By Don McCanne, M.D. “If the piece has a hero, it’s an unlikely one: Medicare, the government program that by law can pay hospitals
Brill’s big breakthrough
A Time manifesto on healthcare costs smashes fences that have constricted this conversation for far too longBy Trudy LiebermanColumbia Journalism Review, The Second Opinion blog,
Care crisis: Medicare for all
The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette
By the Editorial BoardThe Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette, March 17, 2013CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Health care should be a human right for all people. Medical insurance should
Rhode Island's is 41st state AFL-CIO to endorse H.R. 676
By Single Payer NewsOn Feb. 25 the Executive Board of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO unanimously endorsed H.R. 676, Expanded and Improved Medicare for All, the
Dr. Steffie Woolhandler: Time to end medical debt, medical bankruptcy
The following is an unofficial, slightly edited set of excerpts from a March 4 telephone interview with Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, professor at the City University
Selling Expensive Health Care Lemons
Bangor Daily News
By Philip Caper, M.D.Bangor Daily News, March 14, 2013In 1970, a University of California economist named George Akerlof wrote a paper titled
Experts debate all-payer setups vs. Medicare for all
Politico
By Brett NormanPolitico, March 14, 2013Health care prices are too damn high.That’s the punch line to the provocative Time magazine piece “Bitter Pill” by Steven
PNHP members react to Time's ‘Bitter Pill’
PNHP note: In addition to longer commentaries by Dr. James Kahn and Dr.PNHP note: In addition to longer commentaries by Dr. James Kahn
New York: Gottfried, Perkins introduce universal health care bill
The Legislative Gazette (Albany, N.Y.)
By Clara A. SmithThe Legislative Gazette (Albany, N.Y.), March 11, 2013Assemblyman Richard Gottfried and Sen. Bill Perkins have unveiled a bill that, if adopted, would
'Bitter pill' should prompt lawmakers to back Medicare for all
The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.), Letters
By Timothy Shaw, M.D.The Capital Times (Madison, Wis.), Letters, March 11, 2013Steven Brill’s recent Time magazine article “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us,”
Teachers, colleges getting early lesson in Obamacare
Chicago Tribune
By Eric ZornChicago Tribune, March 5, 2013They jokingly refer to themselves as "road scholars," the part-time, often itinerate employees who teach the majority of the
Proposal challenges TIAA-CREF on for-profit health insurance
Social Funds
By Robert KroppSocial Funds, March 7, 2013Advocacy groups urge the pension fund to divest its holdings in private health insurance companies, arguing that the industry