Interview with Dr. Ed WeisbartTulsa (Okla.) Public Radio, June 18, 2018On this edition of ST Medical Monday, we learn about Physicians for a National Health
Is this the year the AMA finally joins the single-payer movement?
STAT
By Jonathan Michels, Robertha Barnes, and Sydney Russell LeedSTAT, June 8, 2018Fifty years ago this month, at the 1968 meeting of the American Medical Association,
Myth and Measurement — The Case of Medical Bankruptcies
New England Journal of Medicine
By David U. Himmelstein, M.D.; Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.; and Elizabeth Warren, J.D.New England Journal of Medicine, June 7, 2018To the Editor:By David U. Himmelstein,
The profound link between poverty and health
The Charlotte Observer
By Jessica Schorr Saxe, M.D.The Charlotte Observer, June 1, 2018On Monday, The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will hold rallies in
The Cost of Emergency Room Care
The New York Times
By John Perryman, M.D.The New York Times, May 27, 2018Anthem’s tactic of refusing to pay emergency room bills in certain cases is portrayed as an
Trump’s plan won’t lower prescription drug prices. Ours would.
Washington Post
The White House is pushing half-measures. We need more.By Adam Gaffney, M.D.Washington Post, May 23, 2018The drug price reforms that President Trump recently proposed are
For Single-Payer Plan, Winds May Be Shifting
Physician Leadership Journal
Amid the deconstruction of "Obamacare," public opinion and physician leaders seem to be moving toward a national health plan. But if it ever does materialize,
There is a better way to deliver health care
San Antonio Express News
By Herbert Keyser, M.D.San Antonio Express News, May 5, 2018About 20 years ago, I accepted a position to be the backup obstetrician for nine well-trained
The fiscal conservative case for universal health care
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Solution to health care is Medicare for all
Las Cruces (N.M.) News
By Jack BernardLas Cruces (N.M.) News, May 2, 2018In 2017 op-eds, I described the mess that Congress made of health reform. They were taking a
It Is Time to Liberate Hospitals from Profit-Centered Care
Journal of General Internal Medicine
By Sidney M. Wolfe, M.D.1, Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.2,3, and David U. Himmelstein, M.D.2,3Journal of General Internal Medicine, April 30, 2018The way we pay hospitals
Improved and expanded Medicare for all: The single-payer option we need
Improved and expanded Medicare for all: The single-payer option we needBy Judith L. Albert, M.D. and Ana Malinow, M.D.Allegheny County Medical Society Bulletin, April 2018By