Health Care for America Now held a retreat last week. Via Greg Sargent at TPM:

I'm told that dozens of the heaviest hitters from the health care reform world met for a private retreat in Virginia last week and spent two days girding for a major battle with...

Another admission from the McCain campaign that their health care plan is nothing more than a bunch of right-wing platitudes thrown together without any real serious thought as to how to solve the health care crisis. From CNN:

Changing the tax treatment wouldn't hurt the employer-sponsored system and...

First, there was Norm Coleman in Minnesota, who's campaign refused to answer is he supported McCain's plan. Here was the spokesperson's dodge:

Well Senator Coleman is aligned with Senator Coleman's plan and I think that's the point that I want to make here. I think that again, if...

Via Politico:

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has signed on to the progressive Health Care for America Now campaign's principles - a move that bolsters the clout of the nascent organization and could provide him with artillery support as he starts to pound the health-care issue on the presidential...

The Dow Jones Industrial average lost almost 450 points yesterday, closing at 10917.51, only a few points higher than when George Bush took office in 2000. (Fun fact: If you invested $100 in the Dow in 2000, you'd have $81 today.) Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Lehman Brothers, and now...

Earlier today, Health Care for America Now released this statement:

Health Care for America Now (HCAN) - the unprecedented coalition of large labor groups, community-based organizations, women's groups, doctors, nurses, small businesses, think tanks, and leading netroots activists - released the following statement today in response to Senator McCain's repeated...

This weekend, come watch the new documentary about health care by Robert Greenwald at Brave New Films called Diagnosis: NOW! Here's the trailer:

This Sunday, Health Care for America Now will be having over...

While I'm still waiting for video and news reports from the insurance industry's "listening tour" stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico yesterday, here's the report we got back from our people on the ground:

Karen Ignagni's [the CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans, the insurance industry's front group] moderator blew...

Today, the Dallas Morning News again pointed out how far behind Texas is from the rest of the country when it comes to health care. As I've argued before, this is because of the extensive privatization of health care in Texas which throws people out to fend for...

The health insurance industry, represented by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), is on a "listening tour" to convince America they aren't really putting profits before people and practicing murder by spreadsheet.

At the last stop on their "listening tour," no advance notice was given, proving that they are not...

82% of Americans think our health care system needs a "major overhaul." On top of that, over 90% of Americans [pdf] think the next President and Congress should improve the quality and affordability of health care.

With the worsening economy continuing to be the top issue for...

In the last week, Barack Obama has handed progressives a string of stinging rebukes. First, he all but capitulated on the issue of retroactive immunity for lawbreaking telecom companies by endorsing the FISA "compromise." Next came his disagreement with the Supreme Court ruling that the death penalty shouldn't...