…look into this woman’s eyes each time she comes to see me and feel her pain. Will the legislation passed last year provide her with a new hip before she…
You are not a loan: 'Rolling Jubilee' takes aim at medical bankruptcy
…Communication at New York University, tackling debt is just the beginning. ‘This is a way to begin a much wider conversation about what we value in our society,’ he says.‘What…
Insurance Execs Not Happy with Hsiao’s Single Payer
…their autonomy in financing and paying for health care, increases government’s role, and/or introduces new competitors to their market.” “However, given Vermont’s history with reforms such as guaranteed-issue, community-rating, and…
Judge’s Decision on Health Insurance Shows Why Medicare for All Is the Solution
…one that the insurance companies loved, because they were guaranteed tens of millions of new customers whom they could gouge. By ruling this approach unconstitutional, Hudson has set up a…
Guess Who Opposes Reversing the Individual Mandate in Health Reform?
Insurers and other health care companies view the mandate as the law's bedrock—and the source of new profits
…As Republicans take aim at the individual mandate in the health reform law, health-care industry groups are lobbying to preserve it. Drew Armstrong is a reporter for Bloomberg News. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_48/b4205037210208.htm…
New health care law fails to make the grade
By MARGARET FLOWERS Capital Times (Madison, Wis.), Nov. 22, 2010 When it comes to health insurance coverage, Wisconsin receives a B in comparison to other states, but only because it’s…
Listen to Dr. Flowers on health care
…Democrat who is managing show hearings on health care reform, has come up with a novel way to express his commitment to care for the almost 50 million Americans who…
Single Payer after the Midterm Elections
…Democrats’ defeats, the new health law didn’t help. What should have been a feather in the administration’s cap – i.e. a genuine reform that guaranteed truly universal, comprehensive care –…
Delaware should move to single-payer health care
…representatives of the “First State,” we must move forward now. Earl Jaques represents the 27th District and John Kowalko represents the 25th District in the Delaware House of Representatives. http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20121212/OPINION07/312120013/State-should-move-single-payer-health-care?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|p&nclick_check=1…
Model exists to provide health insurance for all – it's called Medicare
…health insurance. Dr. James Mitchiner, an Ann Arbor physician, is the former president of the Washtenaw County Medical Society and a member of Physicians for a National Health Program. http://www.annarbor.com/news/opinion/model-exists-to-provide-health-insurance-for-all—its-called-medicare/…
The Solution to the Federal Debt: Expand Medicare, Don't Cut It
…system of guaranteed care for all elderly Americans to a voucher system in which 65-year-olds would initially have to contribute over $6,000 a year out-of-pocket to private health insurance companies…
When will the lights go out on fee-for-service?
…Association responded to the Energy and Commerce Committee’s request by offering proposals to transition to new models aligned with value. Although the details of their proposals varied, all called for…