By Paul Y. Song, M.D.The Huffington Post, Oct. 14, 2016In the run up to the Affordable Care Act, the pharmaceutical industryās annual lobbying efforts steadily
Troubled workers’ comp system shows need for single-payer health care
By Johanna Ryan and Anne ScheetzFox Valley (Ill.) Labor News, Oct. 7, 2016In Illinois and around the nation, big business has labeled workersā compensation a
Cutting public employees’ health care is shortsighted
By Anne Scheetz, M.D.The State Journal-Register, Oct. 12, 2016Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel may seem like political adversaries, but they've made
Research cited by Trump on numbers of Canadian medical tourists criticized
By Kelly GrantThe Globe and Mail, Oct. 12, 2016The number of Canadians who traveled abroad for non-emergency medical treatment dropped slightly last year, according to
Bill Clinton Is Right, For-Profit Healthcare Is the ‘Craziest Thing in the World’
This article includes videoBeneath the misleading headlines and corporate spin, former president gave a robust argument in favor of single-payer systemBy Lauren McCauleyCommon Dreams, October 4, 2016Bill Clinton
The Affordable Care Act presents challenges for college students
By Aldebra Schroll, M.D.KevinMD Blog, Oct. 1, 2016The school year is back in session, and our student health center is busy. As a college health
A Productive Life of Caring
Quentin D. Young FestschriftBy John Geyman, M.D.Northwestern Magazine, Summer 2016By John Geyman, M.D. | Northwestern Magazine, Summer 2016
Quentin Young '48 MD was an eloquent and
Why Health Insurance Industry Consolidation Is Bad For Your Health
By Wendell Potter The Huffington Post, Sept. 29, 2016You undoubtedly have heard that some of the countryās biggest health insurers have decided to leave several
Universal health care would solve crisis of uninsured
By Richard Weiskopf, M.D., Kaye Jaeger, R.N., and Joel Potash, M.D.Syracuse.com, Sept. 28, 2016By Richard Weiskopf, M.D., Kaye Jaeger, R.N., and Joel Potash, M.D. |
Clinton and Trump on healthcare
The Presidential Debate That WasnātBy Jeanne LenzerThe BMJ, Sept. 27, 2016The 90 minute presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump ended last night without
Single Payer: Because black lives matter…and so does black health care
By Jack BernardAL.com (Huntsville, Ala.), Sept. 23, 2016Black Lives Matter has its supporters (43 percent of Americans, per Pew Research Center), as well as its
Premium increases deserve utmost transparency
By the Editorial BoardBozeman (Mont.) Daily Chronicle, Sept. 23, 2016When Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana recently pared back its planned health insurance premium
