Blog | MI 4 Single Payer

Mar 8, 2019
7 min

The Single Payer Shoutout 1 Vol. 2 (March 2019)

Welcome to the fight for single payer in 2019! Things look very different now than they did before November of 2018. The midterm elections swept the Democrat...

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Eli Rubin

Sep 13, 2018
1 min

400% Price Hike in Essential Antibiotics? Not if We Have Mi Care or Medicare for All!!

With Medicare for All, or with Mi Care in Michigan, drug companies will be limited in their ability to raise prescription prices. READ how one pharmaceutical...

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Eli Rubin

Sep 11, 2018
14 min

The Single Payer Shout Out

The "Educate" Issue Volume 1, Issue 3 (September 2018) Visit us online at: https://www.michigan4singlepayer.org/ Visit us on Facebook at: https://www.faceboo...

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Eli Rubin

Sep 6, 2018
2 min

Movie Review: Screwed by the Greedy Business of American Healthcare

In the blazing heat of an early September evening, dozens of people arrived at Ann Arbor’s Goodrich Quality 16 Theater to watch a free screening of Flint neu...

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Eli Rubin

Sep 3, 2018
2 min

On Labor Day, Recognize The Power in a Union!

Without assistance from the Michigan Nurses Association, and the many nurses among us in Michigan who are helping to deliver Single Payer into the world, our...

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Eli Rubin

Sep 3, 2018
2 min

August: An Active Month for M4SPH!

August was a big month for the M4SPH movement! In August, we published our Candidate Endorsements - and are happy to say that some of our endorsed candidate...

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Eli Rubin

Sep 3, 2018
2 min

September: Events Around the State with M4SPH

MEETINGS: Grand Rapids area: Community Workshop on Medicare for All Sponsored by Grand Rapids DSA & M4SPH Eastown Community Association 415 Ethel St SE, Gran...

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Eli Rubin

Aug 28, 2018
2 min

Labor Day Events Present Canvassing Opportunities!

Canvassing for Single Payer is a great way to build our movement! Speaking with and signing up those interested in having more information about M4SPH would ...

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Eli Rubin

Aug 27, 2018
1 min

Ann Arbor Screening of Screwed Healthcare Documentary

Come join Dr. Vivek Palavali, Michigan neurosurgeon, and filmmaker (and M4SPH member), for the free preview screening of Screwed by the Greedy Business of Am...

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Eli Rubin

Aug 27, 2018
2 min

Teacher Billed $164,941 for Heart Attack; $108,951.31 Not Covered by Insurance

Read about the latest featured OUTRAGEOUS Medical Bill of the Month in Shots: Health News from NPR here How could a teacher with health insurance be stuck w...

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Eli Rubin

Aug 22, 2018
2 min

Let's Push for MI Care (HB 6285)!!!

House Bill 6285, the MiCare Bill, has been formally introduced into the legislature and is now under consideration in the House Health Policy Committee. Thi...

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Eli Rubin

Aug 17, 2018
1 min

Upcoming Events in August

We need your help with these canvassing/calling/fundraising events! Healthcare for All Canvass at Ann Arbor's Kerrytown Farmers' Market Saturday, August 18t...

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Eli Rubin

Aug 15, 2018
3 min

Beware the Questionnaire!

We all know questionnaires can be used as tools to both seek input about and influence public opinion. At a recent annual physical, I was given a questionnai...

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Eli Rubin

Aug 14, 2018
1 min

Effort to Win Single Payer is Growing; Look to Backlash From Coalition of Corporate Interests!

From Article on Commondreams.org (8/10/18): "In Clear Sign of Progress for Medicare for All Advocates, Insurance and Pharma Giants Build Wall to Defeat Singl...

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Eli Rubin

Aug 14, 2018
1 min

PACs of 5 For-Profit Health Insurers Have Given Over $1.6M to Campaigns of House Dems Since 1/1/18

Read Wendell Potter's article, Health Insurers Writing Big Checks to Democrats as Single Payer Support Grows, here. According to Potter, Aetna, Anthem, Human...

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Eli Rubin

Aug 14, 2018
1 min

Watch Today's Thom Hartmann Interview with former Cigna Health Insurance Executive Wendell Potter

Fear-Uncertainty-Deception (FUD) are features of current and ongoing disinformation campaigns employed by corporate interests profiting (greatly) from our cu...

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Eli Rubin

Aug 13, 2018
1 min

Michigan Only 1 of Many States Pursuing Single Payer Possibilities

In just two days, Michigan Representative Yousef Rabhi will be releasing his MiCare bill, a plan for Single Payer for Michigan, in the state house. While it...

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Eli Rubin

Aug 13, 2018
1 min

Excellent Video to Help with Building Our Canvassing Skills - A Must-See!

In seeking grassroots support for Single Payer, canvassing and deep canvassing are two very valuable tools in our “educating” and “advocating” efforts. For...

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Eli Rubin

Aug 12, 2018
2 min

Post-Primaries Blues and Other News

Many of us are still recovering from the losses in Tuesday's Primaries experienced by much-loved candidates championing Single Payer. As we mourn, recover, ...

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Eli Rubin

Jul 31, 2018
10 min

The Single Payer Shout Out

The August Primaries Endorsement Issue Volume 1, Issue 2 (August 2018) Visit us online at: https://www.michigan4singlepayer.org/ Visit us on Facebook at: htt...

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