…and the Medicare Crisis Program as emergency measures that would save lives during the immediate COVID-19 crisis. But Congress also needs to pass and implement a single-payer national health program…
Reform plan of investor-owned hospitals
FAH Unveils "Health Coverage Passport" to Insure All Americans
…of John Edwards and Ron Wyden. Notably absent is the Conyers-Kucinich single payer “Medicare for All” proposal. If you add that column, you’ll see that single payer trumps them all….
The ACA gave more Americans insurance, but not the health care they need
…of millions of Americans who currently have private coverage still can’t afford care. Only a single-payer health plan can fix that problem. Laura Hawks, M.D., is a primary care physician…
How To Make America Sick
The Trump administrationās plan to āMake America Healthy Againā will make Americansā health worse.
…Americans had a lifespan six years shorter than that of white Americans in 2021; residents of west Chicago live 14 years less than residents of the Chicago Loop; and across…
Hillary Clinton's "American Health Choices Plan"
The American Health Choices Plan: Ensuring Affordable, Quality, Health Care for All Americans
…and to the 47 million people in the United States without insurance. It ensures portability so that Americans do not lose coverage when they change or lose their jobs. Americans…
Misdirected efforts arenāt making Americans any healthier
…that, despite our high health care spending, Americans persistently die younger and live in poorer health than residents of most other wealthy countries. The life expectancy of Americans is now…
Policy preferences of wealthy Americans
Democracy and the Policy Preferences of Wealthy Americans
By Benjamin I. Page, Larry M. Bartels and Jason Seawright American Political Science Association, Perspective on Politics, March 2013 Abstract It is important to know what wealthy Americans seek from…
President Trump’s Executive Order to privatize Medicare
Executive Order on Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nationās Seniors
…that best meets their needs, Americans would generally be subject to a single, Government-run system. Private insurance for traditional health services, upon which millions of Americans depend, would be prohibited….
Lower drug costs now
…no acceptable explanation for the fact that Americans spend seven times what the Japanese pay for prescription drugs. No reason why Americans pay nearly five times more for Humira, the…
Republican Study Committee releases the RSC Health Care Plan
…protect vulnerable Americans – including those with pre-existing conditions, chronic illness, and serious health issues – while reducing premiums, deductibles, and overall health care costs. The product of a year…
A New Generation of Activist Doctors Is Fighting for Medicare for All
…hotbed of progressive political activity. One of these advocates’ top goals? Single-payer health care, now known most often by its politically charged nickname: Medicare for All. “I don’t think I…
Jeffrey Sachs explains why Democratic naysayers are wrong on Medicare for All
Democratic Naysayers Are Wrong on Medicare for All
…care costs, untreated chronic illnesses, premature mortality and personal bankruptcies. Single-payer systems such as in Canada and Europe are cheaper, fairer and have better outcomes. A recent international comparison of…
