By Ed Weisbart, M.D.St. Louis Business Journal, Letters, July 10, 2015Ascension CEO Tony Tersigni is right when he told the St. Louis Business Journal that
Medicare and Medicaid: Successes and Drawbacks
The New York Times, Letters, July 11, 2015PNHP note: The three letters below were among six published in the Sunday (July 12) print edition
Health Insurance Companies Seek Big Rate Increases for 2016
By Robert PearThe New York Times, July 3, 2015WASHINGTON — Health insurance companies around the country are seeking rate increases of 20 percent to 40
The Choice Ahead: A Private Health-Insurance Monopoly Or A Single Payer
By Robert Reich The Huffington Post, July 6, 2015 The Supreme Court’s recent blessing of Obamacare has precipitated a rush among the nation’s biggest health insurers
The Fight Over Obamacare Was a Giant Political Charade
By Sonali KolhatkarTruthdig, July 2, 2015By Sonali Kolhatkar | Truthdig
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 25 that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) subsidies
Undocumented immigrants help keep Medicare solvent, according to new study
This article includes videoBy George Lauer California Healthline, June 29, 2015 Undocumented immigrants pay billions more into Medicare every year than they use in health benefits, and in
Single payer better than flawed ACA
By Melissa Stiles, M.D.The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.), Letters, June 28, 2015By Melissa Stiles, M.D. | The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.)
The Affordable Care Act withstood
America’s health care system is still broken: Why single-payer is the only thing that will ever fix it
The final triumph of Obamacare was great news for Americans depending on it -- but it still isn't enoughBy A.W. Gaffney, M.D.Salon, June 26, 2015On
How Undocumented Immigrants Help Strengthen Our Health Care System
By Esther Yu-Hsi Lee Think Progress, June 24, 2015By Esther Yu-Hsi Lee | Think Progress
Undocumented immigrants provided a surplus of $35.1 billion to the Medicare
Medicare at 50: Strengths to Build On
By John Geyman, M.D.The Huffington Post, June 22, 2015Traditional, or Original, Medicare turns 50 on July 30, having had many challenges and achievements from the
The latest legal challenge to Canada’s healthcare system
A primer on the legal dispute between Dr. Brian Day and British Columbia – and how it may affect Canada's healthcare systemBy Karen S. Palmer,
From Exchange to Egalité
However the Supreme Court rules, Obamacare isn’t enough. We need a more fundamentally egalitarian health care system By A.W. Gaffney, M.D. Jacobin magazine, June 18, 2015By