By Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein
Posted 8/29/2006 8:45 PM ET
Nearly 47 million Americans are uninsured, and millions more have coverage so skimpy that a major
Mercury News Quotes PNHP Senior Health Policy Fellow Dr. Don McCanne
San Jose listed No. 2 in household income
City Also Ranked 4th in Number of People Living in Poverty
By Jessie Mangaliman
Mercury News
San Jose residents had the
What's behind Ireland's economic miracle–and G.M.'s financial crisis?
by MALCOLM GLADWELL
THE RISK POOL
The New Yorker
Issue of 2006-08-28 | Posted 2006-08-21
by MALCOLM GLADWELL | The New Yorker | Issue of 2006-08-28
AmericaĆ¢ā¬ā¢s private pension system
What Would Lenin Do?
Attempting to shore up our dysfunctional employer-based health care system is counterproductive, not progressive.
By Maggie Mahar
The American Prospect
Web Exclusive: 08.25.06
By Maggie Mahar | The American
Single-payer health system for Maine
By Bob Lodato
Bangor Daily News
Friday, August 25, 2006
In an Aug. 12-13 op-ed piece, [Maine House candidate] Bob Walker wrote about how single-payer health care
Has Canada Got the Cure?
by Holly Dressel
Yes Magazine
Fall issue, 2006
Publicly funded health care has its problems, as any Canadian or Briton knows. But like democracy, it's the best
Another view: SB 840 will cure state's struggles with health care
By Sheila Kuehl -- Special to The Bee
Published 12:01 am PDT Sunday, August 20, 2006
I couldn't agree more with the editorial that health care reform
Groups Form Coalition Focused on "Healthcare Crisis"
Carole Mikita Reporting
August 22nd, 2006 @ 3:34pm
Six community groups formed a coalition to bring awareness to what they call the healthcare crisis. The coalition
What will happen to me if I get sick or injured and can't pay my bills?
Katrina vanden Heuvel
BLOG | Posted 08/22/2006 @ 11:13am
On the domestic front, that's a key question on voters' minds as the November elections approach. A poll
Salinas throws support behind universal health care
By GEORGE B. SĆĀNCHEZ
Herald Salinas Bureau
The Salinas City Council this week endorsed a state Senate bill to provide universal health care for California residents.
The council
It's time for healthcare for everyone
By Frederick S. Mayer, R.Ph., MPH
Aug 7, 2006
The United States will spend more than $2 trillion on health care this year, which is more than
Doctor's Order: Tell It Like It Is
Seven Days - Vermont's Alternative Newsweekly www.sevendaysvt.com
(published 08.09.06)
Republican two-term Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie has been leading a pretty charmed life as a GOP candidate