Doctors, Nurses, Med Students and Patients Join Government and Business Leaders Calling for Single Payer Reform in Pennsylvania and the Nation By Donna Smith, community organizer LANCASTER, PA — I…
“Divided We Fail” is divided and failing
…pre-existing health conditions — but only if everyone is required to buy coverage. Consumer groups say that would turn the government into a collection agency for private insurance companies. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-health-care-strange-bedfellows,0,6877237.story…
A Senator’s Health Plan
By Rose Ann DeMoro New York Times November 18, 2008 To the Editor: Re “Senator Takes Initiative on Health Care” (news article, Nov. 12): The proposal by Senator Max Baucus,…
When health care is a right: Right-wing claims that Britain’s government-run health care system is a disaster are lies
…comfortable. When we reached the hospital, a bed with her name on it was ready, and a registered nurse performed a physical check-up and took an exhaustive medical history, asking…
Nurse’s insurance nightmare makes her a single-payer advocate
…I went through?” “The whole thing is about quality of life,” she said. “You don’t want to give patients another heart attack when you start pummeling them with bills.” http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20090307_Nurse_s_insurance_nightmare_makes_her_a_single-payer_advocate.html…
It’s the financing, stupid!
…being written (or cooked!), as was the case with many brave doctors (Dr. Margaret Flowers comes to mind), who keep on insisting that our politicians put people before profits. http://www.socialmedicine.org/2010/01/07/health-activism/its-the-financing-stupid-a-second-opinion-on-gawandes-cost-conundrum/…
Surprise In Mass. Primary: 21 Percent For Single-Payer Candidate Berwick
By Carey Goldberg WBUR’s CommonHealth blog, Sept. 10, 2014 Note to politicians: Backing “Medicare for all” is looking less and less like electoral poison. If, deep in your heart, you believe…
Guardian gets rid of the “dogs”
…year earlier. http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/14/ny-insurance-company-tries-to-rid-itself-of-high-c/ Comment: By Don McCanne, MD Although the individual private insurance market is infamous for discriminating against individuals with a potential for high health care costs, regulations largely…
Doc organization pushes ‘Medicare-for-all’ system
…a smaller crowd. A news release issued by the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Healthcare, a coalition that includes both the PNHP and CNA, noted that “hundreds” had gathered around a…
Health Care Reform and ‘American Values’
…true. One cannot assume, for instance, that if a person prizes liberty and freedom, he or she will prefer private insurance. Instead, maybe what that person wants is freedom from…
“Sick and Wrong” by Matt Taibbi
…politics is a fight that does not end with the wearing of a T-shirt in November. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/29988909/sick_and_wrong Comment: By Don McCanne, MD This may be the most important week in…
“Now Make Me Do It”
…the same decade. Mr. Obama trumpeted these declarations without indicating how these savings would be guaranteed, how the drug companies could navigate the antitrust laws and what was given to…