By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, June 28, 2013It is common for people to assume that President Obama’s Affordable Care Act will
We need much more than Medicaid expansion
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Republicans should back a single-payer health care system
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
By Jack BernardThe Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, June 23, 2013My party, the Republican Party, has staked out amazingly naïve positions on two of the key domestic
When insurance is too expensive no matter what
Marketplace, American Public Media
By Dan GorensteinMarketplace, American Public Media, June 21, 2013Sunday marks 100 days until millions of Americans can start signing up for subsidized health insurance for
Canadians pay taxes for universal health care, and now they’re richer than us
Bangor Daily News
By Philip Caper, M.D.Bangor Daily News, June 20, 2013I’ve been watching with some dismay the wrestling match going on between the governor and the Maine
Universal health care and economic freedom go hand-in-hand
Demos
By David CallahanDemos, June 19, 2013One of the most pernicious myths of the past half century is that guaranteeing health care for all Americans would
Trans-Pacific Partnership undermines health system
Al-Jazeera
Medical corporations seek tools to protect their profits despite harmful effects on public healthBy Margaret Flowers, M.D.Al-Jazeera, June 17, 2013By Margaret Flowers, M.D. | Al-Jazeera
The
Should Physician Pay Be Tied to Performance?
The Wall Street Journal
No: The System Is Too Easy to Game — and Too Hard to Set UpBy Steffie Woolhandler, M.D.The Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2013Paying doctors
Underinsured in the Age of Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act does not make health care a rightBy A.W. GaffneyIn These Times, July 2013During the second presidential debate of 2008, Tom Brokaw
Support for a single-payer system
By Christopher Stack, M.D.Orthopedics Today, Letters, June 2013In his commentary in the April issue of Orthopedics Today, Dr. Jackson makes several valid points. He correctly
Competition in Medicare programs: Boon or boondoggle?
The Union (Nevada City, Calif.)
By Carole CarsonThe Union (Nevada City, Calif.), June 11, 2013Does competition to provide insurance for Medicare recipients reduce costs? Or does competition simply increase the
Affordable Care Act's Achilles Heel? Blaming Patients, Not Profiteering
By Karen Higgins, R.N. Common Dreams, June 12, 2013 With the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act near, it's
Central labor councils to AFL-CIO: Strengthen Social Security & pass Improved Medicare for All
Single Payer News
By Kay TillowSingle Payer News, June 2, 2013Four central labor councils have passed an identical resolution calling upon the September AFL-CIO convention to organize an