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
Single payer is needed cure
Charlotte (N.C.) Observer
By Jack BernardCharlotte (N.C.) Observer, June 10, 2013After spending 25 years in the health care field, most of it related to making hospitals more efficient
Obamacare leaves millions uninsured. Here’s who they are.
By Sarah Kliff Washington Post, June 7, 2013 When we talk about the Affordable Care Act, we mostly focus on the millions of Americans who
Message to Congress: Immigrants Pay More Than Their 'Fair Share' of Medicare
Roll Call
By Steffie Woolhander and David U. HimmelsteinRoll Call, June 6, 2013Immigrants don’t just pick our fruit, deliver our take-out food and design our computers —
Evidence Supports Medicare For All
Health Affairs blog
By Ida HellanderHealth Affairs blog, June 7, 2013Dana Goldman and Adam Leive’s effort to discredit the single payer, Medicare-for-All model of financing health care —
Calls for Universal Health Care in Colorado and Nation
Public News Service - Colorado
By Stephanie Carroll CarsonPublic News Service - Colorado, June 3, 2013DENVER -- Efforts toward universal health care in Colorado were highlighted over the weekend at
Health benefits should not be tied to jobs
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Letters
By Pamella S. Gronemeyer, M.D.St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Letters, June 1, 2013By Pamella S. Gronemeyer, M.D. | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The story of Patriot Coal and its
Medical Debt: A Curable Affliction Health Reform Won’t Fix
By David U. Himmelstein, M.D., and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.Communities & Banking, Summer 2013 By David U. Himmelstein, M.D., and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H. |