By Roxanne NelsonMedscape Medical News, Jan. 28, 2014The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as Obamacare, will not solve the healthcare crisis that
Discretionary Deeming: How One Town Got Improved Medicare
By Kay Tillow Firedoglake, Jan. 6, 2014By Kay Tillow | FireDogLake
Buried deep in the health reform law is Section 10323. It amends the Social Security
Two goals, neither achieved
By Bill Davidson, M.D.CommonSense2, January 2014By Bill Davidson, M.D. | CommonSense2
In creating the Affordable Care Act (ACA) President Barack Obama had hoped to accomplish two
Keeping Hope Alive for Single-Payer System
By Robert FultonCalifornia Health Report, Jan. 23, 2014Considering the prospects of a United States single-payer health care system, physician Matthew Hendrickson quipped: “Americans will always
Why drug prices are out of control, or money well spent by Big Pharma
By A.W. Gaffney, M.D.Truthout, Jan. 24, 2014By A.W. Gaffney, M.D. | Truthout
Nowadays, it's not only radicals who are recognizing the rising problem of inequality. Between
Oncologists Make the Case for Single Payer System
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