Excerpted from the Citizens' Health Care Working Groups's final recommendations, Dr. Andrew Pollack of Maimonides Hospital notes that even though the CHCWG own report cites
Luring Customers From Medicare
By MILT FREUDENHEIM
New York Times, business section
For years, private insurers have offered alternatives to the federal Medicare program that are meant to give patients lower-cost
Health-Care Consultants Reap Fees From Those They Evaluate
As Insurance, Drug Costs Rise, Employers Seeking Advice Often Discover Conflicts
A Superintendent's Surprise
By BARBARA MARTINEZ
Wall Street Journal - September 18, 2006; Page A1
When Kevin Grady
46 million uninsured focus of meeting
Mandatory insurance among plans debated
By Laura Ungar
lungar@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
Celeste Vanskike has worked at preschools for 25 years but can't afford health insurance -- meaning she's had
Albany Med chief calls for hospital reform and single-payer system
The Business Review (Albany)
September 8, 2006
As chief executive officer of Albany Medical Center, James Barba has a unique perspective on the health care industry both
Sacramento Bee attacks Schwartzenegger on "Socialized" Bogeyman
Editorial: Socialized bogeyman
Government has real role in providing health care solutions for residents
Sacramento Bee
10-SEP-06
Careful, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Your ghostwriter seems to have just made you
Medicare Costs to Increase for Wealthier Beneficiaries
By ROBERT PEAR
New York Times
September 11, 2006
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Higher-income people will have to pay higher Medicare premiums than other beneficiaries next year, as
The only health care solution: single-payer system
By Aaron E. Carroll, M.D.The Indianapolis Star, Sept. 10, 2006 The new uninsured statistics released recently by the U.S. Census provide a sobering reminder of the
Vermont Central Labor Council Endorses HR 676
Submits Resolution to State AFL-CIO Convention
Montpelier, VT The Washington-Orange-Lamoille Labor Council became the first in Vermont to endorse HR 676, single payer universal health
Follow the health care money
By Susanne L. King, M.D.
Berkshire Eagle,
Thursday, August 31
POWERFUL FORCES have been shaping the new mandated health care insurance bill being developed in the Statehouse
Everyone wins when all pay in
Editorial
Rutland Herald, VT
September 3, 2006
A single-payer health care system would save the state $51 million a year, according to a new study carried out for
Speakout: Single-payer health care is way to go
By Drs. David Iverson and Elinor Christiansen
Rocky Mountain News
September 4, 2006f
By Drs. David Iverson and Elinor Christiansen | Rocky Mountain News | September 4, 2006
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