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
Prop 61 – California’s Fight Against Outrageous Drug Prices
By Paul Y. Song, M.D.The Huffington Post, Oct. 14, 2016In the run up to the Affordable Care Act, the pharmaceutical industry’s annual lobbying efforts steadily
Prop 61 – California’s Fight Against Outrageous Drug Prices
By Paul Y. Song, M.D.The Huffington Post, Oct. 14, 2016In the run up to the Affordable Care Act, the pharmaceutical industry’s 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 workers’ 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