…called the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, a single-payer plan that would provide immediate, comprehensive coverage to all Americans. The bill has gained 115 co-sponsors, with a majority…
Scrooge & Marley, Inc. — The True Conservative Agenda
…millions of Americans revisit Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” about Ebenezer Scrooge and Bob (and Tiny Tim) Cratchit. Yet somehow Americans fail to realize the subtext of the story (and…
Gore's gutsy gambit on health care for all American citizens
…single-payer health care. Better late than never. But before we can examine Gore’s plan, he has to come up with one. For the moment, though, it is enough that he…
Appalachia needs a single-payer health system
…to cost each year. Clearly, we have work to do. A single-payer system by way of a Medicare-for-All structure would allow coverage for all Americans and would actually reduce spending….
CMS Administrator Seema Verma’s opposition to Medicare for All
…have brought up and that you raised about single payer health care. I’m not going to ask the question that you already answered. I know the administration is not in…
AP/Stanford/RWJ poll – Should health law have done more?
AP Poll: Many think health overhaul should do more
…Americans agree that the health care system should be changed from what it was like before the legislation passed. * Four-fifths favor “making sure that more Americans get the health…
America: equity and equality in health
The Lancet devotes special issue to growing U.S. health inequality
…United States is a bit of a disaster. That’s one of the primary reasons a single piece of bad luck can be ruinous for so many Americans. Continue reading… Three…
President Carter: Lack of Universal Healthcare Should Be a ‘National Scandal’
…nearly two and a half centuries ago. But these fundamental rights are denied to millions of Americans because they do not enjoy one of the essential foundations of a fair…
Gilens and Page: Average citizens have little impact on public policy
…passive investors at the top, while the deterioration in coverage requires average Americans to spend more out-of-pocket through higher deductibles. We desperately need a well-designed single payer system if we…
Canadian Health Care: Separating Opinion From Fact
…most Americans don’t know how Canada’s system works and Canadians don’t know much about the U.S. system. What Americans know has come mainly from the negative talking points of politicians…
The public option ain’t what it used to be
…freedom of choice? Fully 70 percent of Americans polled supported the idea. Open to all Americans, such a plan would have the scale and authority to negotiate low prices with…
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…
