By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldiver and Jennifer AgiestaThe Associated Press, Oct. 13, 2014WASHINGTON (AP) -- Having health insurance is no panacea for high medical costs. Overall, 1
The single-payer model: a foundation for professionalism
By Randall White, M.D.Canadian Healthcare Network (Toronto), Oct. 8, 2014By Randall White, M.D. | Canadian Healthcare Network (Toronto)
Obtaining orthopedic services in British Columbia is harder
Why Americans Are Drowning in Medical Debt
Healthcare is the number-one cause of personal bankruptcy and is responsible for more collections than credit cards.By Olga KhazanThe Atlantic, October 8, 2014By Olga Khazan
Still working toward health care for all
By the Editorial BoardThe Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette, Oct. 6, 2014A Republican hospital consultant and university teacher wrote a Sunday Gazette-Mail analysis saying President Obama’s Affordable
The uninsured in U.S. raise Ebola risk
Want to stop Ebola in the U.S.? Make sure everyone gets fast care even if they don't have insurance.By Laurie GarrettThe Chicago Tribune, Oct. 2,
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Medicare for All
Office of Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sept. 30, 2014One year after health insurance markets were opened to the public, Politico asked “some of the country's smartest
High medical bills pay middlemen
By Jonathan D. Walker, M.D.The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Sept. 28, 2014I was at a restaurant in Boston, sitting next to some high-powered business
Hospital Bureaucracy Costs Billions in Unhealthy Spending
By Laura KieselMainStreet, Sept. 22, 2014NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Hospitals in the U.S. spend exorbitant amounts on overhead compared to those of other countries, and
‘Climate change is a health crisis’
“Democracy Now,” Sept. 21, 2014Philip Swift“Democracy Now,” Sept. 21, 2014
The following is an unofficial transcript of an interview that Dr. Oliver Fein, chair of the
Why the single-payer resistance?
By Jack BernardThe Ledger-Inquirer (Columbus, Ga.), Sept. 19, 2014Ever since Medicare (universal health insurance for old people and the disabled) came out in 1965, congressional
The troubling way we pay hospitals in Maine and throughout the US
By Philip Caper, M.D. Bangor (Maine) Daily News, Sept. 18, 2014By Philip Caper, M.D. | Bangor (Maine) Daily News
A study published in the current issue
The Fight for Single-Payer Health Insurance, 2014
By Paul Song, M.D.Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare, Sept. 15, 2014The Labor Campaign for Single Payer held its largest ever strategy conference August 22-24