By Business insider, Wall St. Cheat SheetMarch 20, 2010The business model of American health insurers is basically: try to get healthy customers as
A Better Approach to Health Care
YES! Magazine
As the current health law comes under attack and our national deficit continues to grow, single-payer plans are gaining more and more interest.By
Vermont Gov. Proposes Single-Payer Health Plan
Kaiser Health News
By Aimee MilesKaiser Health News, Feb 08, 2011Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, who was elected last November after promising to reform health care in the state,
Big employers shift more health costs onto employees
By Claudia Fegan, M.D.Hyde Park Herald (Chicago), Feb. 9, 2011Many residents of Hyde Park work for large employers, the University of Chicago being just one
Slideshow and testimony on Vermont health reform proposal from Anya Rader Wallack
Slideshow: Governor Shumlin's Vermont Health Reform ProposalBy Anya Rader Wallack, Ph.D. Special Assistant to the Governor for Health CareFebruary 8, 2011Testimony of Anya Rader Wallack,
Full text of the Vermont health bill and summary
Vermont health care bill introduced by Gov. Peter ShumlinSummary of health care bill prepared by Anya Rader Wallack & Robin Lunge
Rationing is not the only alternative
By DR. RALPH S. BOVARDStar Tribune, Feb. 7, 2011"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane."THE REV.
Single-Payer Solution
Letter, The New York TimesPublished: February 5, 2011To the Editor:Re āFor Governors of Both Parties, Medicaid Looks Ripe to Slashā (front page, Jan. 29):It is
Health or wealth? What's the mission of our health care system?
Switching to a nonprofit system in Maine would put the focus back on care.By PHILIP CAPER, JOE LENDVAI and JULIE PEASEThe Portland (Maine) Press HeraldFebruary
Here's why a key part of Obamacare will get struck down
By Robert Reich The Business Insider, Feb. 4, 2011 The Republican-led house vote to repeal the new health care law is purely symbolic.
In Vermont, historic opportunity is now
By Deborah RichterBurlington Free Press, Feb. 1, 2011Praise has been heaped on the 120-some page report issued by the Harvard health economist, William Hsiao, and
Health care's federal future, brought to you by the GOP
By Matt MillerThe Washington Post, Thursday, February 3, 2011By Matt Miller | The Washington Post
"Good afternoon, I'm Brian Williams reporting from Washington, where it looks