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,
For Single-Payer Plan, Winds May Be Shifting
Physician Leadership Journal
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
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Top US medical schools failing to reflect minorities, social justice group says
The Guardian
White Coats for Black Lives calls on elite schools to improve race bias shortcomings and help eliminate disparities in US healthcareBy Amanda HolpuchThe Guardian, April
The US is entering a golden age of corporate medicine
The Guardian
The recent slew of mergers and acquisitions is part of a larger corporate transformation that is remaking American healthcare ā for the worseBy Adam Gaffney,
Can we have Medicare for all?
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Physician Well-being and the Regenerative Power of Caring
JAMA
By Thomas L. Schwenk, M.D.JAMA, April 17, 2018By Thomas L. Schwenk, M.D. | JAMA, April 17, 2018
In 1948, Life magazine published what has become an
Determined Action Needed on Social Determinants
Annals of Internal Medicine
By David U. Himmelstein, M.D. and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.Annals of Internal Medicine, April 17, 2018By David U. Himmelstein, M.D. and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.
Real fix for health care mess: Medicare for all
The Baltimore Sun
By Elizabeth Carson, A.P.R.N.The Baltimore Sun, April 12, 2018By Elizabeth Carson, A.P.R.N. | The Baltimore Sun, April 12, 2018
Congress has managed to mess up our