By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Washington Post
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Decades ago, Walter Reuther, the storied head of the United Auto Workers union, was taken on a
The crumbling obstacle to universal health care
By Saul Friedman
Family & Relationships
Newsday
November 26, 2005
The unique but irrational foundation of America's employer-based health insurance system is collapsing. And nothing illustrates this more than
The Latino Health Insurance Crisis: A Forgotten Community
Latinos for National Health Insurance
A Coalition for Equality in Healthcare
63 East 9 Street, Suite 11k
New York, NY 10003
917-304-6886
Email LatinoHealth@msn.com
Estimados Amigos,
We are very glad
Blind Faith And Choice
By Rhiannon Tudor Edwards
Health Affairs
November/December 2005
Single-payer plan the only solution
By David McLanahan
Opinion
Seattle Post Intelligence
Friday, November 18, 2005
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have focused the nation's attention on our country's disadvantaged. Our residents and politicians have
Health Economics 101
By Paul Krugman
The New York Times
November 14, 2005
Several readers have asked me a good question: we rely on free markets to deliver most goods and
Comparing Total Annual Drug Costs Among Medicare Advantage Plans
Comparing Total Annual Drug Costs Among Several Managed Care Plans
Washington Post
November 15, 2005
Premiums for Medicare Advantage drug plans, shown in parentheses below, range from zero
Part D? It wasn't supposed to help YOU
Saul Friedman
Newsday
October 29, 2005
Long Beach widow Eula P., 81, writes that she's neither "stupid nor senile," but she still can't figure out the new prescription
Pride, Prejudice, Insurance
By PAUL KRUGMAN
November 7, 2005
The New York Times
General Motors is reducing retirees' medical benefits. Delphi has declared bankruptcy, and will probably reduce workers' benefits as
The Deadly Doughnut
By Paul Krugman
The New York Times
November 11, 2005
Registration for Medicare's new prescription drug benefit starts next week. Soon millions of Americans will learn that doughnuts
Part D? It wasn’t supposed to help YOU
Saul Friedman
Newsday
October 29, 2005
Long Beach widow Eula P., 81, writes that she's neither "stupid nor senile," but she still can't figure out the new prescription
$230 billion spent on insurance paperwork
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Billing and insurance paperwork consume at least one out of every five dollars of private insurance health spending in