By Margaret Flowers, M.D.FireDogLake, April 27, 2011By Margaret Flowers, M.D. | FireDogLake
Leadership in Washington recognizes the damage our soaring health care spending is doing to
The Special Doctor-Patient Relationship
LettersThe New York Times, April 25, 2011Re āPatients Are Not Consumersā (column, April 22): Bravo to Paul Krugman. As a physician for 44 years, I
America Needs a Single Payer Health Care System
Even if Obama's overhaul works as planned, there will still be 23 million Americans lacking health insurance in 2019By Kay TillowOther Words, April 25, 2011More
GOP's Medicare Plan Would Be a Windfall for Insurers
By Wendell PotterPublished on Friday, April 22, 2011 by PR WatchRep. Paul Ryan's plan to privatize Medicare would accelerate a trend started several years ago
Medical bankruptcies will remain high under Obama health plan
By Glen FordBlack Agenda Radio, March 21, 2011By Glen Ford | Black Agenda Radio
A new study shows that people in Massachusetts are still going bankrupt
St. Paul City Council supports single-payer health care in state
By Joe KimballMinnPost.com, April 21, 2011The St. Paul City Council passed a resolution Wednesday supporting the Minnesota Health Plan, a proposal that's floating around the
A call to lead in reducing inequalities
By Jeffrey B. Ritterman, M.D.Editorial, American Journal of Medicine, April 2011 Imagine a microbe that lowers life expectancy. Suppose this microbe also causes increases in obesity,
Canadaās Health Care: An Alternate Universe
By Elizabeth RosenthalCommonDreams.org, April 20, 2011I recently returned from a visit of several days to an alternate universe: Canadian health care.As a physician who has
Spreading the single-payer gospel: Talking health care reform in Summit County
Activist physician Margaret Flowers talks about a universal, single-payer modelBy Kathryn CorazzelliSummit (Colo.) Daily News, April 16, 2011By Kathryn Corazzelli | Summit (Colo.) Daily News
The
Single-payer health care system would save lives, money
By Joseph SparksColumbia Missourian, April 15, 2011The 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center killed 2,751 people. In 2001, it has been estimated that
What Happened to Social Justice in Health Care Reform?
By Arthur Sutherland Tikkun magazine, April 15, 2011 In the wake of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryanās proposals last week to systematically dismantle Medicare and gut
Stop the bipartisan assault on Medicare, support the Peopleās Budget
By Claudia ChaufanOpEdNews, April 15, 2011So, folks, what is the greatest danger affecting the nation? By Claudia Chaufan | OpEdNews
So, folks, what is the greatest danger