URGING CAUTION We are nurses, doctors, and health workers caring for North Carolinians of all backgrounds, including over 23,000 who’ve tested positive for COVID-19. We’re deeply concerned about the Phase Two reopening. While the percentage of positive tests is fairly stable, both the absolute number of cases and hospitalizations over the last seven days continue to … [Read more...]
Introducing the NC Medicare for All Coalition
Southerners have long played key roles in social movements for racial equality, labor rights, reproductive rights, prison reform and abolition, climate action, immigrant justice and health equity. It was Southerners--many of them African American--who demanded the desegregation of our hospitals and who played an outsized role in the movement to pass Medicare and … [Read more...]
Act Now: Medicaid Expansion Sign-on Letter
Healthcare for Working North Carolinians Expand Medicaid Now The NC General Assembly returns to Raleigh the week of May 18 to consider further COVID-19 recovery legislation, including H1040, Healthcare for Working North Carolinians, introduced by Rep. Sydney Batch. We need to get letters of support from health care … [Read more...]
Remembering the life and legacy of HCFANC member Dr. Charles van der Horst
“Feeling angry and upset without doing something is wasted energy,” reads a post on the late Dr. Charles van der Horst’s Facebook page, an avenue for his activism. His profile, now a memorial, is nearly all posts about a cause you should care about, a fundraiser you should contribute to, a person you should know. Van der Horst’s activism spanned beyond the walls of social media … [Read more...]
American Medical Association leaves coalition fighting ‘Medicare for All’
Read the full article on The Hill. The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s main group for doctors, announced Thursday that it is leaving a coalition fighting "Medicare for All," a blow to the industry’s efforts to push back on the progressive proposal. The AMA said it is leaving the industry group called the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future, which … [Read more...]
Opinion: Why we’re fighting the American Medical Association
Despite claiming to be the voice of physicians, the AMA continues to play an outsized role in opposing reforms that would establish and protect the human right to health, evidenced by the organization’s sustained animosity towards the implementation of a universal, single-payer health program. On Saturday, June 8, a grassroots coalition of medical students, physicians, … [Read more...]
Letters: Traditional Medicare for All is Good Medicine
Published in the Greensboro News and Observer on April 25th, 2019 Romaine Worster’s recent column (April 21) spins the health care debate using untruths promoted by those corporations seeking to maintain the status quo from which they so richly benefit. Contrary to her statement, Medicare reimbursement is accepted by 93% of non-pediatric primary … [Read more...]
Joint Media Statement: HB655 Will Not Deliver Health Care for NC’s Working Families
The following statement was issued on April 15th, 2019. The statement can also be found on the NC Justice Center's website. RALEIGH (April 15, 2019) – The undersigned health advocacy organizations have united to voice opposition to provisions in HB655, NC Health Care for Working Families. We cannot support the bill in its current form. HB655’s … [Read more...]
Introducing HR 1384: Medicare for All Act of 2019
We are excited to share the news that Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal filed the Medicare for All Act of 2019 yesterday. In the Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) message below, you can see bullet points that summarize the features of HR 1384, the new bill that replaces HR 676. Also, there is a link to the press conference at which Congresswomen Jayapal and Debbie … [Read more...]
We Mourn the Passing of Dr. Gary Greenberg
Dr. Gary Greenberg 1953-2018 Health Care for All NC mourns the passing of Dr. Gary Greenberg, a bright light in the medical community and in the lives of many. Dr. Greenberg was a driving force behind Health Care for All NC. Dr. Greenberg passed away on October 17th, 2018, following a battle with cancer. Dr. Greenberg spent the better part … [Read more...]
