By Ana Malinow, M.D.
Truthout, December 3, 2021
In the face of massive support for Medicare for All and the failure of the U.S.’s for-profit health care
The multiple dangers of Direct Contracting Entities
This article includes audioKPFA Radio, Flashpoints, December 2, 2021
Single-payer organizer Kay Tillow of Kentuckians for Single Payer Health Care spoke with KPFA Radio in Berkeley, Calif. about the
Docs Come to D.C. to Protest Medicare’s Direct Contracting Program
By Joyce Frieden
MedPage Today, December 1, 2021
WASHINGTON -- Medicare's direct contracting program, if it is allowed to continue, will be the end of traditional Medicare,
Congress ‘Asleep at the Switch’ as Biden Continues Trump-Era Ploy to Privatize Medicare
By Jake Johnson
Common Dreams, November 30, 2021
A Trump-era pilot program that could result in the complete privatization of traditional Medicare in a matter of years
Willie Sutton and the brave new world of Medicare privatization
By Marvin Malek, M.D., M.P.H.
VT Digger, November 30, 2021
In 1938, the notorious bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks. His response: “That’s
Inside the Medicare Advantage plans, many now being probed
By Stephen Kemble, M.D.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser, “Island Voices,” November 21, 2021
This is open enrollment season for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, and the public is being inundated
Medicare for All Explained Podcast: Episode 67
This article includes audioNovember 15, 2021
PNHP national board member Dr. Judith Albert reminds us that health is lifelong concern for patients...which is why health coverage needs to be
Medicare is on the menu
By Robert S. Kiefner, M.D.
Concord (N.H.) Monitor, November 12, 2021
Since 1965, Medicare has been the foundation of medical care for millions of seniors and those
Biden moves forward with Trump Medicare privatization plan
By Chris Tomlinson
Houston Chronicle, November 8, 2021
No one should be surprised the Trump administration hatched a plan to put private insurance companies in charge of
Medicare for All Explained Podcast: Episode 66
This article includes audioNovember 1, 2021
PNHP national board member Dr. Scott Goldberg describes the ways in which our public health programs have been privatized, and why we need
U.S. Health Care — Down the Rabbit Hole
By Michael Flynn, M.D.
Louisville Medicine, Vol. 69, No. 6, pg. 35-36, November 2021
All of the other first world/industrial countries have health care systems whose function
Physician Burnout: Fix the Doctor or Fix the System?
By Nancy C. Greep, M.D.; Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.; and David Himmelstein, M.D.
The American Journal of Medicine, Commentary, November 1, 2021
Burnout—emotional exhaustion and depersonalization (ie,