By Jon Healey
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 29, 2019
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) sent ripples through the media when she declared during a town hall Monday that
Cambridge Doctor Pushes For Single-Payer Health System
This article includes audioBy Deborah Becker and Walter Wuthmann
WBUR, January 25, 2019
Universal health care is an idea no longer relegated to policy journals, or Scandinavia.
It's now a central
Progressives Warn Against Democrats Pushing ‘Diluted’ Half-Measures as Alternative to Medicare for All
By Jake Johnson
Common Dreams, January 22, 2019
A Medicare buy-in. A Medicaid buy-in. Medicare for retiring police officers and firefighters under the age of 65. Defend
What to Make of Hospital Price Lists?
By Ken Lefkowitz
The New York Times, Jan. 17, 2019
To the Editor:
Your article (“Hospitals Post Their Prices. Just Try to Decipher Them,” Jan. 14) outlines how
Can States Fix the Disaster of American Health Care?
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
The New York Times, January 16, 2019
Last week, California’s new governor, Gavin Newsom, promised to pursue a smorgasbord of changes to his state’s
Medicare for All Explained Podcast: Episode 4
This article includes audioJanuary 14, 2019
Dr. Verhoef argues for global budgets as the best way to fund hospitals and other facilities in a single-payer system. He says it
How would Medicare for All work?
This article includes audioBy Rose Aguilar and Laura Wenus
KALW (San Francisco) Public Radio, Jan. 8, 2019
House Democrats have promised to hold public hearings on single-payer healthcare proposals, which
Medicare for All Explained Podcast: Episode 3
This article includes audioJanuary 1, 2019
Dr. Mejia practices in a state where many people are insured (Massachusetts) but says single payer would be a dramatic improvement because it
End-of-year checkup
By Jonathan D. Walker, M.D.
The (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Journal Gazette, December 24, 2018
'Tis the season ... for surgery.
It is a very busy time of year
Take it from me, tweaks won’t fix health care. Democrats should focus on Medicare for All.
By Wendell Potter
USA Today, December 14, 2018
Democrats have secured a 40-seat flip of the House of Representatives, based largely on a nationwide call for health
Universal healthcare could save America trillions: what’s holding us back?
By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.
The Guardian, December 11, 2018
If you can’t undercut a popular proposal as undesirable, make it sound impossible. That, in any event,
Doctor, former insurance exec and think-tank rep join talk show, debate future of U.S. health care
This article includes audioBy Evie Hemphill
St. Louis Public Radio, December 6, 2018
Until a few years ago, Wendell Potter frequently crafted arguments against the idea of the U.S. government