Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Ways and Means
April 16, 2008
Good morning, Mr. Chairman and distinguished members of the Committee.
Co-Payments Soar for Drugs With High Prices
By GINA KOLATA
The New York Times
April 14, 2008
Health insurance companies are rapidly adopting a new pricing system for very expensive drugs, asking patients to pay
Medical students rally for health care
By Jesse Muhammad
Staff Writer
HOUSTON (FinalCall.com)
Apr 10, 2008
Rallying for affordable health care for all, hundreds of medical students from around the country recently gathered at Houston
Health Policy Placebos
by DAVID U. HIMMELSTEIN & STEFFIE WOOLHANDLER
The Nation
April 14, 2008
We don't administer useless nostrums for curable cancer--even when effective treatment is arduous. Yet Hillary Clinton
Obama speaks out on issues
KCPNews
KPC (questioners): Health care is an important issue for most voters. More and more physicians are turning to national health insurance as a solution to
Health Care System Profiles
Author(s): Karsten Vrangbaek, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, Reinhard Busse, Niek Klazinga, and Anders Anell
Commonwealth Fund
March 2008
Descriptions of Health Care Systems: Denmark, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden,
Health Care Horror Stories
Paul Krugman
The New York Times
April 11, 2008
Not long ago, a young Ohio woman named Trina Bachtel, who was having health problems while pregnant, tried to
Local doctor not alone in favoring national health insurance
By JOHN BULGER
Idaho Statesman
Apr 4, 2008
jbulger@journalnet.com
Pocatello physician Bill Woodhouse delivers a grim prognosis on the state of health care in America.
"We're dealing with a
An unheard majority for national health insurance
By Jess Fiedorowicz and Dennis Fiedorowicz
Guest Opinion
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Saturday, April 5, 2008
The adjective "broken" has so frequently been used to describe our healthcare system as
National health care rising in popularity
By JOHNATHON ROSS
Toledo Blade
Op-Ed
Saturday, April 5, 2008
OUR health care system is broken.
An estimated 47 million people are without health insurance today; another 50.3 million are
Health care for all
Brattleboro Reformer
Editorial
Thursday, April 3
Regarding health care, in a recent survey of 26,000 American workers conducted by the AFL-CIO, nearly three-quarters of the people interviewed said
Editorial: National health care? Even doctors want it
Editorial
Des Moines Register
April 2, 2008
When it comes to reforming health care, special interests have run the show in Congress. Crafting Medicare reforms that benefit insurers