By Elizabeth Hakas, M.D.Pittsburgh Post Gazette, May 21, 2017As a person with 30 years of experience working in health care (first, as a medical assistant
Canadian vs. U.S. health care
Our health care system is neither rational nor moral, and it will almost certainly get worse under the present administration.By Kenneth Krell, M.D.Idaho Post-Register, May
Medicare is the solution to our health care woes
By Ed Weisbart, M.D.The Kansas City Star, May 17, 2017I applaud The Kansas City Star for addressing complex health policy issues through many recent columns,
Market forces are no salve for the high cost of prescription drugs
By Jan Swaney, M.D. and Ed Weisbart, M.D.Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune, May 14, 2017Leave it to an independent businessman to get so fed-up with the
Re: What the Republican Health Plan Gets Right
By Jay V. Solnick, M.D.The New York Times, Letters, May 13, 2017Marc K. Siegel argues that since 5 percent of Americans generate more than 50
Now is the time for Medicare for all
Single-payer program saves moneyBy Jessica Schorr Saxe, M.D.Charlotte Post, May 11, 2017Have you—or anyone you know—skipped needed health care because of cost? Since this is
Search for mental health care for children is often fruitless
By Liz KowalczykBoston Globe, May 9, 2017Harvard researchers posing as the parent of a depressed 12-year-old called hundreds of child psychiatrists and pediatricians looking for
Free market is a disaster for sick Americans
By Phil KadnerChicago Sun-Times, May 9, 2017Will someone please tell me what evidence exists that a free market benefits consumers in this country when it
The Republican Health Care Bill Is An American Tragedy
By Sandro Galea, M.D.WBUR (Boston), May 9, 2017By Sandro Galea, M.D. | WBUR (Boston), May 9, 2017
Last Thursday, congressional Republicans voted to pass the American
Donald Trump’s homicidal healthcare bill will kill some, and enrich others
Medicine saves lives, while stripping healthcare coverage to fund tax breaks for the rich takes lives. If this bill passes, legislators will have blood on
Trump’s forbidden love: Single-payer health care
This article includes videoBy Aaron BlakeWashington Post, May 5, 2017President Trump claimed a victory Thursday after the House approved a more free-market approach to health care.Then he capped
Dr. David Ansell, author of ‘The Death Gap,’ talks about health care inequities
Scientific racism and lack of access to quality health care hurts low-income families and people of color.By Casey QuinlanThinkProgress, May 1, 2017Although the Affordable Care