Vermont

Maine Coalition Kicks Off Statewide Health Care Is a Human Right Campaign
May 10, 2013
A coalition in Maine - the Maine People's Alliance, the Maine AFL-CIO and the Maine State Nurses Association - held press conferences in Portland and Bangor to kick off their new Health Care Is a Human Right Campaign. From the press release: Mainers without health coverage and others... Keep Reading »
Put People First Rally Highlights Strength of Human Rights Movement in Vermont
May 2, 2013
Watch the highlights of Vermont's large May Day march and hear how a member of the Put People First campaign describes the growing unity among the many struggles for our human rights. Check out this article in the Bosten Globe: MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — More than 1,000 activists... Keep Reading »
May 1st Rally: Now Is the Time to Send a Loud Message to Put People First!
May 1, 2013
For the fifth year in a row over well over a thousand people from all over Vermont will participate in at a huge May 1st Statehouse Rally.  In 2009, we came to change what was politically possible in healthcare reform. In 2013, its become clear that what we really need to make possible is... Keep Reading »
Universal Health Care Advocacy Group Readying for Local Rally - First Maryland Speakout
April 30, 2013
[...] At Birdie’s Cafe in Westminster Friday, three members of Carroll County’s chapter of Healthcare is a Human Right Maryland and statewide organizer Sergio España told of the formation of the grassroots campaign locally. They told of their excitement for the state’s... Keep Reading »
May Day Rally in Vermont - Advance Media Coverage
April 29, 2013
MONTPELIER — In 2009, the Vermont Workers’ Center convened the first-ever May Day rally as a way of demonstrating political support for single-payer health care. Four years later, this annual “day of action” will include a call for increased government spending on... Keep Reading »
The Health Care Domino Effect: Right to Health Campaigns Are Spreading beyond Vermont
April 17, 2013
The closer we get to implementing key elements of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, the more information we receive about the federal reform’s inability to address the failures of market-based health care.  From the profiteering of insurance corporations, private hospitals and... Keep Reading »
Ashamed to Have Children? Speaking Out Against the Stigmatization of Women in Poverty
March 8, 2013
Every year, International Women’s Day offers an all-too-symbolic reminder of our continuing struggle to secure women’s human rights in this country and across the world.  The barriers to economic and social rights we seek to tackle on a daily basis disproportionally affect women... Keep Reading »
The Limitations of Market-Based Health “Reform:” Why the Feds Should Allow States to Skip Ahead to Universal Health Care
March 4, 2013
As more and more states are setting up federally mandated health insurance exchanges, the limitations of incremental, market-based health reform are becoming clearer. In these exchange marketplaces, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will subsidize the purchase of private insurance plans, yet... Keep Reading »
Dignity For All: Put People First Statement for a People’s Budget
February 13, 2013
Vermont's Put People First movement delivered this unity statement to members of the Vermont Senate and House Appropriations Committees at the February 11, 2013, Budget Hearings held at 15 VT Interactive TV sites throughout the state. Many dozen members of Put People First testified at the... Keep Reading »
Health Needs of Migrant Farm Workers Reported on Vermont Public Radio
January 18, 2013
The board that oversees health care in Vermont is looking at health issues affecting the state's undocumented farm workers. The Legislature asked the Green Mountain Care Board to estimate how much it would cost to include the undocumented migrant workers in a universal coverage plan. The... Keep Reading »