By Andrew D. Coates, M.D., F.A.C.P.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, April 12, 2013Today I'd like to share some thinking about Medicare and medicine as a profession.Medicare
Medicare and medicine as a profession
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Austerity and the Unraveling of European Universal Health Care
By Adam Gaffney, M.D.Dissent, Spring 2013A great human disaster is now unfolding in the many Eurozone countries that have agreed to slash spending, wages, and
The Reason Health Care Is So Expensive: Insurance Companies
Bloomberg Businessweek
By Jeffrey PfefferBloomberg Businessweek, April 10, 2013By Jeffrey Pfeffer | Bloomberg Businessweek
But the thing that few people talk about, and that no serious policy proposal
The great health care sinkhole
Concord Monitor (N.H.)
By Robert S. Kiefner, M.D.Concord Monitor (N.H.), April 3, 2013The bizarre and tragic loss of a Florida man a few weeks ago, slipping to his
'Bitter Pill' misses the target on solutions to the U.S. medical crisis
Brill glosses over the real solution to the cost of medical bills: a single-payer system which forces hospitals to be more efficientBy Jack BernardTime magazine,
An adventure to make life worth living
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
By Andrew Coates, M.D.WAMC Northeast Public Radio, April 5, 2013Helen Keller famously wrote that "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." She continued: "To
Advice for Stephen Colbert when interviewing President Clinton
Clayton-Richmond Heights Patch
By Arthur Yakov KrichevskyClayton-Richmond Heights Patch, April 5, 2013I hope Stephen Colbert asks President Bill Clinton about health care on Saturday.Colbert is a brilliantly satiric
Over 7,000 march to demand return of stolen UMWA health benefits
Firedoglake
16 arrested sitting in for minersBy Kay TillowFiredoglake, April 4, 2013CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- They boarded buses and cars before dawn, some the night before, coming
Insurers Trump in Washington
The Wall Street Journal
By Jon KampThe Wall Street Journal, April 3, 2013Washington wants to get tough on spending -- but in the latest round of payment rates for
Will the ACA achieve universal, equitable coverage?
By Johnathon S. Ross, M.D.Toledo Medicine, Winter 2013In 2004, well ahead of the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Institute of Medicine (IOM),
Insurers see way to dodge federal healthcare law next year
Los Angeles Times
A little-known loophole in President Obama's landmark legislation enables health insurers to extend existing policies for nearly all of 2014.By Chad TerhuneLos Angeles Times, April
Farewell to the NHS, 1948-2013
A dear and trusted friend finally murdered by Tory ideologuesThis week's 'reforms' of a treasured institution - by people who came to power promising not