By James Besante, MS4Common Dreams, Jan. 25, 2015This past week the world celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Marches of remembrance also served
Child health care and the class divide
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The U.S. split between a wealthy elite and the majority poor is
Purchasing insurance across state lines doesn’t work and causes more problems than it can possibly solve
By James Fieseher, M.D.Concord (N.H.) Monitor, Jan. 29, 2015In American politics, ideology often supersedes reason. We don’t have to look any further than in the
Barriers to More Healthcare Reform Are Numerous
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Majority still support single-payer option, poll finds
By Sarah FerrisThe Hill, January 19, 2015More than five years after the single-payer system was scrapped from ObamaCare policy debates, just over 50 percent of
Single-payer system would free $375 billion for health care
By Isaiah J. PooleCampaign for America's Future, Jan. 15, 2015A new study has put a price tag on how much more the United States pays
The Affordable Care Act in 2015 — where do we stand?
By Louis Balizet, M.D.Health News Colorado, Jan. 12, 2015The beginning of the new year seems a logical time to review the Affordable Care Act and
Health insurance paperwork wastes $375 billion
By Dan Mangan CNBC.com, Jan. 13, 2015By Dan Mangan | CNBC
And you thought your bills were out of control.
A New Study Shows Why Obamacare Should Have Been Single-Payer
By Sarah Kollmorgen The New Republic, January 12, 2015 Last summer, with Obamacare's initial troubles fading from view, The New Republic's Brian Beutler noted that certain problems
What Happened in Vermont: Implications of the Pullback from Single Payer
By Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., and David U. Himmelstein, M.D.Gov. Peter Shumlin’s Dec. 17, 2014, announcement that he would not press forward with Vermont’s Green
Lessons From Vermont
What does Vermont’s failed single-payer plan tell us about future reform efforts? By A.W. Gaffney, M.D. Jacobin magazine, Jan. 8, 2015By A.W. Gaffney, M.D. | Jacobin
Has
Lessons On The Struggle For Health Care As A Human Right
By Margaret Flowers, M.D.By Margaret Flowers, M.D.
After years of work to elect a favorable governor, pass legislation and implement it, the people of Vermont were