…book, “Hijacked: The Road to Single Payer in the Aftermath of Stolen Health Care Reform,” soon to be released by Common Courage Press in both print and e-book format. http://www.commoncouragepress.com…
No Time to ‘Wait and See’ on Health Law
…comfortable with the new legislation. Mutual fund analysts now say it’s increasingly clear that the law is beneficial for health industry stocks, particularly for pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies, because…
Forget Obamacare: Vermont wants to bring single payer to America
…Shumlin signed Act 48, a law passed by the Vermont House and Senate that committed the state to building the country’s first single-payer system. Now comes the big challenge: paying for…
CEO Richard Master Masterminds Full Medicare for All
…industry who populate chambers of commerce everywhere. He knows that single-payer actually strengthens the free, competitive market of delivering health care, far more than the insurance companies and restrictive networks…
Vermont AG should reopen investigation into AARP’s connections with health insurers, lawyer says
…South Burlington. [1] http://www.leg.state.vt.us/database/status/summary.cfm?Bill=S.0088&Session=2010 [2] http://reichert.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Final_response_10-1.pdf [3] http://www.vermontbiz.com/node/9869 [4] http://www-static-w4-md.aarp.org/aarp/articles/aarpmission_1.html [5] http://www.aarphealthcare.com/Products/Default.aspx [6] http://vermontforsinglepayer.org/blog/2010/06/does-leddys-appointment-conform-to-the-law/ [7] scroll down at http://vtdigger.org/2010/06/29/leas-attorney-generals-office-must-reconsider-leddy-decision/ to see the letter from Janet C. Murnane [8] http://pview.findlaw.com/view/1007649_1?channel=LP http://vtdigger.org/2010/07/12/leas-vermont-attorney-general-bill-sorrell-fumbles-twice/…
Live or Die: Do We Care Anymore?
…of the free market, an unbridled notion of freedom and individualism and a growing hatred for the social contract. …At issue here is the need for a new vocabulary, vision…
Trump's HHS Pick: A Price We Can't Afford
…opposition to the Price nomination among physicians: http://www.nytimes.com… The Wall Street Journal reports on Price’s financial conflicts of interest: http://www.wsj.com… ScienceBlogs reveals Price’s membership in an anti-science fringe group: http://scienceblogs.com……
Entering the new age of for-profit medical schools
…Colorado. http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/print-edition/2012/01/06/for-profit-medical-school-moves-ahead.html?page=all About California Northstate University College of Medicine http://cnucom.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=16&Itemid=149 About Palm Beach Medical College http://www.palmbeachmedicalcollege.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=53 And… R.I. House committee passes bill allowing for-profit medical school By Gina Macris Providence…
Entering the new age of for-profit medical schools
First for-profit med school nears approval
…College of Medicine http://cnucom.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=16&Itemid=149 About Palm Beach Medical College http://www.palmbeachmedicalcollege.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=53 And… R.I. House committee passes bill allowing for-profit medical school By Gina Macris Providence Journal, April 11, 2012 A bill…
Arnold “Bud” Relman
…https://org.salsalabs.com/o/307/p/salsa/web/common/public/content?content_item_KEY=12729 **** Comment: By Don McCanne, MD Although some have described Dr. Relman’s 1980 New England Journal of Medicine essay on the medical-industrial complex as controversial, it would better be…
Kaiser Family Foundation
…said Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/10616511.htm Comment: “Empowering” patients through “consumer directed health care” is merely euphemistic code language for the policy shift from shared risk…
An Introduction to Single Payer for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
…22). The New York Times. Would ‘Medicare for All’ Save Billions or Cost Billions? https://www.nytimes.com… (accessed 2019 Nov 22). Center for Economic and Policy Research. Overhead Costs for Private Health…