A Rocky Mountain outrage: Colorado governor, legislators give regular folks short shrift in choice of board membersBy Wendell PotteriWatch News, Center for Public Integrity, July
Birthday wishes for a better Medicare
By Susanne L. King, M.D.The Berkshire Eagle (Lenox, Mass.), July 13, 2011Celebrating 46 years this month, Medicare continues to pay for the health care of
Health insurers' errors wasting billions
By Dave Zweifel, Cap Times editor emeritusThe Capital Times (Madison, Wis.), July 13, 2011The American Medical Association, the organization that represents most of the nationās
ALEC Exposed: Sabotaging Healthcare
By Wendell PotterThe Nation, July 12, 2011By Wendell Potter | The Nation
Days after President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, I arrived at
Obama's Proposed Medicare Age Hike Means a 12 Percent Benefit Cut for the Average Senior
By John NicholsThe Nation blog, July 12, 2011The word in Washington is that President Obama has, in negotiations with Congressional Republicans, offered to raise the
My warning for the NHS
I quit a private health industry built to deny care to millions. This is what Lansley wants hereBy Wendell PotterThe Guardian (U.K.), July 12, 2011Andrew
Nurses Call for Tax on Wall Street Trades, Not Cuts in Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid — Urge National Protests
Nurses Wonāt Endorse Candidates who Cut Social SecurityFrom National Nurses United Media Advisory, July 7, 2011Contact: Carl Ginsburg, (917) 405-1060, Donna Smith, (773) 617-4493, Charles
Joe Lieberman and his Medicare Gift
The press needs to untie the bowāand quickly By Trudy LiebermanColumbia Journalism Review, July 11, 2011By Trudy Lieberman | Columbia Journalism Review
Leave it to Connecticut Sen.
Improve Medicare and Expand It to All
By Jim Recht, M.D.CommonDreams, July 6, 2011By Jim Recht, M.D. | CommonDreams
In honor of its 46th birthday this month, here is a brief history of
Strengthen, don't privatize, Medicare
By Chris GibbarLetters, The Coloradoan, July 9, 2011On July 30, Medicare will be 46 years old.Prior to Medicare's creation, insurance companies routinely denied coverage to
Advocating universal, single-payer health care in Minnesota
By Lisa Peterson-de la CuevaTwin Cities Daily Planet, July 8, 2011By Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva | Twin Cities Daily Planet
Senator John Marty contacted the TC
When health insurance isn't enough
New studies suggest that coverage doesn't protect Americans from going bankrupt over medical costsBy David SirotaSalon.com, July 6, 2011By David Sirota | Salon.com
While the contest
