Democrats’ Healthcare “Reform” Bails Out Insurers

By ANDREW POLLACK The following article will appear in the April 2010 edition of Socialist Action newspaper. In late March, after months of debate, Congress passed, and President Barack Obama signed into law, a bill that progressive columnist Chris Hedges accurately described as “the health-care industry’s version of the Wall Street bailout.” Rose Ann DeMoro, … Continue reading Democrats’ Healthcare “Reform” Bails Out Insurers →

Canada’s healthcare system and implications for the struggle in the US

Below is the text of a presentation by Barry Weisleder of Socialist Action-Canada to an SA forum in New York on September 11, 2009. Based on research by SA member Dr. Robbie Mahood of Montreal, it provides not only a detailed look at the Canadian system, but also an analysis of how they won it … Continue reading Canada’s healthcare system and implications for the struggle in the US →