West Virginia Blue
The Best Blogging Community in West Virginia Democratic politics, progressive policies, the good life and free living in Wild, Wonderful West Virginia.
Yesterday 8 advocates for single-payer health plan were arrested when they questioned a Senate hearing on health-care coverage as to why there were no single-payer advocates on the panel.
Jay Rockefeller is on the Senate Finance Committe which was having a "roundtable" on health care coverage that included 15 "witnesses." At least several of those witnesses have direct ties to the for-profit, private health insurance industry.
The next Roundtable is scheduled for May 14. On May 13, a group from the Eastern Panhandle is going to DC to be part of a national lobby day for single-payer healthcare reform. You can email Kris Loken for details if you're interested in participating: krisloken@yahoo.com
Some links about the most recent event:
http://www.commondreams.org/ne... http://www.singlepayeraction.org/
Copyright 2011 West Virginia Blue
Site content may be used for any purpose without explicit permission unless otherwise specified.
This site exists thanks to financial support from BlogPAC, dedicated volunteers and participation by members of this community. The views expressed at West Virginia Blue belong solely to their respective authors.
