Guaranteed Healthcare

Ave Cassandra, a noted health blogger, has the news: California's Federation of Labor has just become the 32nd state fed to endorse single-payer health.  This makes the single-payer system the only health care plan with an engaged, active constituency pushing for it.  I mean, who really likes insurance companies anyway??

Great news for the single-payer movement: a majority of state federations of labor have now endorsed guaranteed, single-payer healthcare!  (Well, ok, 25 out of 50, but one of them is MD-DC.)  This follows on the heels of the recent announcement by the national AFL-CIO that they are pushing Medicare for All.  Do not discount how important this is…guaranteed, single-payer healthcare now becomes the only proposal with an organized, powerful constituency pushing for it. 

More labor endorsements are coming every day…Here’s what Oregon has to say:

The resolution continues, ". . . (T)he fundamental principal of the labor movement -- that fragmentation leads to weakness while solidarity leads to strength -- is a powerful tool that can be applied to create a consolidated, single payer American healthcare system."

The UAW’s strike against GM is not just about their members' healthcare…but also about the healthcare of millions of people not represented by a powerful union.  We’ll look at the potential impact of this historic strike and what it means for workers and the nation that is healthcare increasingly becoming the central issue for labor, both in bargaining and activism…