By Abigail Abrams
TIME, April 1, 2020
Hospitals have spent the past few weeks racing to respond to the growing COVID-19 crisis, supplementing shortages of equipment, calling
Medicare for All Explained Podcast: Episode 31
This article includes audioMarch 31, 2020
Former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Don Berwick outlines four principles for health system reform: cover everybody, improve quality, address
Medicare For All: The Social Transformation Of US Health Care
By Peter S. Arno, Ph.D. and Philip Caper, M.D.
Health Affairs Blog, March 25, 2020
There is a large elephant in the room in the national discussion
Vets Say We Need a Strong VA to Combat Coronavirus and Win Medicare for All
By Candice Bernd
Truthout, March 25, 2020
Not many know about the Department of Veterans Affairs’s (VA) so-called “fourth mission.” In 1982, Congress expanded the VA’s role
Why are we waiting for Medicare for All?
By F. Douglas Stephenson
The Gainesville (Fla.) Sun, March 23, 2020
An old social justice chant, “Why are We Waiting,” is sung to the tune of the
America’s extreme neoliberal healthcare system is putting the country at risk
By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.
The Guardian, March 21, 2020
At the final debate of the Democratic presidential primary on Sunday, Senator Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden
Why the U.S. failed the coronavirus test
By Marcia Angell, M.D.
Santa Fe New Mexican, March 21, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is the best argument for “Medicare for All.” As it stands, most Americans
Masks, Gowns, and Medicare For All
If patients want to support healthcare workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, they should join us in calling for a universal, single-payer healthcare
COVID-19 pandemic provides strong case for Medicare for all
By James Binder, M.D.
The Cincinnati Inquirer, March 20, 2020
I am one of the 23,000 members of the Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) who
Coronavirus: A good argument for Medicare for All
By Alice Rothchild, M.D.
The Seattle Times, March 18, 2020
As an obstetrician-gynecologist and member of Physicians for a National Health Program, I have long supported sweeping
Public Health Experts: Single-Payer Systems Coping With Coronavirus More Effectively Than For-Profit Model
By Jake Johnson
Common Dreams, March 16, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic places extraordinary strain on national healthcare systems around the world, public health experts are making
Medicare for All Explained Podcast: Episode 30
This article includes audioMarch 15, 2020
Dr. Bob Devereaux details the struggles that rural Americans face when trying to access health care, from a lack of specialists and medical