By Laura Katz OlsonColumbia University Press Blog, June 4th, 2010The following post is by Laura Katz Olson, author of The Politics of Medicaid.By Laura Katz
Beware of corporate influence in health reform
By Sue DeppeBurlington (Vt.) Free Press, April 5, 2011Vermontās health reform bill, H.202, outlines a path toward a streamlined, publicly financed, single-payer health care system.
British rapper hits plan to privatize NHS
This article includes videoSuccess of YouTube video criticising Department of Health white paper prompts health minister to respond to rapper criticBy Esther AddleyThe Guardian, Friday 25 March 2011By
Canadian health care system leaves us envious
Erie (Penn.) Times-News
By WILLIAM G. SESLERErie (Penn.) Times-News, April 3, 2011While doing some research on health-care reform, I came across an interesting story.In 2004, the Canadian Broadcasting
'Health care is a civil rights issue': Black caucus leader
Congresswoman addresses āstubborn disparityā in health care between whites and blacksBy Ginny Lee Illinois Times (Springfield), March 31, 2011āHealth care is the civil rights issue
N.H. mental health cuts will hurt people, families
LettersSeacoastonline.com, March 30, 2011Ted Drummond, MD | Letters | Seacoastonline.com
On a national level, eliminating the Bush tax cuts for people who make over $250,000 a
Solution to a Busted VEBA: Single Payer Health Care, HR 676
FireDogLake
By Kay TillowFireDogLake, April 1, 2010Detroit Diesel has been around since April 1937, a few months after the Flint sit down strike that won union
A single-payer health care system would work for Oregon
The Oregonian
By Samuel MetzThe Oregonian, March 29, 2011Am I crazy, a physician embracing legislative efforts to create a single-payer health care system in Oregon? You be
Medical students rally for single-payer system in Vermont
By Daniel Staples | Times-Argus (Barre-Montpelier, Vt.)
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Gov. Peter Shumlin spoke before health profession students who gathered Saturday at the Statehouse
We need single-payer, nonprofit health insurance
Lexington Herald-Leader
By Garrett AdamsLexington Herald-Leader, March 27, 2011Since the passage of its landmark health reform law of 2006, the people of Massachusetts have been living like
IBM should support single-payer
Barre-Montpelier (Vt.) Times Argus
By MARVIN MALEKBarre-Montpelier (Vt.) Times Argus, March 26, 2011 I was astonished when I read the rationale given by IBMās John OāKane in opposing the
Med Students Rally For Vermont Single Payer System
Commonhealth blog, WBUR.org
By Rachel ZimmermanCommonhealth blog, WBUR.org, March 24, 2011Medical students from Vermont and neighboring states are heading to Montpelier this weekend to rally in support of