health care reform

President Obama and Californians weigh in on health care debate

April 4, 2012 By Juan Lopez

Declaring the health law "constitutional," the president said, "We are confident that this will be upheld because it should be upheld."

California’s single-payer health bill moves forward

January 20, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

Backers of single-payer health care cheered as the California Universal Health Care Act passed from the Senate Appropriations Committee onto the Senate floor.

Montana high court upholds ban on corporate cash in elections

January 10, 2012 By Tim Wheeler

Progressives in the "Big Sky State" are praising the Montana Supreme Court for rejecting the U.S. Supreme Court's "corporate personhood" decision.

Cuban-style health care in America? Yes we can

December 15, 2011 By Michael Leonard

Despite the valiant attempts by progressive Democrats to pass universal health care, we got the Affordable Care Act that still leaves several million uninsured.

Universal health care: If Cuba can do it, why can’t we?

December 15, 2011 By Michael Leonard

So how can we fix this mess while putting the insurance industry out of business and curbing pharmaceutical industries? I look to Cuba as a model.