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
Dilemma over deductibles: Costs crippling middle class
Rather than pay so much out-of-pocket, many skip checkups, scrimp on careBy Laura Ungar and Jayne O'DonnellUSA Today, Jan. 2, 2015Physician Praveen Arla is witnessing
Three Vermonters respond to Gov. Shumlin’s decision on health reform
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Health Insurance Reform: Single Payer, Improved Medicare for All
By Stan GoldSonoma County (Calif.) Gazette, Jan. 2, 2015By Stan Gold | Sonoma County (Calif.) Gazette
In the December issue of the Gazette, we pointed out
Vermont never enacted single-payer bill
By Elizabeth R. Rosenthal, M.D.Times Union (Albany, N.Y.), Letters, Jan. 6, 2014Yevgeniy Feyman’s argument (“Proposed health plan too costly,” Dec. 29) is not valid because
Why did Swiss voters reject single-payer health care?
By Claudia Chaufan, M.D. Labor Notes, Dec. 31, 2014 Supporters of a single-payer, Medicare-for-all health care system in the U.S. were puzzled September 27 when Swiss voters
Health Insurance workers. We’ve Got Your Back!
By Kay TillowFiredoglake, My FDL blog, Dec. 26, 2014It’s just a matter of time until Humana, Aetna, Anthem, CIGNA, UnitedHealthcare—all the private health insurers—will no
As aspiring doctors, we see the racial toll of poor health insurance
By Scott GoldbergChicago Sun-Times, December 23, 2014On December 10, medical students at more than 70 schools across the country held “white coat die-ins” in response