February 19, 2021
One year ago this month, America lost its first life to the coronavirus. Since then, nearly 500,000 Americans have succumbed to the pandemic,
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This article includes audioFebruary 19, 2021
One year ago this month, America lost its first life to the coronavirus. Since then, nearly 500,000 Americans have succumbed to the pandemic,
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By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.; David Himmelstein, M.D.; and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.
Health Affairs Blog, February 16, 2021
For the first time in a quarter century,
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February 15, 2021
James McGee, recently retired from the Transit Employees' Health & Welfare Fund, discusses the lofty goals of single-payer reform, and the challenge posed
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By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.
Salon, February 11, 2021
Over the past year, COVID-19 has inundated the ICU where I work. Death and suffering have become the
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By Amanda Holpuch
The Guardian, February 11, 2021
The US could have averted 40% of the deaths from Covid-19, had the country’s death rates corresponded with the
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By Ken Alltucker
USA TODAY, February 11, 2021
About 40% of the nation’s coronavirus deaths could have been prevented if the United States’ average death rate matched
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By Abdul El-Sayed, M.D. and Micah Johnson, M.D.
CNN Business Perspectives, February 11, 2021
While the pandemic has put immense stress on nearly every country's health care
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By David Goldberg, M.D.
AMA Journal of Ethics, Medicine and Society, February 2021
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The American Diabetes Association 2020 Standards of Care for the treatment of hyperglycemia in
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This article includes audioFebruary 1, 2021
Registered Nurse and Dane County (Wisc.) Board Supervisor Holly Hatcher discusses her effort to pass a local resolution in support of federal single-payer
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By Donald R. Frey, M.D.
Omaha World-Herald, January 26, 2021
As America tiptoes into the unknown of 2021, an event will soon occur that will be largely
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This article includes audioJanuary 26, 2021
Have health economists been underestimating supply-side constraints when making predictions regarding cost and utilization for universal health coverage programs, such as Medicare For
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By Jay D. Brock, M.D.
The Washington Post, January 15, 2021
Most Americans understand that our health insurance system — the financial basis of our entire health-care