This morning the House Education and Labor Committee voted yes to add the Kucinich amendment which will allow states to pursue single-payer healthcare. thanks to the work of tireless advocates like you, we won this small victory.
House Committee Allows States to Create Single-Payer Healthcare
David Swanson
July 17, 2009
Kucinich amendment receives bi-partisan support
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On Friday morning at 9:45 a.m. ET in the House Committee on Education and Labor, the committee members voted 25 to 19 to pass Congressman Dennis Kucinich's amendment to the healthcare reform bill. This amendment, if it survives the full House, the Senate, the conference, and the President, will not alter the federal legislation except to allow states to create single-payer healthcare systems if they choose to. If this change to the bill makes news, it will pass the Senate, because there is no legitimate argument against it, and the support for it is bipartisan. more
In solidarity,
Tim Carpenter,
PDA National Director