James Burdick, MD, proposes a doctor-run single-payer systemBy Joyce FriedenMedpage Today, July 15, 2016A single-payer healthcare system could work in the U.S., but only if
Medicare expansion versus same worn-out platitudes
By Jack BernardLedger-Enquirer (Columbus, Ga.), July 16, 2016My party, the GOP, is once again running for election this year on the old slogan of ārepeal
Dr. Patricia Salber: Economically, a Single-Payer System Makes Sense
By the editorsAJMC.com, AJMC TV, July 16, 2016The United States is closer than it has ever been to considering a single-payer health system. Patricia Salber,
National Health Service – on life support
By Alex Scott-SamuelPOGH blog (U.K.), July 17, 2016I want to give a broad political overview of whatās happening in the NHS in England and of
Employer-based health care is failing workers
By Kay TillowDaily Kos, July 14, 2016Health care in the United States is the most costly in the world. The per capita the U.S. spends
Hospital CEO says health care system broken, favors Medicare for all
By Ameet SachdevChicago Tribune, July 15, 2016U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' call for a single-payer "Medicare for all" health system during his presidential campaign didn't have
Wealthy get more health care than other Americans
Trend toward more equal access to care is reversingBy Chris TomlinsonHouston Chronicle, July 12, 2016Money can't buy you love, but it can buy you health,
Now on Starbucks’ menu: Less health coverage
By David LazarusLos Angeles Times, July 12, 2016Starbucks announced Monday that it will give its U.S. workers a raise that will boost compensation by 5%
In favor of Medicare for all
By Ewell G. Scott, M.D.The Morehead (Ky.) News, July 8, 2016Despite the Affordable Care Act including the helpful Medicaid expansion, our health care financing system
Only long-range solution for access to care: Medicare for all
By Jack BernardThe Boston Globe, Letters, July 11, 2016There is only one long-range solution for the problem of access to mental health services: Medicare for
Wealthy spending more on health care than poor and middle class, reversing trend
By Dan ManganCNBC, July 6, 2016Health-care inequality is the new income inequality.The rich in the United States ā despite being healthier on average than the
New Study Offers More Evidence Dems Need to Fight for Medicare-for-All
'Our findings dramatize the urgent need for national health insurance - a single-payer reform with first-dollar coverage - that would assure that all Americans can