Mark Schoofs
Staff Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
In the midst of the wrenching international debate over how to get expensive HIV drugs into Africa, pharmaceutical giant
Universal health insurance makes business sense
November 2, 2001
By ROBERT F. SMITH
Herald Correspondent
The argument for a health care system in Vermont
Whenever Vermont health care is mentioned, what is really referred to is an arrangement that does not rise to the level of a system. This
The Double-Edged Helix
By Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Originally published in the Washington Monthly, November 1997
Advances in genetic testing reveal yet another reason we need national health
New Report Debunks Drug Industry Claims About the Cost of New Drug Research and Development
Second Report Documents Industry's Intense Lobby and Political Contribution Campaign to Keep Prices and Profits High
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The pharmaceutical industry spends about one-fifth of
Med Students Applaud Maine Efforts Towards Universal Health Care For All
RESTON, VIRGINIA
July 5 - In Maine, due to quickly rising premiums, both individuals and small employers are being crunched out of the health insurance market;
Analysis of the Costs and Impact of Universal Health Care Coverage Under a Single Payer Model for the State of Vermont
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Court Rules in Favor of Maine Rx Price Controls
As reported May 17 in the Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston on Wednesday struck down a
After Two Centuries, Washington Is Losing Its Only Public Hospital by
SHERYL GAY STOLBERGÊ
WASHINGTON, May 6 Ñ On the day that federal officials decided to put this city's first and only public hospital out of business,
Marcia Angell on PBS
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec01/patients_7-2.html
Congressional Progressive Caucus, Black Caucus and Hispanic Caucus
Secretary Robert Reich: "This is a terribly important hearing."
Dr. Quentin Young: "I'm confidant that when we get universal national health insurance, which will come a
Medical Fees Are Often More for Uninsured by Gina Kolata
NYTimes
When patients go to Dr. Stephen Brenner, an internal medicine specialist, for a routine exam, their bills can vary by 45 percent. The uninsured pay