June 7th (6-7-06)
Healthcare-NOW, a national coalition of community, faith based, and labor groups has called for local actions on June 7th in support of HR
Study: Canadians Healthier Than Americans
By MIKE STOBBE
Associated Press Writer
May 30, 2006, 10:53 PM EDT
ATLANTA -- You can add Canadians to the list of foreigners who are healthier than Americans.
USW's Gerard Speaks on Union Action, Single Payer Health Care and HR 676
Link: http://www.dc37.net/news/radioshows/radioshows.html
We are pleased to be able to make available a far reaching talk by Leo Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW) delivered
UAW's Gettelfinger Again Calls for Single Payer Health Care
It's time for nation health insurance
Ron Gettelfinger, President United Auto Workers (UAW)
The Detroit News, Friday, May 5, 2006
U.S. needs to fix crisis and stop sticking
A Pennsylvania state senator proposes universal coverage for state residents.
Healthy Choice
Philadelphia Weekly
(May 17-23)
by Jesse Smith
Last month Massachusetts garnered national attention for legislation heralded as an answer to the state's-and possibly the nation's-problem of health
Health Care Spending and Use of Information Technology in OECD Countries
Commonwealth Fund - Publications - May 2006
U.S. health spending per capita significantly and consistently outpaces that of other industrialized nations. One proposal for lowering health
Answer to health care issue
By Dr. Susanne King
Berkshire Eagle
Wednesday, May 10
SMALL BUSINESSES are a mainstay of the Berkshires Ā restaurants, stores, garages, contracting and landscaping businesses, and many more,
Editorial Independence and the Canadian Medical Association Journal
John Hoey, M.D.
NEJM
May 11, 2006
On February 20, after almost 10 years as editor-in-chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), I
How To Fix The System
By DONALD BERWICK
Time www.time.com web exclusive
Monday, Apr. 24, 2006
Donald Berwick is a Massachusetts pediatrician and president of the
A doctor speaks out
Dr. Stack wants "Medicare for everyone"
by David Hoppe
Until his retirement in 2004, Dr. Christopher Stack was known as one of the city's leading orthopedic surgeons.
Unions Should Break With Managed Care
by Kip Sullivan
May 2006
During the 1980s and '90s, cost-control tactics pioneered by HMOs spread throughout the entire health insurance industry. Those tactics, known collectively
Massachusetts' 'Universal Coverage' Bill is No Such Thing
By Kip Sullivan
In These Times, May 8, 2006
Odds are good that Romney will rue the day he took credit for this bill.