…A compact among New England states with a combined population of 5 million or more, obtainable for instance with a grouping of New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine offers a regional,…
Vanquishing the American Dream
…— American consumers are snapping up Toyotas faster than the company can roll them out. Far from cutting back, Toyota and other foreign competitors are opening new plants in America,…
Free Medications Increase Use and Lower Healthcare Costs
…p = 0.006). What do these findings mean? Distributing a comprehensive set of essential medicines at no charge to primary care patients improved medicine adherence and reduced healthcare costs. Comment:…
Sizing up Obamacare, unions urging unified push for single-payer system
…is a New York City-based weekly civil service newspaper that focuses on municipal government and its labor unions while also covering issues affecting New York state and federal employees. http://thechiefleader.com/news/open_articles/sizing-up-obamacare-unions-urging-unified-push-for-single-payer/article_827ae4b2-a1a8-11e3-bace-001a4bcf6878.html…
Labor unions back Gottfried-Perkins plan for universal, publicly-funded health care
…for patients, not for insurance companies.” The proposed New York Health is a publicly funded universal health care plan for all New Yorkers, with no premium, deductibles, or co-pays. Benefits…
Drug companies using tax windfall to benefit shareholders, not patients
With New Tax Savings, Drug Companies Start by Rewarding Shareholders, Not Patients Struggling with Skyrocketing Prices
…the high prices of essential prescription medications, no company announced plans to specifically use its tax savings to reduce drug prices. https://www.scribd.com… *** Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. The tax…
Gottfried, Perkins say time is right for single-payer health care
…eliminating unnecessary insurance company overhead and administrative costs that doctors incur when dealing with insurance companies including premiums, deductibles, co-pays, restricted provider networks and out-of-network charges. New Yorkers would have…
Richard Gottfried's response to insurers cheating on out-of-network payments
Let New York Health help pay the bills
…Assembly Committee on Health.) http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Let-New-York-Health-help-pay-the-bills-3451653.php Comment: By Don McCanne, MD Yesterday’s Quote of the Day message explained how, in a legal settlement, private insurers were required to develop a new…
Democrats in Colorado, New Hampshire back single-payer health plan
…guaranteed, quality, affordable and comprehensive health care for all through a not-for-profit, single-payer financed system.” Dr. Rocky White, who attended the convention as a candidate for the Colorado Legislature, House…
The Single-Payer Alternative
…House health care reform bill, which would allow states to implement state-based single-payer programs. Because it came through committee–in fact, it passed the House health committee with Republican votes–it won’t…
Canadian Auto Works Support Medicare
…changed their attitude: * The CAW was able to quantify, using credible corporate data, the competitive advantage that medicare provides to the Canadian auto industry. The union compared the hourly…
N.Y. lawmakers hold hearing on government-run health care system
…treated in New York as a human right and public good and not a commercial commodity,” said Gottfried. Doctors and hospitals say they already struggle with Medicare and Medicaid. Groups…