…Canada is making a concerted effort to address its problems with queues. But it is important to note that this does not mean that Canada’s single payer system has failed…
PNHP’s open letter to President Trump
…the film “Fix It” to explain the benefits of single payer to business. Adopting a single-payer system would help keep jobs in the U.S. Legislation for “improved Medicare for all,”…
The Lancet Series on ‘America: Equity and Equality in Health’
…the collapse of the Republican plan signals the broad support for a non-market alternative that can create a new opening for single payer, so yes, we have some grounds for…
Where now on health care reform?
…what the response of single payer advocates should be. There will be no surprises here. The Republicans want something that they can cite as fulfilling their six year long promise…
Trump’s America First Healthcare Plan
Executive Order on An America-First Healthcare Plan
…ensure that Americans with pre-existing conditions can obtain the insurance of their choice at affordable rates. Sec. 3. Giving Americans More Choice in Healthcare. The Secretary of the Treasury, the…
In Trump’s First 3 Years, 2 Million Americans Lost Healthcare, Thousands Died Prematurely
By Brian Mastroianni (fact checking by Dana K. Cassell) Healthline, November 3, 2020 A new analysis reveals that the number of Americans without health insurance increased by about 2.3 million…
How Obamacare compounds inadequacies
…what most Americans have in mind when they think of “socialized medicine.” Variations are found in Italy, Spain, Scandinavia and Hong Kong. Americans who get their health care this way…
Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force fails to unify on Medicare for All
Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force Recommendations
…educate everyone on the virtues of the single payer model. If President Biden truly understood the single payer model (and he doesn’t), he would certainly sign legislation enacting it. Stay…
Where's outcry over the lack of health care?(Baltimore Sun )
…is the direct cause of death for more than 18,000 Americans every year. These 18,000 Americans die because of complications from very treatable diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes. In…
Health care tipping point, redux
…toward a public option or single payer type plan. Such reform would certainly be more economical and efficacious than our present dysfunctional non-system. In my view, health care reform in…
Unhealthy America
…Americans who have already reached the age of 65. At that point, they can expect to live longer than the average in industrialized countries. That’s because Americans above age 65…
Obama and Daschle should opt for single-payer
…a universal, single-payer system like these European countries, or if we simply expanded Medicare to all Americans, we would rectify this problem. The need is urgent. Today 46 million Americans…
