By Jessica MarcyKaiser Health News, Jan. 19, 2012Vermont lawmakers are taking steps to move the state toward a publicly-financed insurance program and craft a state
Single-payer health care will increase choice
By Susan Leigh Deppe, M.D.Vtdigger.org, Jan. 15, 2012Opponents of Vermont’s new single-payer health law are fear-mongering about the supposed consequences of lack of “robust choice”
Next civil rights frontier? It surely has to be health care
By Jessica Schorr Saxe, M.D.The Charlotte Observer, Jan. 14, 2012"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane."–Martin
In Dire Health
By Arnold RelmanThe American Prospect, Jan. 13, 2012By Arnold Relman | The American Prospect
Most people assume that insurance is an essential part of the health-care
Calif. health professional students rally for single payer
Photo by Dr. William BronstonVarious sources, Jan. 10, 2012Various sources
What follows is a partial listing of the media coverage given to parallel marches and
Problem with health care is for-profit insurance
By Samuel Metz and Charlotte MaloneyThe Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.), Jan. 9, 2012Modern mythology recounts James Carville giving candidate Bill Clinton memorable advice regarding his upcoming
Universal publicly funded health care: Establishing accountability without competition
By Stephen Kemble, M.D.Consider H.R.676, the House single-payer bill kept "off the table" during health reform negotiations. It proposes public financing of universal health care,
Hawaii Health Authority outlines roadmap to universal care
The Hawaii Health Authority, which
‘Occupy’ and U.S. Health Care
By Mary O’Brien, M.D.CommonDreams, Jan. 10, 2012After wincing a bit from the free flu shot, my young patient turned to me and said, “What you’re
The real value of Medicare
By Arthur J. Sutherland III, M.D.The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, Tenn.), Jan. 9, 2012Gerald Friedman, a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, made this
Our for-profit health care system is broken
By John Benziger, M.D.Letters, Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Maine), Jan. 7, 2012Last year, people woke up to the fact that corporate greed and injustice are hurting
Crowdfunding for medical expenses in U.S.
With medical expenses the leading cause of personal bankruptcies in the United States, an increasing number of desperate Americans are turning to websites to raise