By Mary Ellen FlanneryNEA Today, June 27, 2014The same state that led the nation on same-sex marriage is now tackling another social justice issue: health
UnitedHealthCare disadvantages Medicare Advantage
By the editorial boardSt. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 24, 2014One of the major flaws in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is also one of
Chicago Jobs with Justice endorses H.R. 676
Single Payer News, June 22, 2014The Chicago chapter of Jobs with Justice has endorsed H.R. 676, national single-payer legislation sponsored by Congressman John Conyers of
Arnold Relman, medicine’s longtime conscience, dies at 91
By Robert LowesMedscape Medical News, June 19, 2014PNHP note: See links to additional obituaries of Dr. Relman at end of this article.Arnold "Bud" Relman, MD,
U.S. doctors migrating north
By Wendy GlauserCMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), June 19, 2014TORONTO -- With the prospect of greater pay, fewer bureaucratic headaches and the opportunity to provide
Why Medicare Advantage costs taxpayers billions more than it should
Regulators have kept problems secret, and there's no fix in sight By Fred Schulte, David Donald, Erin Durkin The Center for Public Integrity, June 4,
Expand Medicare to serve all veterans
By Philip Caper, M.D. Bangor (Maine) Daily News, June 19, 2014By Philip Caper, M.D. | Bangor (Maine) Daily News
The problem of long wait times for veterans
VA has issues, but its bright spots show value of Medicare-for-all system
Enhanced single-payer health insurance would save lives and money and provide high-quality careBy Julie Keller Pease, M.D., and Kevin TwinePortland (Maine) Press Herald, June 18,
PNHP backgrounder on the VA ā June 2014
PNHP has physician-spokespeople who are available to the media for comment on these issues. To schedule an interview, contact PNHP communications director Mark
Just how long are those wait times at the VA really?
By Phillip LongmanWashington Monthly, June 13, 2014 You probably saw headlines earlier this week like this one from CNN: āAudit: More than 120,000 veterans waiting
Skyrocketing salaries for health insurance CEOs
If theyāre making millions, should the rest of us have to pay higher premiums?By Wendell PotterThe Center for Public Integrity, June 9, 2014If health insurance
How VA Outsourcing Hurts Veterans
By Phillip Longman Washington Monthly, June 8, 2014By Phillip Longman | Washington Monthly
On Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, announced