Town Hall on Health Care
President Obama
The White House
July 1, 2009

Everywhere you turn those rejecting single payer, including President Obama, say that we want to build

"So I think Congress is realizing that it's gonna be trouble if they try to roll us," and "I'm sorry that things have gotten to

Checking In With James Gelfand, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
By Jenny Gold
Kaiser Health News
July 1, 2009

The Chamber of Commerce is not mincing words. The senior manager

To rephrase the very important point that Paul Starr brings to this debate, it is not the design of the public option that is crucial

Debating the Public Option
Paul Starr, Robert B. Reich and Robert Kuttner
The American Prospect
June 29, 2009

In "The Perils of the Public Plan," Paul Starr warns that

By now you must be annoyed by those on the right who repeatedly claim that we do not have a problem with uninsured individuals. They

Wealth, Income, And The Affordability Of Health Insurance
By Didem M. Bernard, Jessica S. Banthin and William E. Encinosa
Health Affairs
May/June 2009

There have been debates over how

Wendell Potter, a former CIGNA executive, provides an insider's view as to what type of behavior we can expect from the private insurance industry after

Consumer Choices and Transparency in the Health Insurance Industry
Testimony of Wendell Potter, formerly head of corporate communications at CIGNA
United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science

The heated debate over the proposal to offer a public plan option is certainly warranted, but the much of the debate misses the point. While

Single payer is now a part of the dialogue in Congress. Now if only we can convert the single payer dialogue into single payer policy.

Testimony of Quentin D. Young, M.D.
U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
June 24, 2009