By David Lazarus
San Francisco Chronicle
October 1, 2006
Our health care system is a shambles. Here's yet more proof:
* Insurance premiums paid by employers and workers have
ID Theft Infects Medical Records
Victims face bogus bills and risk injury or death. Privacy laws make such fraud hard to pursue
By Joseph Menn
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 25, 2006
After
Support for Single-Payer in Citizens Health Care Working Group
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
Three More AFL-CIO State Conventions Endorse HR 676
At state conventions in August, the North Dakota, Delaware, and Washington State AFL-CIOs have all endorsed HR 676, single payer national healthcare legislation introduced