By Wally Retan, M.D.The Birmingham News, July 3, 2011Begin with what everyone knows. Health care costs and health insurance costs are climbing more than twice
Vermont plan aims to control health care costs
The Birmingham News
The Old, the Young and Medicare
LettersThe New York Times, July 3, 2011I disagree with Daniel Callahan. I think that the economist Robert B. Reich expressed it best: āMedicare isnāt the
NOW reaffirms support for single-payer health reform
National Organization for WomenPress release, June 27, 2011The National Organization for Women wrapped up its 45th National Conference in Tampa, Fla. on Sunday, June 26,
Universal Health Care: Can We Afford Anything Less?
Why only a single-payer system can solve Americaās health-care mess. By Gerald FriedmanDollars and Sense, July 2011By Gerald Friedman | Dollars and Sense
Americaās broken health-care
Health care for all is Christian and practical, physician says
The Huntsville (Ala.) Times
By Kay CampbellThe Huntsville (Ala.) Times, June 29, 2011 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- Truly selfish people, once they
Doctors aren't accepting new patients with private insurance either
The Incidental Economist
By Aaron CarrollThe Incidental Economist, June 28, 2011By Aaron Carroll | The Incidental Economist
The story youāve been hearing is that (1) doctors are fleeing Medicare
Vladeck: It's Not a Medicare Crisis, It's a Revenue Crisis
CQ Healthbeat
By John Reichard, CQ HealthBeat EditorCQ Healthbeat, June 23, 2011Bruce Vladeck, who ran the Medicare and Medicaid programs in the Clinton administration, told a Senate
Nurses union supports equal access for all
Orlando Sentinel
By Jean Ross, R.N.Orlando Sentinel, June 28, 2011The view from the hospital floor where nurses give care 24/7 is quite a distance from the halls
Study: Doctors More Likely To Drop Private Insurance Than Medicare
NPR 'Shots' health blog
By Scott HensleyNPR 'Shots' health blog, June 27, 2011There's a lot of chatter about how public policy can influence doctors' decisions about which new patients
Medicare for all is best option
LettersThe Witchita Eagle, June 27, 2011Kudos to a Wichita physician for speaking out for the need and benefits of Medicare ("Health care law preserves Medicare,"
In 'socialized medicine,' a man wouldn't rob a bank to get health care
The Baltimore Sun
By Leonard Pitts Jr.The Baltimore Sun, June 26, 2011I pay my taxes.I will not offend your intelligence by pretending to enjoy it. Writing that check
Good Samaritan sets example for health care
Letters, Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald
By James Fieseher, M.D.Letters, Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald, June 23, 2011Recently, a patient told me he was against a government-run health care system because it meant