By Marie Benz, M.D.MedicalResearch.com, Oct. 23, 2014Interview with Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Public Health and City University of New York, Lecturer (formerly Professor
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
While high-deductible plans cover
Americans still need a national health plan for everyone
An expanded Medicare program would save enough money in reduced bureaucracy to cover every uninsured AmericanBy Johnathon Ross, M.D.The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), Oct. 19, 2014Americaās
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
By Josephus WeeksThe Dallas Morning News, Oct. 14, 2014On Friday, Sept. 25, 2014, my uncle Thomas Eric Duncan went to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.
US Hospitals Lead Global Pack on Costly Paperwork
By Steffie Woolhandler and David HimmelsteinCommon Dreams, Oct. 16, 2014In some countries, bereaved families get condolence cards and flowers. In ours, the survivors are also
Think about your health when you vote in November
This article includes videoBy Philip Caper, M.D. Bangor (Maine) Daily News, Oct. 16, 2014 Elections matter. And when it comes to health care, the upcoming election on Nov. 4 will matter
U.S. hospitals not prepared for Ebola threat
By RoseAnn DeMoro The Washington Post, Oct. 13, 2014 With reports that a nurse who treated Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas has been infected,
Dr. Martin Luther King on health care injustice
PNHP note: The Associated Press wire story below, dated March 26, 1966, contains the first known published reference to Dr. King's famous quotation regarding injustice
American households are getting wrecked by medical debt
By Mandi WoodruffYahoo Finance, Oct. 9, 2014When Deanne Overvoldās husband, Lee, started complaining of back pain late last year, she thought the painkillers his doctor