By Kay TillowDaily Kos, August 6, 2018By Kay Tillow | Daily Kos, August 6, 2018
On July 13, 2018, in an article on Vox, Tim Higginbotham
Can a New Generation of Med Students Help Push Medicare for All?
There's growing activist energy among current and recent med students—and they're eager to help lead the campaign for equitable legislation.By Natalie ShurePacific Standard, August 2,
The Mercatus Center’s Estimate of the Costs of a National Single-Payer Healthcare System: Ideology Masquerading as Health Economics
By David U. Himmelstein, M.D., and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.Physicians for a National Health Program, August 2, 2018By David U. Himmelstein, M.D., and Steffie Woolhandler,
The Next Generation of Doctors Is Pushing for Universal Healthcare
The student caucus of the American Medical Association got the organization to agree to reconsider its decades-long opposition to single-payer healthcare.By Shefali LuthraTonic, August 1
Does Bernie Sanders’s health plan cost $33 trillion — or save $2 trillion?
By Jeff SteinThe Washington Post, July 31, 2018Congressional Republicans seized on a new study Monday estimating that a universal health-care plan by Sen. Bernie Sanders
Koch-Backed Think Tank Finds That “Medicare for All” Would Cut Health Care Spending and Raise Wages. Whoops.
By Ryan Grim and Zaid JilaniThe Intercept, July 30, 2018By Ryan Grim and Zaid Jilani | The Intercept, July 30, 2018
A new study from the
Even Libertarians Admit Medicare for All Would Save Billions
A new study from a libertarian think tank admits that Medicare for All would save a whopping $300 billion.By Matt BruenigJacobin, July 30, 2018By Matt
Why the Healthcare Justice Movement is Just Getting Started in California and Beyond
By Paul Y. Song, M.D.Medium, July 29, 2018As the sun begins to set on California’s two-year legislative session, it will officially signal the death of
Celebrate Medicare’s birthday by covering everyone
By F. Douglas Stephenson, L.C.S.W., B.C.D.The Gainesville (Fla.) Sun, July 28, 2018This month marks Medicare’s 53rd birthday. In July 1965, Congress enacted Medicare to provide
Medicare is turning 53. Here’s the best way to celebrate
By George Bohmfalk, M.D.The Charlotte Observer, July 26, 2018Monday is the 53rd birthday of Medicare, the program that added several years to seniors’ lives and
Single-Payer Advocates in Congress Double Down With Medicare for All Caucus
By Michael CorcoranTruthout, July 20, 2018 By Michael Corcoran | Truthout, July 20, 2018
When Medicare was created 53 years ago this month, it was over
It’s time for a single-payer health care system in the US. Here’s why.
There are many arguments for a single-payer system, but for us it comes down to this: the incentive structure of the current system isn’t working.By
