Healthcare-NOW!
 | This article needs to be updated. (December 2021) |
| Formation | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Website | healthcare-now.org |
Healthcare-NOW! is a
single-payer health care movement for the United States.[1] Healthcare-NOW!'s stated goal is to implement the Medicare for All Act.[2][3][4]
History
Healthcare-NOW! was founded in 2004, originally under the name of the Campaign for a National Health Program NOW (CNHP NOW). The first meeting of the coalition was the Campaign for a National Health Program NOW Conference: "Health Care Crisis and Election of 2004." On August 31 and September 1, 2004, the conference was held as well as a rally during the Republican Convention.[5][6]
Organizing methodology
Healthcare-NOW! uses various
California Nurses Association, to initiate the National Day of Protest Against Health Insurance Companies. This National Day of Protest took place in 18 cities nationwide in support of a single payer system.[12]
It was a campaign mainly about public health care not private.
Personnel
Healthcare-NOW is composed of 36 board members, in addition to the board of directors. The National Coordinator was Marilyn Clement.
Board member co-chairs[13]
- Quentin Young, National Coordinator, Physicians for a National Health Program
- Leo Gerard, President, United Steelworkers Union
- Jim Winkler, General Secretary, General Board of Church and Society, United Methodist Church
- Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director of the California Nurses Association
See also
- Health care reform in the United States
- List of healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States
- Medicare (United States)
- Single-payer health care
- Medicare for All Act
- Universal health care
Notes and references
- ^ Katrina vanden Heuvel (2007-12-03). "Hillary, Obama and Healthcare". The Nation.
- The Huffington Post.
- ^ "MichaelMoore.com : SiCKO : Links and Resources". Archived from the original on 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ^ About : Healthcare-NOW!
- ^ Rochelle Robinson. "WEAP and the Campaign for a National Health Program" (PDF). Women's Economic Agenda Project (weap.org).
- ^ "Michal Moore Comes To CUNY". The Knight News (student newspaper of Queens College, City University of New York). 2004-05-19.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Marilyn Clement (with Healthcare-NOW!) (2006-11-16). "A Strategy For Seeking A National Single-Payer Healthcare System That Will Cover Everyone In The United States". The Black Commentator.
- ^ "Tracy Pierce Memorial Candlelight Vigil - September 28th, 2007". michaelmoore.com. 2007-09-29. Archived from the original on 2008-06-15.
- ^ "Free 'SiCKO' Screening at 'Bama-Huntsville". michaelmoore.com. 2007-11-19. Archived from the original on 2008-04-03.
- ^ Marilyn Clement (with Healthcare-NOW!) (2006-11-15). "A Strategy for Healthcare-NOW". Progressive Democrats of America.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Steelworkers continue to lead the fight for "HealthCare-NOW!"". United Steelworkers. Archived from the original on 2008-06-29.
- ^ Todd Neale (2008-06-20). "Nationwide Protests Support a Single-Payer Healthcare Plan". MedPage Today.
- ^ "Board Of Directors and Board Members". Healthcare-NOW!.