By Jamie SelfThe State (Columbia, S.C.), March 11, 2014COLUMBIA, S.C. — Protesters calling on lawmakers to expand Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act --
International experts tell senators that single-payer improves national health at less cost
By Mark Karlin Truthout/Buzzflash, March 11, 2014 Here are two basic facts to remember about the health care system in the United States. First, there is the
Maine Medical Association survey shows 64 percent support single payer
Membership survey shows strong support for a Medicare for All, single-payer approach to reformBy the editorsMaine Medicine Weekly Update, March 10, 2014A recent survey of
ACA won’t control health care costs
By Henry J. Waters IIIColumbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune, March 8, 2014Recently a group of physicians sponsored a visit by a University of Massachusetts professor of
When Health Costs Harm Your Credit
By Elisabeth Rosenthal The New York Times, March 8, 2014By Elisabeth Rosenthal | The New York Times
When Matt Meyer, who owns a saddle-fitting company in
Facing death – and hope
By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, March 7, 2014A man in his 90s became very ill and was brought to the hospital
Worse Than the Mob: The Insurance Industry Is Organized Crime
By William Rivers Pitt Truthout, March 6, 2014 We got accountants playin' God and countin' out the pills Yeah, I know, that sucks - that
Not far enough?
Health care for everyone isn’t a question of realism – it’s a moral necessityBy Gabriel Edwards and David MealieaThe New Physician, January-February 2014By Gabriel Edwards
Sizing up Obamacare, unions urging unified push for single-payer system
Cite increasing burden at bargaining tableBy David SimsThe Chief-Leader (New York), March 3, 2014The Affordable Care Act’s changes to the nation’s health-care business mean good
The urgency for health reform returns
By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Feb. 28, 2014This week New York State of Health, also named The Official Health Plan Marketplace,
Health care debate far from finished
By Sara FossThe Daily Gazette (Schenectady, N.Y.), Feb. 26, 2014The other night I attended a debate at The Linda in Albany, WAMC’s performing arts studio,
On Obamacare: a med student’s view
By Jawad HusainThe Daily Free Press (Boston University), Feb. 23, 2014I voted for Barack Obama in 2008 because he promised to sign a universal health
