By Robert H. FrankThe New York Times, March 24, 2017Republicans are in a bind. They’ve been promising to repeal Obamacare for seven years, and having
Crossing party lines
By Carol A. Paris, M.D.The Tennessean, Letters, March 23, 2017Re: "Walking a mile in Donald Trump supporters' shoes," by David Plazas, March 19.I read David
Doctors speak out against GOP’s ACA replacement bill
By Joyce FriedenMedPage Today, March 23, 2017WASHINGTON -- As House Republicans wrestled with moving their Affordable Care Act (ACA) replacement bill along on Capitol Hill
Saving Obamacare Is Not Enough—We Need Medicare for All
The terms of the health-care debate must be shifted.By Dennis KucinichThe Nation, March 22, 2017The health-care debate in America is essentially an argument over what
Will repealing Obamacare really kill 60,000 people?
By Carolyn Y. JohnsonThe Washington Post, March 22, 2017Is repealing Obamacare going to kill people?If you're one of the millions projected to lose your health
American Physicians Want Medicare for All
By Ed Weisbart, M.D.LinkedIn, March 20, 2017Why do so many physicians prefer single payer national health insurance? The answer is simple: we are on the
My Turn: There’s nothing ‘patient centered’ about Trumpcare
By Dr. Ken DolkartConcord (N.H.) Monitor, March 19, 2017Have you ever heard people talk nonsense? Perhaps you’ve had a laugh when you hear people talking
Repeal or replace? Wrong question
Offer Medicare's single-payer system to allBy Jonathan D. Walker, M.D. Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, March 19, 2017 In my specialty of retinal diseases, we can
Meet the protester who interrupted Trump’s rally
By Kirk A. BadoThe Tennessean, March 15, 2017A protester interrupted President Donald Trump's Nashville rally at the Municipal Auditorium Wednesday night.Holding up a banner proclaiming
Republicans call kicking millions off their healthcare ‘freedom’? That’s perverse
Trumpcare does nothing but serve the rich at the expense of the poor and the sick. This is no freedom – it is a form
Why Trumpcare Will Only Make the Rich Richer
By Adam Gaffney, M.D.Fortune, March 9, 2017By Adam Gaffney, M.D. | Fortune, March 9, 2017
House Republicans this week unveiled their long-awaited bill replacing the Affordable
Obamacare’s flaws could be repaired far more simply and cheaply with a single-payer plan
By Robert Needlman, M.D.The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, March 8, 2017I am proud to be a pediatrician at MetroHealth Medical Center. I think a lot about