By Alison KodjakNPR, Shots, Feb. 23, 2016When Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders stumps for health care for everyone, it always gets huge applause."I believe that the
Single-payer health system would cost less, provide more
By Katie JohnsonPost-Bulletin (Rochester, Minn.), Feb. 19, 2016The presidential primaries have catapulted "Medicare for All," or a single-payer health program, back into the national debate
Medicare’s History Belies Claim That Medicare-for-All Would Disrupt Care
It Disrupted Jim Crow, but Otherwise the Transition Was SmoothBy Steffie Woolhandler and David HimmelsteinThe Huffington Post, February 16, 2016Hillary Clinton and others charge that
NYT Rounds Up āLeft-Leaning Economistsā for a Unicorn Hunt
By Doug HenwoodFairness and Accuracy in Reporting, FAIR.org, Feb. 17, 2016By Doug Henwood | FAIR.org
While the āleft-leaningā is no doubt meant to suggest critiques from
The Only Way the US Can Ever Get Affordable Health Care
By John Geyman, M.D.Truthout, Feb. 17, 2016Now that Bernie Sanders has brought forward his progressive agenda, including real health care reform through a single-payer universal
Let’s dispense with myths about ‘Medicare for all’
By Dave ZweifelThe Capital Times, Madison.com, Feb. 17, 2016Is Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' idea to give Americans "Medicare for all" the bad idea that so
What Obamacare Canāt Do
This article includes videoSingle-payer is still the best way to achieve universal health careBy Adam Gaffney, M.D.Jacobin, Feb. 11, 2016As the Democratic presidential primary race tightens to a
AFGE Endorses HR 676, National Single-Payer Bill
News releaseSingle Payer News, Feb. 16, 2016 The National Executive Council of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) has unanimously endorsed HR 676, national single
The $3 trillion elephant in the presidential campaign
By Ed Weisbart, M.D.St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Feb. 16, 2016Remember the heated discussions about health care in the Republican debates? No, you donāt, because they were
Medicare for all is what U.S. needs
By Jack BernardThe Citizen (Fayetteville, Ga.), Feb. 16, 2016I enjoyed reading Dr. Scherzās (opinion column, 1-10-16), which was well written. As a retired senior level
The flip-flop behind the flawed attacks on Sandersās single-payer plan
By David U. Himmelstein and Steffie WoolhandlerThe Washington Post, Letters, Feb. 12, 2016By David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler | The Washington Post
The Jan. 29
In Fact, Argue Experts, Sanders’ Medicare-for-All Numbers ‘Do Add Up’
"It's indisputable that single-payer systems in other countries cover everyone for virtually everything, and at much lower cost than our health care system," PNHP co-founder