By David U. Himmelstein, M.D.; Terry Campbell, M.H.A.; Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.
Annals of Internal Medicine, January 7, 2020
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Background: Before Canada's single-payer reform, its payment system,
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By David U. Himmelstein, M.D.; Terry Campbell, M.H.A.; Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.
Annals of Internal Medicine, January 7, 2020
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Background: Before Canada's single-payer reform, its payment system,
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By Julia Belluz
Vox, November 7, 2019
When inventor Frederick Banting discovered insulin in 1923, he refused to put his name on the patent. He felt it
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By Bruce Japsen
Forbes, January 1, 2020
Health insurers are expected to make it more difficult on Presidential candidates pushing single payer versions of “Medicare for All”
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By Jaimy Lee
MarketWatch, December 28, 2019
A handful of companies like Humana Inc. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. that are better known for operating pharmacy counters
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By Robert Weissman
Port Charlotte Sun, December 29, 2019
By almost every relevant metric, we do the worst or nearly the worst among all rich countries. We
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By Margot Sanger-Katz
The New York Times, December 27, 2019
Why does health care cost so much more in the United States than in other countries? As
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California Medical Association, December 23, 2019
Cottage Hospital System has initiated a contract termination with Anthem Blue Cross that affects three hospitals in the central Santa
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The End of New Deal Liberalism
By William Greider
The Nation, January 5, 2011
We have reached a pivotal moment in government and politics, and it feels like
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By Thomas C. Buchmueller, Helen G. Levy, Robert G. Valletta
National Bureau of Economic Research, December 2019
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We examine how a key provision of the Affordable Care
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The political establishment loves the center. But it’s the radicals who end up writing history.
By John F. Harris
Politico Magazine, November 7, 2019
Washington journalists these days
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Not ordinary Democrats or independents — just insurance companies, lobbyists, and old-line politicians.
By Jim Hightower
Other Words, December 11, 2019
We might expect that corporate billionaires and
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Congressional Budget Office, December 2019
Share of Total Income Received by Each Income Group
To assess the direct distributional effects of federal fiscal policies, CBO projected each