By Rebecca Knight in Boston
Financial Times
Published: August 4 2008
The Massachusetts healthcare programme widely seen as a test case for universal health coverage in the US
Unemployed and uninsured
By Marie Cocco
Denver Post
Viewpoints
12/03/2008
Here is a number easily understood by even the math-phobic: Every 1 percent increase in the unemployment rate leads to another 1.1
Insurance industry positions itself for the fight ahead
By CHRIS FRATES
Politico
12/3/08
With President-elect Barack Obama showing no signs of backing off his pledge to push health care reform early in his administration, jockeying is
It’s Time for a Real Debate on National Health Insurance
Editor's note: This article from May, 1993 is important because it includes a quote from pollster Celinda Lake saying the more working Americans learn
It's Time for a Real Debate on National Health Insurance
Editor's note: This article from May, 1993 is important because it includes a quote from pollster Celinda Lake saying the more working Americans learn
Single-payer is path to universal coverage
By Dr. Taro Adachi
Baltimore Sun
Letter to the Editor
Nov. 25, 2008
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/letters/bal-ed.le.letters25n10nov25,0,3920952.story
The concept of the health insurance industry guiding the terms for a national health care plan
Use opportunity to reform health care
By Elizabeth Frost, MDPioneer PressLetter to the EditorSunday, November 23, 2008As a family practice doctor who works with the uninsured in St. Paul, I have
Why Does Celinda Lake Oppose Single Payer?
By All Unions Committee For Single Payer Health Care--HR 676
Self-described as "one of the Democratic Party's leading political strategists," Celinda Lake has claimed that single-payer
Why is single-payer health reform not viable?
By MIKE DENNISON Reporter's notebook Billings Gazette Dec. 1, 2008 HELENA - When it comes to health care reform in America, there is a
The time is now: Reform health care
Editorial
Des Moines Register
November 30, 2008
"There is no way to solve America's economic problems without solving health care," said U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the
Disgrace
45 million left out
Editorial
Charleston Gazette
November 18, 2008
America's for-profit medical system is the world's most expensive. For people with good insurance, it provides high-quality care. But
Building a New Wall: The Fundamental Right to Healthcare
By Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
The Huffington Post
Posted November 26, 2008
Today's economic crisis, and the federal government's response, is like putting a finger in the dike