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Healthcare for the 99% solidarity march this Wednesday!

Posted October, 24 2011 by arianne

Got plans for this Wednesday? Do you have a health care horror story to tell? Want to make a statement for health reform through *peaceful* protest? If so, then head down to Zucotti Park this Wednesday! Healthcare for the 99%, a working group of the Occupy Wall Street movement is spearheading a “March Against the Health Insurance Industry” this Wednesday afternoon, […]

BIG problems need BIG solutions

Posted October, 21 2011 by arianne

Sometimes things that seem scary at first can turn out to be really helpful, right?  Take insurance exchanges, for example. The final recommendations of the Program Streamlining and State/Local Responsibilities Work Group of the State’s Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) are now out and up on the web.  As you may or may not know, this group was charged […]

Not all insurance exchanges are created equal

Posted October, 20 2011 by arianne

U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups,  has released a new report that looks at the existing insurance exchanges that have been set up in other states and rates them based on how accountable they will be to the public, how much they can do to lower costs and improve quality, how […]

Health Care on list of OWS demands

Posted October, 19 2011 by arianne

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCZFDlEkHMo] HCFANY reps were down at Zuccotti Park last week talking to fellow 99%-ers about what this country really needs.  Here’s a short clip on what some folks had to say about health care. Special thanks to Raising Women’s Voices staffer Maryanne Tomazic for compiling this video!