…health insurance companies. We need to set and enforce rules that quash health insurance companies’ greed once and for all.” Their solution is neither bold nor new. Before I go…
Universal healthcare would save businesses billions
…insurance they have because they are all covered. Please join the fight to help us all. Dr. Sunny Aslam is a member of Physicians for a National Health Program. http://www.syracuse.com……
No on Prop. 101: It’s a false pitch that blocks reform
…would forbid restrictions on “a person’s freedom of choice of private health care systems or private plans of any type.” Sounds like more freedom, doesn’t it? In fact, Prop. 101…
On the Single Payer Road Again: It’ll Be a Tough Lobby to Beat
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,…
Five lessons from Canada on single-payer health care
…be administered by the states only for low-income individuals, similar to Medicaid today. PNHP believes long-term care should be provided to all as part of a national health plan. http://www.chicagotribune.com……
Atul Gawande: Is health care a right?
Is Health Care a Right?
…that collective action genuinely results in collective benefit. No policy will be possible otherwise. https://www.newyorker.com… *** Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. Years ago, here in conservative Orange County, I learned…
Michael Hiltzik: To fix health law, go single-payer
Health law's ailments can be cured by single-payer system
…compromise made in the drafting of the 2010 law, ostensibly to ease its passage through Congress. That was to leave the system in the hands of private health insurance companies….
To celebrate Medicare’s 48th birthday, support Medicare for All
…Berger is a retired primary care physician and co-chair of Mass-Care, the organization leading the campaign for single payer health care reform in Massachusetts. She lives on Heath Street. http://www.wickedlocal.com/brookline/news/x273443610/Column-To-celebrate-Medicare-s-48th-birthday-support-Medicare-for-All…
The Last Bad Idea
…buy health insurance through new state exchanges, often with substantial federal subsidies. Rather than making a fundamental shift to a system where health care is publicly guaranteed as a basic…
Summary: H.R. 676, The Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act
…$3,470 in out-of-pocket medical services, drugs, and supplies. Employers pay an additional $12,144 towards the coverage, for a total cost per family of $20,728 (Milliman Medical Index, www.publications.milliman.com). Fiscal studies…