By Ricardo Alonso-ZaldivarWNYT.com (Albany, N.Y.), Oct. 2, 2015 WASHINGTON (AP) — After seven years of the political drama known as "Obamacare," you
School of Medicine holds rally, vigil in support of Medicare
By Amanda KaufmanThe Daily Free Press (Boston), Oct. 2, 2015Joining 30 other universities around the nation, the Boston University School of Medicine hosted a Medicare-for-All
Medical Students Nationwide Rally for Medicare for All
By Robert LowesMedscape, Oct. 1, 2015Hundreds of medical students in at least 16 states plan to demonstrate into the evening today in favor of extending
Health professions students want ‘Medicare for all’
By Jordan CentersIllinois Single-Payer Coalition, Oct. 1, 2015By Jordan Centers | Illinois Single-Payer Coalition
Despite the Affordable Care Act’s undeniable success in extending health coverage to
Single-Payer System: Why It Would Save US Healthcare
Why America Should Have a Single-Payer SystemBy Leigh PageMedscape, Sept. 29, 2015Donald Berwick, MD, helped launch the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—considered at the time to
U.S. policies hinder good health care for all
By Anne Scheetz, M.D.The State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.), Sept. 27, 2015During September we observe Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month with the goal of bringing greater
Want to see what Alabama insurance executives make? New law says that’s now secret
By Amy YurkaninThe Birmingham News (AL.com), Sept. 28, 2015If you want to know what the CEO of your health insurance company earned last year, don't
Q&A: Head of physician group makes case for single-payer system
He points to 'tremendous gaps' years after passage of health actBy Jenny DeamHouston Chronicle, Sept. 25, 2015Dr. Robert Zarr, president of the Physicians for a
Future Doctors Rising Up for ‘Medicare for All’
Why med students are taking action for single-payer on October 1By Vanessa Van DorenCommon Dreams, September 24, 2015By Vanessa Van Doren | Common Dreams
Medical students
Your Wallet or Your Life
A lifesaving drug’s overnight price hike shows why we must fight for a radically different health care system By A.W. Gaffney, M.D. Jacobin, Sept. 22,
Health Insurance Deductibles Outpacing Wage Increases, Study Finds
By Reed AbelsonThe New York Times, Sept. 22, 2015It may not seem like much — just an extra hundred dollars or so a year.But the
Medicare is the patriotic, prudent, medically vital thing to do
By Ed Weisbart, M.D.Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Sept. 22, 2015We need to improve Medicare and provide that to all Americans. It’s the patriotic, prudent