By John Benziger, M.D.Kennebec (Maine) Journal, Letters, Feb. 11, 2016Just as the tobacco and fossil-fuel industries sponsored āexpertsā to perpetuate the idea that their industries
Single-Payer ‘Medicare for All’ Gets Boost From New Study
By Ken TerryMedscape Medical News, Feb. 9, 2016Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' proposal to create a single-payer "Medicare for all" system has drawn criticism because, opponents
Facts vs. falsehoods on single payer
By Susanne L. King, M.D.The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.), Feb. 5, 2016Sen. Bernie Sanders has opned a dialogue about single-payer health care in the presidential
Single-payer health plan wouldn’t cost U.S. more
By Steffie Woolhandler and David U. HimmelsteinThe Philadelphia Inquirer, Philly.com, Feb. 5, 2016In our "read my lips/over my dead body" political culture, the threat of
On Kenneth Thorpe’s Analysis of Senator Sanders’ Single-Payer Reform Plan
By David Himmelstein and Steffie WoolhandlerThe Huffington Post, January 29, 2016Professor Kenneth Thorpe recently issued an analysis of Senator Bernie Sanders' single-payer national health insurance
Policy experts debate viability of Sen. Bernie Sandersā health care plan
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The following are excerpts from an unofficial
Why Medicare for all is the best plan
By Robert Zarr, M.D.The Washington Post, Letters, Feb. 1, 2016Regarding the Jan. 29 editorial āThe real problem with Mr. Sanders ā:By Robert Zarr, M.D. |
Sandersā math is not fuzzy
By Johnathon Ross, M.D.The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), Jan. 31, 2016Calculations on the affordability of an improved and expanded Medicare as proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders
A PNHP response to recent criticisms of single payer, Medicare for All
By Ida Hellander, M.D.Director of Health Policy and Programs, PNHPMisinformation about single payer is nothing new. When the U.S. was at war with Germany in
Voters to decide ColoradoCare in November
By Anne C. Courtright, M.D.The Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain, Jan. 30, 2016I would like to set the record straight regarding the ColoradoCare Amendment 69, which will
Cancer’s Financial Burden Tied to Poorer Survival, Study Finds
By Steven ReinbergHealthDay, Jan. 26, 2016The staggering cost of cancer care forces many patients to file for bankruptcy, and that financial stress may play a
Medicare for all: A solution for health care
By Sean Lehmann, D.P.M.Nevada Appeal, Jan. 20, 2016The Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare) has most certainly had some successes. There are many who didnāt