payer Coalition

Submitted by arlenegloria on Sat, 04/17/2010 - 01:38

Blog: Illinois Media Progressives - Strength, Strategy, and Donna Smith

The fight continues in earnest for health care for all.

Activists from across the whole bleeding state of Illinois, including representatives from PDA, CNA, Chi-SPAN, Champaign County Health Care Consumers and other members of the Illinois Single Payer Coalition gathered at Augustana Church in President Obama’s old Hyde Park neighborhood to talk about health care.
The consensus was:  We ain’t done yet! ...We can do better and we can do more. Specifically, to keep pushing hard for a single payer plan, like Medicare, improved and expanded to everyone. That’s the path to 

To read more and see the new videos, please visit:  Illinois Media Progressives website. 

What is the Ideology of the Senate Health Care Bill?

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Thu, 03/18/2010 - 13:53

Democrats Who Once Railed Against Medicare Part D Now Insist Members Must Vote for Strikingly Similar Senate Health Insurance Reform Bill

By: Jon Walker Monday March 15, 2010 7:12 am
At Firedog Lake

One thing that has been eating away at me throughout this whole health care debate is the incredible hypocrisy and role reversal of both political parties compared to the Medicare Part D debate. The basic, highly corrupt design of the Senate health care bill is the same as the highly corrupt design as the Medicare Part D program.

Just think about the similarities. Both were meant to address serious problems—for the Medicare drug program, seniors unable to afford life-saving medication, and, with today’s legislation, people unable to afford health insurance. And, in both cases, instead of solving the problem in the cheapest, most direct way by having Medicare just provide these groups with what they need, a wasteful, convoluted, “market” system was created to use the program to enrich industry players and unneeded middlemen.  Read more »

Democrats and health care, just where they want to be?

Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 22:37

Not Spineless, but Ruthless!

The push to "get something done" on health care no matter what front group is pushing it, comes ultimately from Democratic Party leaders who think that if they pass the weak Senate version of insurance reform, they can call it reform and be done.  Think lipstick on a pig.  Read more »

PDA-Illinois Terms Current Health Bill, 'A National Error'

Submitted by pda_ill_admin on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 10:29

PDA-Illinois Demands Truly Universal, Comprehensive, Cost-Effective, Equitable Quality Health Care For All

WE OPPOSE PROFIT DRIVEN 'REFORM!'

Under the proposed health insurance reform bills, the American people lose, the corporate world wins. The present bills if passed  create a tax-payer supporter welfare program for the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries.  How did this happen? Through campaign finance donations, lobbying, and revolving-door payoffs.  Here is why we oppose the bills:  Read more »