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Area’s representatives split on health reform bill
Times Union Albany, NY http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=863371 The Capital Region’s members of the House of Representatives voted on opposite sides of the health care issue after months of heated rhetoric finally led to a floor vote Saturday night. The Democrat-controlled House narrowly passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act, 220-215. U.S. Rep. Paul D. Tonko, D-Amsterdam, [...]
Health Care for American Now thanks House for bill passage
WKTV – News Channel 2 – NBC Utica, NY http://www.wktv.com/home/related/69519792.html ALBANY, N.Y. (WKTV) – The Health Care for American Now campaign is the larges healthcare campaign in the nation and its director thanked New York State Democrats for their support of the healthcare reform bill. Mary Clark, HCAN Coordinator, Citizen Action of New York said, [...]
REP. MURPHY REMAINS UNDECIDED ON PENDING HOUSE VOTE White House goes local to get health care message out
The Post-Star Glens Falls, NY http://www.poststar.com/news/local/article_11e29e38-cb39-11de-939e-001cc4c03286.html As House Democratic leaders scramble to line up enough votes to pass comprehensive health care reform legislation, the White House dispatched a high-ranking policy adviser to tout the plan to the hometown newspaper of U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, who as of Friday evening was undecided on his vote. “Far [...]
Health Care reform hits home
Columbia Spectator New York, NY http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/11/05/health-care-reform-hits-home The low- to middle-income communities in West Harlem and Morningside Heights have a particular stake in the health care reform plans pending in Congress. The five congressional committees that oversee health care issues have each proposed a distinct bill, which leaders must merge into a single, cohesive piece of [...]
Health Care Caravan Starts in Binghamton
Action News 12 WBNG-TV Binghamton, NY http://www.wbng.com/news/local/64964407.html By WBNG News Community members caravan across New York State today to convince Congressman Michael Arcuri to deliver Health Care Legislation. Citizen Action as part of Health care for American now met today in downtown Binghamton. It’s the first stop of their day devoted to sending Arcuri the [...]
Health care reform topic of demonstration
Press & Sun Bulletin Binghamton, NY http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20091019/NEWS01/910190362/Health+care+reform+topic+of+demonstration BINGHAMTON Health care reform advocates in the 24th Congressional District, represented by Michael Arcuri, D-Utica, are planning a rolling demonstration beginning in Binghamton and ending in Utica Tuesday. Participants will hold a vigil to remember people whose deaths were related to a lack of health coverage, before forming [...]
Big-insurance ills laid bare at health care protest
Chelsea Now/Gay City/The Villager/Downtown Express New York, NY http://chelseanow.com/articles/2009/12/06/news/new_york/doc4abba42316847125613569.txt By Jefferson Siegel The health insurance debate landed full-throttle in Chelsea on Tues., Sept. 22, as several hundred people protested outside the offices of one of the nation’s largest health insurers. A vociferous crowd gathered across Seventh Ave. from the Penn Plaza offices of United Healthcare [...]
Health Action: Monday, September 14th, 2009
WBAI New York, NY http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/090914_130001haction.MP3 New York City oragnizer Kate Doehring is interviewed by Mark Hannay, Director of Metro NY Health Care for All Campaign on Health Action, WBAI.
Up to 1,000 rally in NYC for health care bill
AP http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hE-j9cGPeL-81pa5NhW9Qy8oN58gD9ACNMA00 NEW YORK — About a thousand people rallied in Manhattan on Saturday in support of federal health care reform legislation. The event near Times Square began shortly after the funeral for U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, and took-on the feel of a tribute to the liberal leader. One person carried a sign that said, [...]
1,000 Attend Health Care Rally In Times Square
Gothamist New York, NY http://gothamist.com/2009/08/30/1000_attend_health_care_rally_in_ti.php?gallery0Pic=6#gallery [[Many pictures at link above]] Yesterday afternoon, hundreds of people—the AP estimates 1,000—gathered in Times Square to rally for health care reform. And many of those there invoked the memory of late Senator Edward Kennedy in appealing for a single payer system—signs mentioned Kennedy, such as “TeddyCare For All.” President [...]
