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
Teachers, colleges getting early lesson in Obamacare
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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
Winning Medicare for All? 'I Like Our Chances'
Despite insights, Time magazine's cover story falls short on remedyBy James KahnCommonDreams.org, February 28, 2013 In his recent Time magazine article, Steven Brill paints a vivid
4 things to know about Medicare's overhead costs
By Bob HermanBecker's Hospital Review, Feb. 27, 2013Many statistics and numbers are thrown around when health care policymakers and leaders discuss Medicare's administrative costs, but
Saving on health care at the cost of people's health
Health care spending in the U.S. has slowed because fewer people can afford health servicesBy Margaret Flowers, M.D.Al-Jazeera, Feb. 27, 2013By Margaret Flowers, M.D. |
Market doesn't work for health
By James Binder, M.D.The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette, Feb. 27, 2013A major shift is occurring in health and no one seems to be noticing. Computers have
Fighting for health care that doesnāt leave you broke & naked
A profile of Dr. Elizabeth FrostBy Jacob WheelerThe Uptake (St. Paul, Minn.), Feb. 27, 2013If Minnesota ever adopts a single-payer heath care system, the work
Readers react: The future of Medicare
The New York Times, Letters, Feb. 24, 2013PNHP note: The following two letters were published as part of a "Sunday Dialogue" in response to a
Free-market fantasy on health care
By Caroline Poplin, M.D.The New York Times, Letters, Feb. 21, 2013Re āThe Health Benefits That Cut Your Payā (Sunday Review, Feb. 17):With the best intentions,
Reducing Administrative Costs
By Samuel Metz, M.D.New England Journal of Medicine, Correspondence, Feb. 14, 2013In their Perspective article, Cutler et al. (Nov. 15 issue)[1] describe methods for reducing
Corruption and scandal in the NHS: What happens when you introduce private incentives to public services
This article includes videoBy Josh Freeman, M.D.Medicine and Social Justice blog, Feb. 23, 2013By Josh Freeman, M.D. | Medicine and Social Justice blog
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Physician says Obamacare not the answer to full coverage
By Nicole BackThe Morehead (Ky.) News, Feb. 22, 2013Is health care a human right? Dr. Ewell Scott, a retired physician, emphatically says the answer is