…a national, nonprofit single-payer system, by replacing the private health insurance industry and our current patchwork of public insurance programs with a streamlined, publicly financed social insurance fund, would save…
The rationale for a New Hampshire study commission on single payer
…In several surveys, a tax-funded financing system has enjoyed public support at 60 percent to 70 percent level nationally, over the last two decades. 10. Public health issues. A publicly…
New Bill Touts Improved, Expanded Medicare for All
…public health. Public health campaigns do not align well with today’s business imperatives and simply cannot be given adequate support by the private insurance industry. Churning demands its own long-term…
Single payer support growing but malleable
…public’s level of support for single-payer in recent years, a substantial share of the public remains opposed to such a plan, and opinions are quite malleable when presented with the…
The most important change in our opinion on health reform
…after rejecting the replacement bill previously passed by the House of Representatives. This public-opinion analysis offers a framework for looking at how the public as a whole saw the issues…
California ‘Select Committee’ report has important lessons for the U.S.
Single-payer bill all but dead this year as California lawmakers craft new health package
…to expand coverage, address issues of fragmentation and cost under our current mixed public-private financing system, followed by options and considerations should the state move toward a state-based publicly financed…
Medicare and medicine as a profession
…privatize the public program of Medicare, a way to divert public resources to insurance company profits. Calling attention to cheating on stock trades neglects the larger scandal: resources meant to…
Registered Nurses to the Rescue
By Andrew Coates, M.D. WAMC Northeast Public Radio, March 29, 2013 In a small news article this week in the New York Times, Nina Bernstein reported that a provision of…
Illinois governor names Dr. Quentin Young state's health advocate
Quinn names state's public health advocate
…health coverage provisions and help them better understand their public health rights, the release said. He will also work to ensure that public health reports are easily accessible and understandable….
KFF poll on health reform
The Public's Health Care Agenda for the New President and Congress
…support for either option. Two lessons here: 1) support for the leading options is very fragile and can easily lead to failure in our efforts to achieve reform, and 2)…
Public charge rule is endangering health coverage for U.S.-citizen children
Collateral Damage: The Administrationās Public Charge Immigration Restrictions are Endangering Health Coverage for U.S.-Citizen Children
…worsen when the administration’s harsh public charge policies become operational on February 24, 2020. Strong public education efforts are essential to shield as many children as possible from harm, but…
British Columbia rules health care access to be based on need and not ability to pay
Cambie Ruling a Victory for Public Health Care in Canada
…services is based on need and not the ability to pay.” The recent public health emergency caused by COVID-19 has underscored just how important our public health care system is….
