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Marilyn Clement

National Coordinator, Healthcare-NOW

Marilyn Clement is the National Coordinator of Healthcare-NOW. Click here to contact Ms. Clement and Healthcare-NOW.

15 pieces

Commentary

Dr. Marable’s statement about Obama, March 6, 2008 – Single-Payer Healthcare Part 36

By Marilyn Clement

Dr. Manning Marable is wrong in criticizing Senator Obama for refusing to support forced payments to insurance companies. The individual mandates supported by Senator Clinton – the coercion by law of the population of Massachusetts (and all of us) – forces all citizens to purchase insurance mediated by a bureaucratic “Connector Board.” This is another…

Dr. Manning Marable is wrong in criticizing Senator Obama for refusing to support forced payments to insurance companies. The individual mandates supported by Senator Clinton -…

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Single Payer Election Stress Syndrome? – Single-Payer Healthcare – A BlackCommentator.com Series – Part 35

By Marilyn Clement

Over the past two weeks I have received a lot of email from people who are depressed, realizing that neither the Democratic or Republican candidates are yet supporting guaranteed quality single-payer healthcare for all. They want to know “Who is better? Obama or Clinton?” What is obvious to all of us is that neither of…

Over the past two weeks I have received a lot of email from people who are depressed, realizing that neither the Democratic or Republican candidates are…

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Hillary Clinton’s Corporate Healthcare Plan – Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 29

By Marilyn Clement

The current issue is always free to everyone Senator Hillary Clinton is the former corporate lawyer from Arkansas, former first lady and current presidential hopeful. Now that Hillary has revealed her carefully constructed thoughts about healthcare (proposing the continuation of a system that would be barely changed) – we are given to understand that the…

The current issue is always free to everyone Senator Hillary Clinton is the former corporate lawyer from Arkansas, former first lady and current presidential hopeful. Now…

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Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 24: Healthcare-NOW Activists Redoubling Efforts

By Marilyn Clement

Now is the time to redouble our efforts. Michael Moore and his truly revolutionary film have opened up the debate made possible by the magic of the big screen told through a magic guru truth-teller and the true stories of the people. The rest of the media has shut out the truth about the current…

Now is the time to redouble our efforts. Michael Moore and his truly revolutionary film have opened up the debate made possible by the magic of…

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Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 23: Campaign “SiCKO” and the US Social Forum

By Marilyn Clement

NOTICE to CONGRESS: Since your approval rating among the voters is now down to 23%, here’s a helpful suggestion. The quickest way to regain the confidence of the American people is to hold hearings on the healthcare crisis and pass H.R. 676, the United States National Health Insurance Act. When Michael Moore’s office for “SiCKO”…

NOTICE to CONGRESS: Since your approval rating among the voters is now down to 23%, here’s a helpful suggestion. The quickest way to regain the confidence…

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Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 20: “Sicko” A Contrast of What Is and What Could Be

By Marilyn Clement

There is good news on the horizon and it has to do with getting quality, guaranteed healthcare for every person in the United States – from womb to tomb. Michael Moore’s new film SICKO will dramatize the problem of healthcare in America – graphically demonstrating why our country is ranked #38 in the provision of…

There is good news on the horizon and it has to do with getting quality, guaranteed healthcare for every person in the United States - from…

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Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 17: Organizing for Healthcare for Everybody

By Marilyn Clement

The current issue is always free to all readers Without thinking about it, Healthcare-NOW created a petition to Congress on our website with an extra space next to the form where people signed their names. It was an innocuous mistake, but it turned out to be a great bonus, because it meant that we took…

The current issue is always free to all readers Without thinking about it, Healthcare-NOW created a petition to Congress on our website with an extra space…

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Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 16 – Get Ready To Work For Guaranteed National Healthcare!

By Marilyn Clement

Amazing progress has been made toward building the movement for a national single payer healthcare system in the past three years. But now we must move to a new level of organizing. We need everybody to think about how they can help. Millions of people now understand the phrase “single payer.” Millions more are beginning…

Amazing progress has been made toward building the movement for a national single payer healthcare system in the past three years. But now we must move…

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Single-Payer Healthcare – Part 11 – My Vision

By Marilyn Clement

Have you ever thought about how it would feel to have a national single payer healthcare system? To get rid of the unequal and unjust current healthcare system? I have a vision of such a change, and it invades my dreams and keeps me working hard every day. This vision itself makes my work for…

Have you ever thought about how it would feel to have a national single payer healthcare system? To get rid of the unequal and unjust current…

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