Major Economic Impact Study Unveiled
Democracy is created by making an aggressive, determined, and long-term effort at eradicating the real axis of evil: poverty, homelessness, no health care.” - Tony Kushner For years we’ve been…
2 CommentsRead More...
Prescription for Curing Public Education Funding Crisis
A recent article in the Reading Eagle (“School boards face more tough choices in budget process”) painted a dire picture of budget gaps in many Berks County, Pennsylvania school districts….
3 CommentsRead More...
Coming Attractions
Welcome to 2013. As we dive into a new year, let’s look at what the year will bring on the health care front. Here is just a small sampling of…
8 CommentsRead More...
Go Jump Off a Cliff
As the new year approaches, talk of a “fiscal cliff” is all the rage in Washington. The Bush/Obama tax cuts are set to expire, and the ruling class is obsessed…
Read More...
Statewide Advocacy Group Calls for a Public Insurer
Every now and then the stars align and magic happens. Such was the case on October 27 in a packed room at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Kutztown, PA. The…
10 CommentsRead More...
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Okay, not ha-ha funny. No side-splitting yucks here. Funny as in an unexpected twist of fate. Planning for the single-payer health care forum scheduled for early summer at St. Barnabas…
1 CommentRead More...
ReCOVERING: Chuck-En-Stein on Addiction & Health Care
CS2 editor Chuck Brown’s dear friend, Tina (not her real name), suffers from degenerative disc disease, a fairly common problem. Many Americans share this affliction and can relate to the…
1 CommentRead More...
The Fat Lady Hasn’t Sung Yet
The Supreme Court Has Spoken The Supreme Court of the United States has spoken in the matter of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA). The vote to uphold the constitutionality…
4 CommentsRead More...
Pennacchio Brings Fight for Healthcare Justice to Kutztown
Forum for Healthcare Justice As the nine Justices of the Supreme Court decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act, we are pursuing another Justice – healthcare justice. You don’t…
1 CommentRead More...
Michael Moore & Wendell Potter to Rally One Payer States
You’re Invited! Late June will mark the fifth anniversary of the release of Michael Moore’s documentary, SiCKO, which contrasts health care in other industrialized countries with the dysfunctional system (or…
1 CommentRead More...
