…mortality among African Americans. Medical advances averted 176,633 deaths, but equalizing the mortality rates of Whites and African Americans would have averted 886,202 deaths. Achieving equity may do more for…
The Health of Nations
…for a diagnosis, because they lack health coverage. If you can’t see a doctor in the first place, you never have to wait for treatment. Canada’s is a single-payer, rather…
The public option ain't what it used to be
There's almost nothing left to give away in a healthcare compromise
…all Americans the option of buying into a “Medicare-like plan” that competed with private insurers. Who could be against freedom of choice? Fully 70 percent of Americans polled supported the…
Conservatives and Liberals Agree: Medicare for All Would Be Constitutional
…Americans. Why the difference? Every other capitalist country has either single-payer systems paid for by taxes or a highly-regulated utility. America is the only capitalist country with a private profit-driven…
Despite Economic Boom, Number of Uninsured Drops Only 4 Percent
42.6 Million Americans Lack Health Coverage, Including 10 Million Children Despite the longest economic boom in history, the number of Americans without health insurance dipped just 4 percent last year,…
Less Than Half of Americans Have Health Insurance Paid for by Private Employers
September, 1999 New England Journal Study Finds Role of Private Employers Has Been Exaggerated: Government and Individuals Pay for Most Care Cambridge, MA — While 61% of Americans get their…
Americans are satisfied with their insurance – Not!
Data Note: Americans’ Satisfaction with Insurance Coverage
…significant variations among demographic groups and those with differing health care needs. The non-elderly, lower income Americans and those in fair or poor health – the very people who are…
Op-Ed: Medicare for All: Yes We Can
By Holly Sklar Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune News Service Sept 25, 2009 More Americans die of lack of health insurance than terrorism, homicide, drunk driving and HIV combined. Grandma could be…
How the U.S. measures up to Canada's health care system
…particularly when you run a huge single payer system, and Obama is going to put in another single payer system, this public “Medicare light” plan for people under 65? So…
How Universal Health Care Changes Everything
…end, I settled on “provide universal health care–preferably single-payer” as my final answer. I chose this not just because health care is an important public good (though it is), but…
Health-care matchup finds Ohio falls short
Buckeye State doesn't measure up when compared to Ontario, which has Canada's universal coverage
…4 percent in Ontario. Canada adopted a national system more than 40 years ago calling for universal insurance coverage for all basic hospital and doctor care, with a “single-payer” —…
Media Miss Bigger Picture in Healthcare Debate
Ignoring 'mandate' plans' record of failure
…D.C. political and media insiders, overlooks the largely positive experience of over 40 million Americans with the Medicare and Veterans Administration systems that operate on a single-payer model. Moreover, this…
