MIDCOAST HEALTH CARE REFORM
Citizens United for Single Payer/Private Delivery Healthcare
Midcoast Health Care Reform begins campaign to get signatures for a "Single Payer Health Care for All" Maine Citizen's Ballot Initiative
This initiative will ask the Maine Legislature to formally endorse HR 676 and call on the Congress and President of the United States to enact HR 676. We will be sending our inititiative text to the Maine Secretary of State for approval this week. Come to our next meeting and help us make "Single Payer Healthcare for All" a reality. Read the initiative.
We also recommend that you go to Healthcare-Now and sign the national HR 676 petition. Thank you.
Jerry Call Is Guest Columnist in the Courier-Gazette
In his May 3 guest column, Jerry talks about HR 676 and says "The National Single Payer System would eliminate the for-profit health care insurance companies and HMO’s and thus would generate a $350 billion savings in the health-care system every year (14 percent savings)." Read the column.
Courier-Gazette Editorial Supports Single Payer Health Care System
"The Legislature performed admirably, considering the difficult economic times we are
experiencing. The most immediate relief will not come from Augusta, but must come from Washington in the form of a
single-payer health-care system. Once this is in place, the Medicaid, Dirigo dilemma will be solved."
- Courier Gazette Created: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:07 AM EDT
Read the whole editorial.
Also, in Shlomit Auciello's Letter From Away column at the end of March, she says her "first issue of interest in political matters is health care" and recommends people come to the Midcoast Health Care Reform website to learn more about HR 676.
Maine LD 1072 has passed in the Senate and been signed by the Governor
Thank you, everyone, for your help. LD 1072, a study of the feasibility of establishing a universal single-payer healthcare system for Maine, has now passed and will be implemented.
100th Labor Council Endorses HR 676, Single Payer Healthcare
News at the SiCKO website
michaelmoore.com/sicko/index.html
SiCKO shown Statewide in support of Universal Single Payer Healthcare
Courier-Gazette, Thursday April 3 - Read the article.
Attendance at past showings
Future showings will be listed on the following web sites:
right here: www.MidcoastHealthCareReform.org
or call: 596-7784
Join us! Help us make this happen!