by Doug Ireland
LA Weekly
While TV gushed last week over the Republicans’ new Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, intervening in a traffic accident, portraying the former
Frist's loyalty is to health care industry, not patients
January 4, 2003
By Jamie Court and Frank Smith
Capitol Hill's well-heeled lobbyists and political cognoscenti have proclaimed that with a doctor in charge of the U.S.
Canadians like their health system
OregonLive.com
01/09/03
In her column of Dec. 29, Debra Saunders discusses the crisis in American medical care and suggests that the Canadian single-payer system is a failure.
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The New Zealand Health Care System
By Stuart Bramhall MD, past president Health Care for All-Washington
(In October 2002 Dr. Bramhall accepted a locum tenens position as a consultant psychiatrist in Christchurch
Frist Will Not Help Health Care’s Ills
Dec 27, 2002
Frist Will Not Help Health Care's Ills
by Jamie Court & Frank Smith
This article appeared in the San Diego Union Tribune on December 26th:
Frist Will Not Help Health Care's Ills
Dec 27, 2002
Frist Will Not Help Health Care's Ills
by Jamie Court & Frank Smith
This article appeared in the San Diego Union Tribune on December 26th:
Uwe Reinhardt responds on Malaysia's single payer proposal
Capitalist Taiwan (the Republic of China) has had such a single-payer scheme since 1995. Malaysia may well be inspired by that system.
Oddly enough, the Communist
Uwe Reinhardt responds on Malaysia’s single payer proposal
Capitalist Taiwan (the Republic of China) has had such a single-payer scheme since 1995. Malaysia may well be inspired by that system.
Oddly enough, the Communist
The Doctor as Dealmaker?
Lawmaker by day, good Samaritan by night, Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) is a wealthy doctor-turned-politician who occasionally attends art openings at his family-endowed museum-but prefers
Single payer proposed for Malaysia
New Straits Times
December 22, 2002
MMA seeks health cover for all
By Pritam Singh
Kuantan, Dec 22: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has proposed to the Government
California HCOP – more than just another study
The Modesto Bee
December 22, 2002
Bridging insured-uninsured gap becomes fiery health care battle
By Jim Sanders
(California State Senators Sheila Kuehl and Jackie Speier) each are preparing legislation
Dan Hodges dissents from Morone's proposal
I'm glad to see James A. Morone's proposal has put single payer back in the national debate.
As you say, a value added tax and an