By Joel A. Harrison, Ph.D., M.P.H.August 10, 2018IntroductionOur current fragmented, dysfunctional, for-profit health care system is broken. Internationally we rank poorly in both process and
Single Payer Is Actually a Huge Bargain
It would save both dollars and lives compared to our current system.By Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., David U. Himmelstein, M.D., and Adam Gaffney, M.D.The Nation,
5 doctors and surgeons tell us what they really think about Medicare-for-all
Some doctors support single-payer health care — even if that means a lower salary.By Dylan ScottVox, August 10, 2018The muscle of the health industry lobby
To Fight Burnout, Organize
By Leo Eisenstein, B.A.New England Journal of Medicine, August 9, 2018By Leo Eisenstein, B.A. | New England Journal of Medicine, August 9, 2018
The clinician who
Health care costs matter and single-payer would help
By Ray Bellamy, M.D.Tallahassee Democrat, August 7, 2018Health care is too expensive. We can nearly all agree on that. But the public knows its importance
Improved Medicare for All means something. Don’t dilute it!
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