By Jean Ruzicka
Park Rapids Enterprise
Published Wednesday, December 10, 2008
When the Legislature convenes Tuesday, Jan. 6, health care reform will be on the docket and
Talking Points: Why the mandate plans won’t work, and why single-payer “Medicare for All” is what we need
By Len Rodberg, PhD
1. Americans are afraid that they can't afford to get sick. Those of us with insurance are paying more and more of
Talking Points: Why the mandate plans won't work, and why single-payer "Medicare for All" is what we need
By Len Rodberg, PhD
1. Americans are afraid that they can't afford to get sick. Those of us with insurance are paying more and more of
Single-payer health system could save billions
Peter Mott
Rochester Democrat And Chronicle
Guest essayist
December 7, 2008
Because of the current financial crisis, many observers see no point in discussing an expansion of health care
Firms see writing on the wall
Dr. Rachel Nardin
Boston Globe
Letter to the Editor
December 8, 2008
Dr. Rachel Nardin | Boston Globe | Letter to the Editor
It's remarkable that an insurance industry group's
Local man spearheads statewide health-care movement
By Shlomit Auciello
The Herald Gazette
Tuesday, December 8, 2008
Jerry Call is a man with a mission. Call, who lives in Rockland and is one of the
Can single payer revive our ailing emergency departments?
Andrew D. Coates, MD, Albany Medical Center
Empire State Emergency Physicians Interim Communique (EPIC)
Published by New York State Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians
Vol.
Why Does U.S. Health Care Cost So Much? (Part III: An Aging Population Isn’t the Reason)
By Uwe E. Reinhardt
New York Times
December 5, 2008
Graphs courtesy of Uwe Reinhardt.
Not a conference on health care goes by without someone's asserting that the aging
HMS Sees Inequity in Organ Donations
Uninsured patients 20 times more likely to donate an organ than to receive one
By DANIELLE J. KOLIN
The Crimson
Contributing Writer
12/5/2008
Americans who lack health insurance
Why Does U.S. Health Care Cost So Much? (Part III: An Aging Population Isn't the Reason)
By Uwe E. Reinhardt
New York Times
December 5, 2008
Graphs courtesy of Uwe Reinhardt.
Not a conference on health care goes by without someone's asserting that the aging
Coverage mandate will fail as a health-care reform plan
By Rose Ann DeMoro
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Mon, Dec. 8, 2008
It's time for Congress to stop getting carried away with financial bailouts for big industries, especially when
Health Reform via Guaranteed Choice
Examining Obama's health-care proposal
By Roger Bybee
Z Magazine
December, 01 2008
America's health care system further unraveled relentlessly in 2008, with the Wall Street meltdown and economic