GOP base doesn't understand right wants to turn Medicare, Social Security and more into a very similar programBy Michael LindSalon, Oct. 28, 2013By Michael Lind
Is competition really good for health care?
There’s little evidence to support the model, this author postulatesBy Leigh Dolin, M.D.The Lund Report (Portland, Ore.), Oct. 28, 2013Competition is supposed to be good
The other reason for health website chaos
By David FreudbergThe Huffington Post, Oct. 28, 2013Advocates of a single-payer health system have long touted what they see as its cost-saving advantages. In light
Vermont eyes 2017 launch of single-payer health plan
By Dave GramModern Healthcare, Oct. 26, 2013(AP) As states open insurance marketplaces amid uncertainty about whether they're a solution for healthcare, Vermont is eyeing a
Amid tangle of Obamacare, consider single-payer health care
By Jack BernardThe Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, Oct. 26, 2013With private insurance covering most of the employed and 48 million uninsured, the United States has seen
New Mexico is 44th state AFL-CIO to back H.R. 676
By Kay TillowSingle Payer News, Oct. 24, 2013 On October 17, 2013, the Executive Council of the New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, endorsed H.R. 676,
The ACA is the Wrong Direction, Time for Medicare for All
By Margaret Flowers, M.D.Green Shadow Cabinet, Oct. 21, 2013 By Margaret Flowers, M.D. | Green Shadow Cabinet
The foundation of the ACA, the mandate that uninsured individuals
Obamacare vs. Canada: Five key differences
By Antonia MaioniThe Globe and Mail (Toronto), Oct. 3, 2013By Antonia Maioni | The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Despite the partisan war in Washington that shut
Even reformers don’t like Obamacare: a conversation with Dr. Quentin Young
By Phil KadnerSouthtown Star (Chicago), Oct. 17, 2013The Republicans are right. The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, is a mess.The Democrats are right. The nation
ACA's bungled rollout aside, government health insurance works
By Dr. Philip Caper Bangor (Maine) Daily News, Oct. 17, 2013By Dr. Philip Caper | Bangor (Maine) Daily News
The lead story in the Oct. 13 New
The High Cost of Asthma in America
By Elizabeth R. Rosenthal, M.D.The New York Times, Letters, Oct. 15, 2013Re “The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath” (“Paying Till It Hurts” series, front
The activist-doctor Quentin Young is still in
A new film project tries to capture the life of the physician who takes care of Chicago By Ben Joravsky The Reader (Chicago), October 15,
