The Indypendent (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
Katie Robbins thinks the fight for universal healthcare is so important she is willing to put her butt on the line. An organizer with Healthcare-NOW!, Robbins is helping to ratchet up protests to push Congress to establish a single-payer healthcare system. As part of the campaign, Robbins and others are donning hospital gowns and shiny plastic buttocks that stick out the back of their gowns. Once dressed,...
Connecticut Bob (Free subscription) | 05/29/2009
Spazeboy (aka Beau Anderson) has a good account and several (longish) videos of last night's event, which featured Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and Katie Robbins (from Healthcare-NOW!) among several other notable attendees.Go over to Spazeboy.net to read his article and watch the videos!
spazeboy (Free subscription) | 05/29/2009
Last night I attended an Open Health Care Forum organized by my friends (and fellow Cardinals) Emily Langner and Deb Hall. The esteemed panelists–Katie Robbins from Healthcare-Now!, Donna Smith from the California Nurses Association (also featured in Sicko!), and U.S. Congressman John Conyers, author of HR 676–spoke for the majority of the program before [...]
Healthcare-NOW! (Free subscription) | 05/27/2009
... Kevin Zeese, Mark Dudzik, and Adam Schneider – pled not guilty this morning. The remaining six – Katie Robbins, Dr. Judy Dasovich, Dr. Steve Fenichel, Sue Cannon, DeAnn McEwan, and Jerry Call – will be arraigned later this week and next month. A status hearing for the Baucus 13 was set for June 22 before Judge Harold L. Cushenberry. The Baucus 13 are being represented by criminal...
Connecticut Bob (Free subscription) | 05/27/2009
... own doctors, since no provider is ever considered “out of network.”Confirmed for the panel are Katie Robbins, the assistant national coordinator for Healthcare-NOW!; Donna Smith, featured in Michael Moore's movie Sicko, who is a legislative associate and community organizer for the California Nurses Association; and Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), who introduced HR 676, the current Federal...
