Rep. Darrell Issa Interview | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) 2/24/2017 The Republican Congress and the growing list of presidential candidates have an opportunity to articulate a vision and provide policy ideas and legislation to “heal our” dysfunctional healthcare system. Yet, the Republicans are finding it difficult to articulate a plan addressing the consequences of millions more Americans who are unable to purchase their healthcare insurance, as well as the dysfunction

The progressive and conservative “case” for universal healthcare The progressive response to the current efforts to get rid of “entitlements” must be focused on universal healthcare coverage with excellent health services for all American. Diagnose the problem correctly The fight is about the role of government in people’s lives, how we structure the relationship between citizens and the government? Conservatives and the Republican Party have spent billions of dollars convinc

Citizens4health developed a treatment plan for the United States healthcare system. We start from the proposition that every American has access to quality affordable healthcare by 2020 (see our vision). Having a vision and destinations we work backwards from there. Our initiatives explore the details of achieving the goals. General outcomes we expect to achieve within this time frame can be reviewed here. Action plans for each of the initiatives as well as a ten year plan fo

We believe that only the actions of informed, engaged citizens can move us beyond partisanship and find the way to better health and health care for all and that positive and lasting social change only comes when engaged citizens work together in common cause. This article describes ten general categories that you can participate in. Choose your level of engagement based on your availability and resources. Make your voice heard by taking responsibility for your life and the h

Implementing transparency to address our health care challenges and solve the long term debt challenge "Rising healthcare costs and their consequences for federal health insurance programs constitute the nation's central fiscal challenge" Congressional Budget Office The deficit and the debt debates have rightly focused on the role that health care expenditures play in the fiscal long term threat to the United States. The focus on targeting the cost drivers, takes greater urge