Maine State Legislature Endorses HR 676

[biopowertoday]

and the Obama Adm. continues to ignore single payer advocates:-(


Maine State Legislature Endorses HR 676


Unions for Single Payer HR676



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Both Houses of the Maine state legislature, on roll call votes, have
endorsed a single payer healthcare system and HR 676.

Separately, a just released poll conducted by the Maine Medical Society,
shows that a majority of the state’s physicians support a single payer
healthcare system.

The HR 676 resolution and vote in Maine, follows a similar roll call vote
by the New Hampshire House. The New Hampshire House voted 192-150 on
March 24th In favor of Resolution HCR2 which endorses HR 676 and a single
payer health care system.

Below is the Associated Press story that ran in many Maine newspapers
which also cites the recent poll conducted by the Maine Medical Society.

A copy of the Maine legislature's Joint Resolution can be found at:
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_124th/billtexts/HP100401.asp


Submitted By The Associated Press
on Wednesday, Apr. 8 at 3:13 pm
AUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers have passed a resolution calling on President
Obama and Congress to establish a single-payer health system that covers
everyone.

The Senate passed the nonbinding resolution by a 20-15 vote on Wednesday,
a day after the House did the same by a 91-52 vote.
The resolution cites the high costs of the present system and says managed
care, health maintenance organizations and other reforms have failed to
contain health costs.

The resolution was passed months after a poll of nearly 600 Maine
physicians showed a majority in favor of a single payer or "Medicare for
all" approach. The survey, conducted in November and December, showed 52
percent in favor and 48 percent against.

Distributed by:
All Unions Committee For Single Payer Health Care--HR 676
c/o Nurses Professional Organization (NPO)
1169 Eastern Parkway, Suite 2218
Louisville, KY 40217
[phone]
Email: [e-mail]

http://unionsforsinglepayerHR676.org

04/12/09

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. I love my MaineCare. I wish everyone had it.

[biopowertoday]

2. Lets have --USACARE.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Yes. And let it cover eyes and teeth and anything else currently treated as "other" when

it comes to health care.

[biopowertoday]

9. Medicine turned over the eyes, teeth, feet a long time ago and

I doubt they will ever retrieve them as part of Medical care. The outcome is that we still think medical care instead of health care which would be whole body.

[larry14]

20. interesting

I did not like McCain

[ProSense]

3. What about their two Senators?

Do Senators Snowe and Collins support single-payer?

That would be a good place to start.

[berni_mccoy]

4. FAIL. Trying to Label a Maine Success as an Obama Failure. Typical Obama-hate.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Is he taking advice from single payer universal advocates now? I've been out of the loop on this

subject lately. Been taking a "no-politics" mental health break. :crazy: :silly:

[berni_mccoy]

7. Obama supports Universal Healthcare. Does that mean he won't sign a Single Payer Law

that comes out of Congress? I don't know.

If Congress can draft a Single Payer solution that works for everyone, I bet Obama would sign it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. I do agree that Congress will be the real hassle.

[larry14]

21. i agree

interesting website

[biopowertoday]

10. Obama supports Insrurance care NOT health CARE.

[biopowertoday]

12. Gibbs said the day after the WH health care Summit that it was OFF THE TABLE. I do not

think Obama is being bold at all about health care 'reform" He is tinkering around the edges and calls it reform but it is not reform as it is progressing now. It is simply more of the same with some flowers to make it smell nice.

[larry14]

22. I wonder

I wonder what will happen with this

[larry14]

19. Me too

I bet whe would sign it too

[Freddie Stubbs]

11. The Maine State Legislature could pass a single-payer law for its state

I wonder why it passed a resolution urging Congress do so something that they themselves would not do.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Possibly because we're not financially well-off right now and would need

some help from the federal level subsidizing such a program? That would be my guess, at any rate. We're one of those few blue states who need help from the feds to get by.

[Freddie Stubbs]

15. The Legislature could simply raise tax rates to generate the needed revenue

But they don't want to vote to raise taxes. The want someone else (Congress) to do that.

[larry14]

25. Spam

this looks like spam to me

[Freddie Stubbs]

14. dupe

[biopowertoday]

16. I think they are sending a message to the Obama health team who

have dissed the single payer advocates.

[Freddie Stubbs]

17. What message? That single-payer is so expensive that Maine can't afford it, but

the federal government can?

[larry14]

24. I agree

I agree with this

[larry14]

23. why

why do you think that is?

[larry14]

18. Wow

this is interesting. I did not know that

[LWolf]

26. Too late to recommend. But I'll give it a kick. nt