…Americans do not lose coverage when they change or lose their jobs. Americans will have three options: 1) Keep Current Health Care Coverage: Americans who are satisfied with the coverage…
The Health Care Monster Returns: Even Republicans acknowledge its ravages, but what’s the best way to slay the beast?
…a “single payer” plan)? Proponents of compromises say Medicare for all is a political non-starter. Americans, they argue, are suspicious of government, like choices and often like the private insurance…
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…
Gilens and Page: Average citizens have little impact on public policy
…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 want everyone to have the health…
Uwe Reinhardt on social insurance and individual freedom
…have convinced me that nothing can ever unite Americans on their vision of an ideal health system. We need different health insurance systems for different Americans. I mean by this…
Health reform and the economic collapse of the United States: A wake up call to health reform activists
…be based on the insight that the health insurance companies had successfully structured the process in their interest before it even began. Single payer health reform, the elimination of the…
We are Americaās future doctors. We support a Medicare-for-all health system.
…Medicare for all health system is at historic highs. The majority of American physicians now support single-payer health care, and 60 percent of Americans believe that the federal government has…
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…
Uwe Reinhardt on social insurance and individual freedom
Social Insurance and Individual Freedom
…can ever unite Americans on their vision of an ideal health system. We need different health insurance systems for different Americans. I mean by this not Americans who differ by…
What do Americans want done about our high prescription drug prices?
High Prices, Broken Promises
…covered everyone, but they didn’t ask that. Regardless, if we already had in place a comprehensive, single payer, improved Medicare for all that included a drug benefit, there is no…
The myth that medical bankruptcies are rare
Myth and Measurement ā The Case of Medical Bankruptcies
…too many of those with medical needs. We clearly need a better method of financing health care – a single payer national health program, aka Improved Medicare for All –…
America: equity and equality in health
…indicated in the past a willingness to embrace measures that would greatly favor the wealthy. Continue reading… Rich Americans live up to 15 years longer than poor peers, studies find By…
