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We Are Here to Help All the Lindas
By Brad Cotton, M.D.Emergency Medicine News, December 2017Linda couldn't afford the gallbladder ultrasound her hometown doc recommended. Six months later, she is in my ED.
Single-payer health care gains traction, local physician advocates
By Amanda Zhou and Kris B. MamulaPittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 23, 2017When Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan., introduced a bill in Congress in 2015 that would create
Single-Payer: A Reproductive Justice Value
By Katie KlabusichTruthout, November 17, 2017By Katie Klabusich | Truthout, November 17, 2017
The reproductive justice movement focuses on expanding the ability of all people to
Azar Nomination Draws Mixed Reactions from Health Groups
Some welcome an experienced hand, others worry about pharma tiesBy Joyce FriedenMedPage Today, November 14, 2017Members of the organized medicine community had mixed reactions to
Some myths about Medicare-for-all
By Jack BernardCharleston (W.V.) Gazette-Mail, November 11, 2017Gallup surveys indicate that Americans view health care as a major national priority. But, they are confused about
President Carter: Lack of Universal Healthcare Should Be a ‘National Scandal’
By Gro Harlem Brundtland and Jimmy CarterTIME Magazine, November 8, 2017āLife, liberty and the pursuit of happinessā are the inalienable rights at the heart of
How burnout is plaguing doctors and harming patients
By Jay Desai, M.D.The Conversation, November 5, 2017The presidential symposium at this yearās Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society of America in early October
A Business Owner Says Single Payer is the Answer to the Nationās Health Insurance Crisis
Interview with Richard MasterBy Rob LoreiRadioactivity, WMNF (Tampa, Fla.), October 25, 2017A documentary film called FIX IT: Health Care At The Tipping Point came out
We are Americaās future doctors. We support a Medicare-for-all health system.
By Augie Lindmark, Vanessa Van Doren, Bryant Shuey, and Andy HyattSTAT, October 25, 2017By Augie Lindmark, Vanessa Van Doren, Bryant Shuey, and Andy Hyatt |
The collapse of Trumpcare and the rise of single payer
Single payer bills signal a new era in American healthcare politicsBy Adam Gaffney, M.D. and Zackary D. Berger, M.D., Ph.D.thebmj, October 17, 2017By Adam Gaffney,
A single payer system could mean more coordinated care
By Paula L. Stillman, M.D., M.B.A.Philadelphia Inquirer, October 16, 2017I do not want to have to switch my health care coverage.By Paula L. Stillman, M.D.,