By Ed Weisbart, MD, CPE, FAAFP
American Family Physician, Editorials: Controversies in Family Medicine, published online August 20, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exposed
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By Ed Weisbart, MD, CPE, FAAFP
American Family Physician, Editorials: Controversies in Family Medicine, published online August 20, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exposed
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This article includes audioAugust 14, 2020
Health care advocate Chrissy Holt tells of her decades-long struggle to obtain and maintain health coverage for her children, especially for her son
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By Jessica Schorr Saxe, M.D.
The Charlotte Post, August 14, 2020
The American healthcare system is expensive, inefficient, and plagued by racial inequities.
The COVID-19 pandemic shines a
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By Wendell Potter
The Washington Post, August 6, 2020
In my prior life as an insurance executive, it was my job to deceive Americans about their health
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By Khati Hendry, M.D.
USA Today, August 5, 2020
I’m a family physician who moved to Canada from California 14 years ago, largely because of Canadian Medicare, the
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This article includes audioJoan Esposito Live, Local & Progressive, WCPT Radio, August 4, 2020
PNHP-Oregon leader Dr. Samuel Metz pushed back against public option proponents who claim improved Medicare
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By Erica Heiman, M.D., Jack Bernard, and Henry Kahn, M.D.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 31, 2020
COVID-19 has stolen the lives of over 140,000 Americans so far --
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This article includes audioJuly 30, 2020
Public health expert and documentary producer Barbara Berney, M.P.H., Ph.D. discusses the documentary she produced, “Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights
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By Toby Terwilliger, M.D.
MedPage Today, July 28, 2020
With the news that nearly 6 million Americans have lost their employer-sponsored health coverage due to COVID-19, it is finally
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By Amy Norton
HealthDay, July 24, 2020
People with COVID-19 are told to keep their distance from family members to protect them from infection. But a new
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This article includes audioJuly 15, 2020
M.D. and Ph.D. candidate Gracie Himmelstein discusses “Inequality Set in Concrete,” which she co-authored with her sister, Dr. Kathryn Himmelstein. This study, published
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By Kent Hackmann, Ph.D.
Concord (N.H.) Monitor, July 15, 2020
New COVID-19 infections and deaths have risen alarmingly in many states. Fortunately, today in New Hampshire we