As GOP Attacks Health Care, Movement for Single-Payer Grows Across Country
Critics of single-payer in the media repeatedly point to its so-called “failure” in Vermont as a reason why proposals can’t work. Vermont made major progress on a single-payer bill in 2010 but Gov. Peter Shumlin abandoned the effort in 2014, controversially citing costs — and not political obstacles — as the reason.
An Inside Account of How Direct Action Helped Kill the GOP Healthcare Bill
In this series, we’ll be talking with experienced organizers, troublemakers and thinkers. They’ll be sharing their insights on what works, what doesn’t, and what has changed, and what’s still the same.
Vt. Lt. Gov. Zuckerman Hosts One of At Least 70 Rallies Across the Country to “Save Health Care”
At least 1,000 people met up to rally for health care rights at Burlington High School Sunday. They joined those in about 70 other rallies around the nation, all focused on the fight to “save health care” in the United States.