…stipulated in recent legislation. Policy Brief: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/60/54/41812368.pdf Economic Survey of the United States 2008: http://www.oecd.org/document/32/0,3343,en_2649_33733_41803296_1_1_1_1,00.html The OECD is an important and highly credible resource for economic studies for the 30…
Adopting single-payer healthcare won’t be easy. That doesn’t make it not worthwhile.
…is for our legislators to smooth out the path and finally create a good single-payer system. The public and the media must educate and push them to do so. http://www.latimes.com……
Lorain County Board Resolution
…individuals residing in the United States and in U S. Territories with free health care that includes all medically necessary care, such as a primary care and prevention, prescription drugs,…
Does Justice Scalia’s dissent help us understand political polarization in the U.S.?
…I dissent. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-114_qol1.pdf **** Justice Scalia is the Supreme Court’s real loser in Obamacare ruling By William Yeomans Reuters, June 26, 2015 It is reasonable to suspect that Scalia’s distaste…
“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…
The Obama administration supports closed enrollment
…new FAQ document notes that insurance companies may establish an open enrollment period for children with pre-existing conditions. http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/28/giving-our-kids-care-they-need And… Questions and Answers on Enrollment of Children Under 19 Under…
National links and allied groups
…US Public Interest Research Group, and United Steelworkers Union. National Organizations: Healthcare-NOW! All Unions Committee for Single Payer Healthcare — HR 676 California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee Progressive Democrats…
Where’s the Wizard of Oz When We Need Him?
By Carol Miller Taos Daily News August 15, 2009 The people are crying-out for access to health care. The economy is in freefall with no sign yet of the bottom….
“Saving” Medicare by Killing It: Another Victory for Republicans, Industry and Their Lobbyists
…Geyman. With permission of the publisher, Common Courage Press, Monroe, ME. Buy This Book: http://commoncouragepress.com/index.cfm?action=book&bookid=396 Adapted from Shredding the Social Contract: The Privatization of Medicare, Common Courage Press, 2006, and…
Is administrative savings a myth?
…we find a cure for our addiction to the new but not necessarily improved, our national medical bill will continue to skyrocket, regardless of how efficient insurance companies become. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112002420.html…
PNHP’s Fein Delights Ohio Single-payer Supporters
…also involved in the community theater component of the CCP at the time of Dr. Fein’s leadership.) Attendees swelled the breakout sessions, which focused on ways to move true health…
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…