By Adam Gaffney, M.D.The Hill, Nov. 16, 2016Last January, to the astonishment of many, Donald Trump asserted that he favored allowing Medicare to negotiate with
Health Reform in the Trump Era
A Big Step Back, But Possibilities for Bigger Steps ForwardBy Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H., and David U. Himmelstein, M.D.November 16, 2016By Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.,
Medicare for all would benefit rich and poor
By Richard A. Damon, M.D.Bozeman (Mont.) Daily Chronicle, Letters, Nov. 15, 2016Tom Murphy, AP health writer, recently wrote that millions of Americans have seen the
Health Care in the Age of Trump
There is no uniquely Trumpian health care agenda. The danger is the enactment of the GOP’s reactionary proposals.By Adam Gaffney, M.D.Jacobin, Nov. 11, 2016 Tuesday,
The Lancet interviews Dr. David Himmelstein on the U.S. election results
The following is an unofficial transcript of an interview that Dr. David U. Himmelstein gave to Richard Lane, web editor at The Lancet, on Nov.
California’s Prop. 61 Offers Opportunity to Take on Big Pharma
By RoseAnn DeMoroCommon Dreams, Nov. 2, 2016While the world is watching the Presidential race Tuesday night, another election battle in California provides a window in
Future physicians’ demands for national health insurance
By John Geyman, M.D.The Huffington Post, Nov. 3, 2016Medical students are becoming strong advocates all over the country for expanded and improved Medicare for All.
Med students hold Halloween-themed rally concerning U.S. health care system
By Billy BevevinoThe Daily Free Press (Boston), Oct. 31, 2016Speakers stood in front of hundreds of miniature tombstones Monday afternoon at Boston University’s Medical Campus,
U of L med students urge ‘Medicare for all’
By Deborah YetterCourier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), Oct. 31, 2016Using Halloween to underscore their message that patients deserve to be treated for illness, not tricked by high
Let’s Treat Our Patients, Not Trick Them with Private Insurance
This Halloween, medical students are refusing to endorse the horrifying for-profit healthcare system as it existsBy Emily KirchnerCommon Dreams, Oct. 27, 2016A few days ago,
Insurance firms the true culprits
By Mark Neahring, M.D.The News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.), Letters, Oct. 25, 2016The News-Gazette editorial board accurately expressed the frustration of many when it critiqued President Obama's
“Don’t Touch My Medicare!”
Is the beloved program on its last legs?By Trudy LiebermanHarper's Magazine, Nov. 2016By Trudy Lieberman | Harper's Magazine, Nov. 2016
On a brilliantly sunny afternoon last