By BENNETT HALLCorvallis Gazette-Times, March 12, 2011It’s 8 o’clock in the morning, and Betty Johnson and Mike Huntington are huddled around a cordless phone set
Health Care is a Basic Human Right — Almost Everywhere but Here
By Ronald Pies, M.D.OpEdNews, March 13, 2011 In a recent piece in the Boston Globe, David Abel described a 52-year-old woman named Ona Stewart. Despite being
Privatize Medicare? No thanks!
By Dr. James MitchinerAnnArbor.com, March 13, 2011Well, Karl Rove has done it again. In a recent opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal (“The Politics
Reform stops short of what we need
LettersMemphis Commercial Appeal, March 13, 2011As always, I enjoy reading Dr. Manoj Jain's health care posts in The CA. His March 6 Viewpoint article correctly
Vermont's Struggle for Single-Payer Healthcare
By Steve EarlyThe Nation, March 10, 2011By Steve Early | The Nation
After years of political frustration, Earl Mongeon had to see it to believe it.
Wis. physician: ‘Gov. Walker, Tear up this bill!’
The following text is an unofficial, slightly edited transcript of a March 5 speech made by Dr. Charles Benedict of Beloit, Wis., to a large
Conyers Reintroduces HR 676 into the 112th Congress
From All Unions Committee For Single Payer Health Care--HR 676Press Release, 3/10/2011From All Unions Committee For Single Payer Health Care--HR 676 | Press Release
On February
Transplant patients a target of Arizona budget cuts
By Tim GaynorMSNBC, March 7, 2011PEORIA, Ariz. (Reuters) — A pacemaker and defibrillator fitted to carpenter Douglas Gravagna's failing heart makes even rising from the
Healthcare reform may not reduce number of medical bankruptcies
By: Medical Economics StaffMedical Economics, March 9, 2011If Massachusetts’ experience with healthcare reform is any guide, national reform won’t greatly reduce the number of your
Vermont needs a single-payer system
The following text contains the March 10 testimonies of professor Ellen Oxfeld of Vermont Health Care for All and Dr. Peggy Carey, interim chair of
More on waivers for state health reform models
Wyden-Brown may not be enough ... BUT...By Don McCanne, M.D. As the author of a PNHP
England 'healthier than the US'
By Michelle Roberts, Health reporterBBC News, 9 March 2011People living in England enjoy better health than Americans, despite less investment in healthcare, research published in