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
Why Obamacare can’t lower costs
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
First Million-Dollar Drug Near After Prices Double on Dozens of Treatments
By Robert LangrethBloomberg News, April 30, 2014Earl Harford, a retired professor, recently bought a monthās worth of the pills he needs to keep his leukemia
Dr. David Himmelstein on ‘The Ed Show’
PNHP co-founder Dr. David Himmelstein appeared on MSNBC's 'The Ed Show' on May 9, 2014 to discuss a study he co-authored that found that more
When Cost Deters Care
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
New push for state-funded health care
By Kelly FayThe Legislative Gazette (Albany, N.Y.), May 6, 2014Lawmakers, patients and health providers are urging the Legislature to pass a bill they say would
Health insurance CEO pay skyrockets in 2013
Some see their compensation doubleHealthcare-NOW!, May 5, 2014Chief executive officers at Fortune 500 health insurance companies, who have opposed new regulations under the Affordable Care
Singular solution
By Ana Malinow, M.D.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Letters, May 4, 2014Kudos to Bill Toland for his April 27 piece āHow Did America End Up With This Health
Obamacareās Empty Victory
By Margaret Flowers, M.D.The Indypendent (Brooklyn, N.Y.), May 2, 2014It feels truly Orwellian that progressives are applauding the forced purchase of private health insurance ā
Legal challenge threatens Canada’s medicare
No evidence that for-profit health care results in better outcomesBy Monika Dutt and Rachel TutteVancouver Sun, May 1, 2014We are just four short months away
The Canadian health care system I disparaged
Single-payer regime up north represents a better wayBy Wendell PotterThe Center for Public Integrity, April 28, 2014When I returned home after a two-week speaking tour
Single-payer advocate makes pitch to doctor executives
By Andis RobeznieksModern Healthcare, Vital Signs blog, April 28, 2014CHICAGO -- The American College of Physician Executives annual meeting drew a record 830 attendees, including