LettersSeattle Times, Jan. 19, 2011 U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke's defense of the new health-care law had the usual fatal flaw: He still allows it
UPDATE ON SINGLE PAYER: Interview with Margaret Flowers, MD
By Joan BrunwasserOpEdNews, Jan. 16, 2011My guest is Dr. Margaret Flowers, congressional fellow of Physicians for a National Health Program [PNHP]. Welcome back to OpEdNews,
Health bill would allow waivers in 2014
By NEAL P. GOSWAMIBennington Banner, 01/18/2011BENNINGTON - Vermont's congressional delegation joined Gov. Peter Shumlin Tuesday to announce legislation that would allow states to seek federal
Wendell Potter speaks in Bloomington, Ind
By Michela Tindera Indiana Daily Student, Jan. 17, 2011 More than 415 people filled the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on Sunday as Wendell Potter, former head of corporate
Doran: A health care bubble about to burst
By Terry DoranVTDigger.com, January 15, 2011Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Terry Doran, a resident of Montpelier. His wife, is Dr. Deborah Richter, a single-payer
Doctor urges single-payer health plan
Advocate invokes King during talkBy Nancy C. RodriguezLouisville Courier-Journal, Jan. 15, 2011President Barack Obama’s landmark health care law was significant, “but it is not enough
Only Washington has cure for fear of major medical bills
Health care costs are devastating the U.S. middle class in ways not seen in countries that have universal care.By RICHARD C. DILLIHUNT, M.D.The Portland (Maine)
Medicare should be for everyone
Letters, Ogden Standard-ExaminerTuesday, January 11, 2011Clark Newhall, M.D., J.D. | Letters | Ogden Standard-Examiner
Your Editorial Board has the right idea--'grab control of medicare'--but the exactly
A Predictable Tragedy in Arizona
We emptied state mental hospitals starting in the 1960s without providing adequate treatment alternatives.By E. FULLER TORREYThe Wall Street Journal January 12, 2011By E. FULLER
Cost-sharing: Effects on spending and outcomes
By Sarah Goodell, M.A. and Katherine Swartz, Ph.D. The Synthesis ProjectHarvard School of Public HealthPublisher: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPublished: December 2010By Sarah Goodell, M.A. and
U.S. has 'death panels'
By JOHNATHON ROSSThe Blade (Toledo, Ohio), Jan. 9, 2011The American health care system is severely dysfunctional. We spend about twice as much per person on
Single payer is tried, tested; it’s Mass. plan that’s risky
LettersThe Boston Globe, Jan. 9, 2011On last Sunday’s editorial page, the Globe supports two courses toward controlling health care costs: It backs Governor Patrick’s efforts
