Supporters hope Michael Moore's latest movie will sway public opinion. The AMA and others counter that government-run health care isn't the right solution.
By Doug Trapp
AMNews
Six Ways to Fix America’s Health Care System
Dear Reader,
Michael Moore's new movie Sicko hit me hard. I found heartbreaking the unnecessary suffering our heath care system causes so many Americans. But I
Six Ways to Fix America's Health Care System
Dear Reader,
Michael Moore's new movie Sicko hit me hard. I found heartbreaking the unnecessary suffering our heath care system causes so many Americans. But I
Linking campaign financing to what’s wrong with the health care system
Shifting to public funding of campaigns could be a big first step toward health care coverage for everyone.
By Jack E. Lohman
COMMENTARY | July 16, 2007
jlohman@execpc.com
Health
Upgrading To National Health Insurance (Medicare 2.0)
The Case For Eliminating Obsolete Private Health Insurance
by Leonard Rodberg & Don McCanne
by Leonard Rodberg & Don McCanne
Private health insurance was an idea that worked
Linking campaign financing to what's wrong with the health care system
Shifting to public funding of campaigns could be a big first step toward health care coverage for everyone.
By Jack E. Lohman
COMMENTARY | July 16, 2007
jlohman@execpc.com
Health
The Waiting Game
By PAUL KRUGMAN
New York Times
Published: July 16, 2007
Being without health insurance is no big deal. Just ask President Bush. "I mean, people have access to
Grieve for the U.S. health system
BY MARTIN GROSS
Miami Herald
Sun, Jul. 08, 2007
It isn't surprising that critics of Michael Moore's Sicko are desperate to quibble with his finer points. After all,
‘SiCKO’ Exposes Broken System
By Susanne L. King
Berkshire Eagle
Friday, July 13
A MAN sews up the gaping wound in his own leg because he has no health insurance. Another decides
'SiCKO' Exposes Broken System
By Susanne L. King
Berkshire Eagle
Friday, July 13
A MAN sews up the gaping wound in his own leg because he has no health insurance. Another decides
SEIU United Healthcare Workers West “Strongly” Supports HR 676
Oakland, California. The 140,000 member United Healthcare Workers West, an affiliate of SEIU, has endorsed HR 676, legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI)
Prescription for reform
PERSON OF INTEREST: DR ARNOLD RELMAN
By Judith Graham
Tribune staff reporter
Published July 1, 2007
By Judith Graham | Tribune staff reporter
In 1980, Dr. Arnold Relman penned a