Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2009. Workers Uniting, the world’s first international union, has launched an attack on the lies and misinformation being spread in the USA by opponents of President Obama’s health insurance reform plan. In an online campaign, the union representing three million working people from every industrial sector in[Read More…]

Commentary From Talking Points Memo (TPM): Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) had an amazing moment at a town hall meeting, confronting a woman with an Obama-as-Hitler sign, and who asked Frank why he supported Obama’s “Nazi policy” on health care: Frank, who is a member of at least two groups that[Read More…]

Commentary By Rosemary Piser Associate Editor One of the primary reasons why the United States will never be able to have the type of national health care program found in places like Canada, Great Britain, or France is due to the fact that the delivery of health care in the[Read More…]

Commentary By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director Vocal public protest has a place in American history that began before there was American history. But as the national debate over health care rages on, the First Amendment’s guarantees of free speech and the rights of assembly and petition[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The White House responded last week to what it characterizes as a misunderstanding that the President’s plan will mean children with disabilities will not receive the care they need. “On the contrary,” says Katherine Brandon on the White House Blog, “reform will eliminate health insurance discrimination against people[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– AARP’s new TV ads begin running as part of its multimillion-dollar national advertising and grassroots push to ensure every American has a choice of doctor and dependable, affordable health insurance. The Association’s paid advertising—available online now—has already begun running on websites, radio and in print publications nationwide earlier[Read More…]

Pittsburgh, PA –(ENEWSPF)– Our health insurance system is broken. Skyrocketing health care costs are straining family budgets, threatening American businesses’ viability, and exploding our national deficit. Even Americans with good insurance are finding that they are paying more and more out of pocket for premiums, deductibles, co-payments and they are[Read More…]

Pittsburgh, PA –(ENEWSPF)– In the United Kingdom, like many other parts of the world, public health care is the norm. In the United States, opponents of health insurance reform here often point to the UK’s system as flawed and spread nightmare stories about waiting lists, rationed care and other problems.[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2009 – 1:05 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Portsmouth! Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Everybody have a seat. Oh, thank you so — AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you! THE PRESIDENT: I love you back. Thank you. (Laughter.) It is great to be back in Portsmouth.[Read More…]