By Jon Perr Daily Kos, May 20, 2014By Jon Perr | Daily Kos
With its shameful backlog and secret waiting lists at some of its facilities,

The Morning Consult, May 20, 2014As the health insurance industry increasingly looks to market directly to consumers for new revenue, legacy brand challenges remain.  The

By Aaron Carroll, M.D.The Week, May 19, 2014In the U.S., we throw around the phrase "socialized medicine" a lot, typically referring to a Medicare-for-all system

A presentation by Dr. Andrew CoatesLabor Beat, May 16, 2014On YouTube at: http://youtu.be/_M4sP6FieEkLabor Beat, May 16, 2014
This video provides a clear overview of the national

By Elisabeth RosenthalThe New York Times, May 17, 2014Though the recent release of Medicare’s physician payments cast a spotlight on the millions of dollars paid

'This new rule to limit payments for needed medical procedures is a reminder of everything that is wrong with our profit-driven healthcare system.' By Sarah

GOP pols quietly changing Medicaid expansion to system of various right-wing schemes. Here’s why lives are at stake By Adam Gaffney, M.D. Salon, May 15,

By Philip Caper, M.D. Bangor Daily News, May 15, 2014 Opponents of universal health care often claim that in order to afford it we will

By Kip Sullivan, J.D.Truthdig, May 9, 2014President Obama and the Democratic Party dug themselves into a deep hole by claiming the Affordable Care Act would

By Robert LangrethBloomberg News, April 30, 2014Earl Harford, a retired professor, recently bought a month’s worth of the pills he needs to keep his leukemia

By Ida Hellander, M.D.The New York Times, May 9, 2014H. Gilbert Welch is right to be concerned that patients will forgo diagnostic mammograms, colonoscopies and