Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna and other health insurers are increasingly shifting more prescriptions for complex conditions to a new category requiring customers to shoulder a
Maine campus hears support for single-payer health care
By Dina Mendros, Staff WriterBiddeford (Maine) Journal Tribune, May 11, 2012BIDDEFORD, Maine ā The Affordable Care Act passed Congress in 2010. Now the country is
Obamacare Will Not Fix Health Care
A single-payer program in Utah will lower costs and improve quality of medical servicesBy Joseph Jarvis, M.D.City Weekly (Salt Lake City), May 23, 2012By Joseph
VA To Invest Billions in Open Source Transition
By Roger A. Maduro Open Health News, May 20, 2012By Roger A. Maduro | Open Health News
The open source strategy of the U.S. Department of
The ills of money-driven medicine
By Philip Caper, M.D.Bangor Daily News (Maine), May 17, 2012A couple of weeks ago, nine medical specialty societies released a list of 45 medical tests
Patients go bankrupt as medical costs soar
By Colorado Public News and Erika GonzalezKUNC Colorado Public News (NPR), May 21, 2012In 2008, Kimberly Fague was diagnosed with organ failure. Plagued by nausea,
WellPoint critic, 88, leads docs’ crusade for Medicare for all
By Dan CarpenterThe Indianapolis Star, May 18, 2012He was personal physician to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and future President Barack Obama when they
WellPoint critic, 88, leads docs' crusade for Medicare for all
By Dan CarpenterThe Indianapolis Star, May 18, 2012He was personal physician to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and future President Barack Obama when they
WellPoint shareholders say no to political spending proposal
By Jeff SwiatekThe Indianapolis Star, May 17, 2012At an annual meeting marked by shouts and a street protest, WellPoint shareholders on Wednesday rejected a proposal
Medical students embrace Medicare for all
By Ed Weisbart, M.D.St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 16, 2012If you ever want to rekindle your hope for American medicine, spend time with medical students. These
Oregon Activists Look to Grassroots Approach to Win Universal Health Care
By Peter Shapiro Labor Notes, May 14, 2012By Peter Shapiro | Labor Notes
With health care premiums rising three times faster than workersā income, more and
Single-payer health care: What could it do on the national stage?
By Bob HermanBeckerās Hospital Review, May 14, 2012One of the biggest buzz words in health care today is "reform" ā and to quote REO Speedwagon,