By James BesanteAlbuquerque Journal, Letters, June 10, 2014Winthrop Quigley concisely summarizes the sale of Lovelace Health Plan’s Medicare Advantage and commercial businesses to Blue Cross
VA Care: Still the Best Care Anywhere? Part II
By Phillip Longman Washington Monthly, June 5, 2014By Phillip Longman | Washington Monthly
On Tuesday, I offered some background information that called into question the now
Lack of funding is the real VA scandal
By Suzanne Gordon Beyond Chron (San Francisco), June 3, 2014By Suzanne Gordon | Beyond Chron (San Francisco)
As the firestorm about wait times at VA facilities
Retired doctor reflects on his 90 years in new book
By Ross FormanWindy City Times (Chicago), June 3, 2014Quentin Young offers his take on a variety of topics, including people, politics and policies, in his
Privatization won’t fix the VA
By Suzanne GordonThe Boston Globe, May 27, 2014First it was Social Security, then Medicare and Medicaid, and then the public health care option under Obamacare.
Selected letters on the VA scandal
The following four letters to the editor represent a sampling of opinion by single-payer advocates across the U.S. on the recently exposed wait-time problems in
VA Care: Still the Best Care Anywhere?
By Phillip Longman Washington Monthly, June 3, 2014By Phillip Longman | Washington Monthly
Last week, when I accepted an invitation to go on Hugh Hewitt’s nationally
Wake-up call for reform
By Arthur J. Sutherland III, M.D.The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.), Letters, May 31, 2014By Arthur J. Sutherland III, M.D. | The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
The
Simpler, better
By George Dyck, M.D.The Wichita Eagle, Letters, May 20, 2014As we still hear about confusion surrounding the Affordable Care Act, I think about how different
Blue Cross parent firm sued over big profits, big bonuses
By Mike DennisonIndependent Record (Helena, Mont.), May 28, 2014The parent firm of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana has been sued by a benefits-administration
It’s time for single-payer, universal health care
By Pat BarcasFox Valley Labor News, May 15, 2014CHICAGO — Discussion about single payer, universal health care has been ongoing for the last 100 years.
Another Green Flag for Single Payer
Reflections on the VA ScandalBy Andrew D. Coates, M.D.KevinMD — Dr. Kevin Pho — the popular physician blogger, suggests that single-payer advocates reevaluate the single-payer