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Using Ebola Care as a National Health Model
By Carol C. Nadelson and Howard CorwinThe New York Times, Letters, Oct. 31, 2014The Ebola crisis could be a test case for health care management
Obamacare a Successful Failure
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Activists Rally for Universal Healthcare
By Daphne C. ThompsonThe Harvard Crimson, Oct. 27, 2014Holding signs reading "Healthcare not warfare" and "Insurers deny, people die," more than 100 activists rallied at
Physicians Frustrated By Administrative Burdens of Medical Practice
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Single-payer health care is the only sustainable way forward
By Dave Dvorak, M.D.Duluth News Tribune, Oct. 23, 2014"Not sustainable.ā That was the way PreferredOne CEO Marcus Merz described the circumstances leading to his insurance
Zarr appointed president-elect of Physicians for a National Health Program
UT School of Public Health, Oct. 22, 2014 Robert Zarr, M.D., M.P.H., an alumnus of The University of Texas School of Public Health, was recently
Unable to Meet the Deductible or the Doctor
By Abby Goodnough and Robert PearThe New York Times, Oct. 17, 2014By Abby Goodnough and Robert Pear | The New York Times
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Americans still need a national health plan for everyone
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Top Doc Says Ebola Shows Skewed Priorities
By Amitabh PalThe Progressive, Oct. 17, 2014The Ebola crisis has revealed severe deficiencies in how the American health care system works, experts say.Dr. Walter Tsou,
Ebola didnāt have to kill Thomas Eric Duncan, nephew says
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