By Catherine Nessa
American College of Physicians Medical Student Newsletter
October 2009
By Catherine Nessa | American College of Physicians Medical Student Newsletter
On any given weekend during the
Four Arrested at Baltimore Health Insurance Protest
By SHARMINA MANANDHAR
Southern Maryland Online
Oct. 29, 2009
BALTIMORE (Oct. 29, 2009) - Four protesters, including two doctors, were arrested at a "single-payer health care plan" sit-in
The Doctor Will See You
By Henry S. Kahn, MD
Atlanta, GA
Ad Libitum
Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 15,1 Number 8
No knock. Needed
Perhaps a chance to talk
With the doctor
Would be nice.
Come to my
UPDATE: Groundswell of sit-ins and civil disobedience at insurance company offices to demand real health care reform
From Mobilization for Health Care for All* Supporters of health care for all have been occupying the lobby of a Louisville, Kentucky Humana insurance for
Health Care Choices and Decisions in the United States and Canada
Joseph S. Ross, MD, MHS; Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD
JAMA. 2009;302(16):1803-1804. 10/28/2009
Joseph S. Ross, MD, MHS; Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD | JAMA
...Government-sponsored
Sanders to push for single-payer
By DANIEL BARLOW
Times-Argus (Vt.)
Oct. 29, 2009
MONTPELIER -- U.S. Sen. Bernard Sanders will likely make history this year when -- for the first time ever --
Doctors risking arrest for single-payer health care for all
By Kevin Gosztola
OpEd News
Oct. 28, 2009
At least three doctors will be risking arrest in civil disobedience actions during Mobilization for Health care for All's third
Why Isn't 122 Dead Americans Every Day a National Health Emergency?
By Donna Smith
CommonDreams.org
Published on Monday, October 26, 2009
Why does H1N1 call for a Presidential designation as a national emergency while the preventable deaths of 45,000
Managing Disease Without Insurance
By Roni Caryn Rabin
New York Times
Prescriptions Blog
October 23, 2009
Americans without health insurance are less likely to know if they have diabetes or high cholesterol than
Unlikely friends – Donna Smith, American SiCKO and Wendell Potter, former CIGNA executive
Donna Smith, American SiCKO, and Wendell Potter, former CIGNA executive turned whistleblower, at rally in Harrisburg, PA, on October 20, 2009.
Health Reform: Where Obama Went Wrong
by Leonard Rodberg
Tikkun Magazine
November/December 2009
by Leonard Rodberg | Tikkun Magazine
President Obama's health reform plan is in trouble. Public support for it is only lukewarm; both
Meet the New Health Care Reform, Same as the Old Health Care Reform
By Aaron E. Carroll
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine
The Huffington Post
October 26, 2009
We're so close to health care reform! Even Paul
