As Democrats focus on Obamacare and Medicare, there's a "quieter war" on Medicaid brewingBy Deirdre FultonCommon Dreams, Dec. 29, 2016Medicaid, the nation's healthcare program for
Medicare for All will help solve health care crisis
By Richard A. Damon, M.D.Bozeman (Mont.) Daily Chronicle, Letters, Dec. 28, 2016In contrast to other advanced countries of the world, health care as a human
With Obamacare out of the way, what can GOP do?
By Robert Stone, M.D.The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Dec. 26, 2016There is the story of the dog that chases a bus down his street
The Hole in the Safety Net Widens: Trump’s Plan to Dismantle Obamacare
By Michael CorcoranTruthout, Dec. 22, 2016By Michael Corcoran | Truthout, Dec. 22, 2016
Donald Trump's stunning victory must've been especially joyous news for billionaire hedge-fund manager
Media legitimizing GOP’s ‘universal’ health plan that doesn’t exist
By Michael CorcoranFairness and Accuracy in Reporting, FAIR.org, Dec. 19, 2016Members of the GOP leadership were likely jubilant when they read the New York Times
U.S. is on fast track to health care train wreck
By Richard D. Lamm and Vince Markovchick, M.D.The Denver Post, Dec. 17, 2016With the impending repeal of Obamacare, America is headed toward a public policy
Want to Get Rid of Obamacare? Be Careful What You Wish For
By Robert H. FrankThe New York Times, Economic View, Dec. 16, 2016With Donald J. Trump’s choice of Tom Price to head the Department of Health
Look for inspiration from Taiwan’s health care system
By Suzanne Hagan, O.D.St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Letters, Dec. 16, 2016I don’t know what was said between Donald Trump and the head of the Taiwanese government,
Fact-Checking Fact-Checkers on Privatizing Vets’ Health Care
By Suzanne GordonThe American Prospect, Tapped Blog, Dec. 12, 2016By Suzanne Gordon | The American Prospect, Tapped Blog, Dec. 12, 2016
In the debate over the
Changing our health care system will take time
By Jack BernardThe Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, Dec. 10, 2016"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."–
The Obama Years: Tepid Palliation for America’s Health Scourges
By Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH, and David U. Himmelstein, MDAmerican Journal of Public Health, January 2017President Obama inherited an economy in crisis, burgeoning inequality in
Postal workers union president calls for single-payer system
‘We are sick of a criminal system based on profit that leaves people hanging without the health care they deserve’The following is an unofficial transcript