By Tony Berberabe, MPHOncLive, Jan. 22, 2014When a patient receives the diagnosis of cancer, regardless of stage or severity of the disease, one of the
High deductibles perpetuate system’s issues
By Jonathan D. Walker, M.D.The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Jan. 14, 2014“Doc, I need to get this done before my new deductible kicks in.”
In 1965, Medicare Was Rolled Out In 8 Months. How?
By Laurie TarkanWellBeeFile, Jan. 24, 2014Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler, a member of Physicians for a National Health Program, which advocates for a single payer national health
Medicare for all ensures excellent health care
By Michael Binder, M.D.The Enquirer (Cincinnati), Letters, Jan. 22, 2014Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is
The Costs of a Trip to the Doctor
By Winthrop Dillaway, M.D.The New York Times, Letters, Jan. 21, 2014Re “Patients’ Costs Skyrocket; Specialists’ Incomes Soar” (“Paying Till It Hurts” series, front page, Jan.
The only way out
By Louis Balizet, M.D.Health Policy Solutions (Denver), Jan. 9, 2014By Louis Balizet, M.D.
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The Affordable Care Act, while providing some short-term
Americans underuse health care
By Jessica Schorr Saxe, M.D.The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, Jan. 17, 2014Are we a nation of people waiting to have medical insurance so that we can
Health Insurance Companies See ObamaCare Medicaid Boon
By Bruce JapsenForbes, Jan. 18, 2014As the Obama administration touts the need for uninsured Americans to sign up for private coverage via exchanges under the
Single-payer health care is the moral thing to do
By George EricksonDuluth (Minn.) News Tribune, Jan. 17, 2014By George Erickson
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U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, known as the “conscience of the
Obamacare spurs interest in the pathology of health care
By Philip Caper, M.D.Bangor (Maine) Daily News, Jan. 17, 2014Love it or hate it, even if ObamaCare never fully achieves its intended benefits, it has
Lance Armstrong’s doctor calls for single-payer system
By Deanna PogorelcMedCity News (Cleveland, Ohio), Jan. 17, 2014The latest outcry for a single-payer healthcare system comes from a duo of prominent cancer doctors who
States are still good ‘laboratories’
By Froma HarropThe Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.), Jan. 18, 2014In the beginning, Massachusetts opened the gates to same-sex marriage and universal health coverage. California started to