…as basic insulin cost up to 10 times less in Canada for the exact same drugs. Approximately 500,000 Americans turn to bankruptcy each year because they cannot afford medical costs…
Health care not a right, Koop says
…we would start thinking about ourselves as a single group of 280 million Americans who are all part of the same health system and who all need to face the…
82 million uninsured at some point in time
82 million uninsured at some point in time Families USA June 2004 One in Three: Non-Elderly Americans Without Health Insurance, 2002-2003 CONCLUSION Approximately 81.8 million Americans-one out of every three…
Democracy dwindles with rise in inequality
…effect, 2 classes of citizenship: Wealthier Americans are far more active across the board – from voting to contacting government officials and joining pressure groups in Washington-than are those with…
President Bush's State of the Union response on health care
The White House January 20, 2004 State of the Union Address President George W. Bush On the critical issue of health care, our goal is to ensure that Americans can…
Americans support health care as a public good
…one way or the other. In other countries, it clearly tilts heavily toward being more of an entitlement. Most Americans clearly agree with most Europeans and Canadians that health care…
How many uninsured?
…will be reminded of a shameful statistic: In 2001, some 40 million or so Americans — one in seven — had no health insurance during the entire year. That includes…
Medicare Report
…trillion sounds like an awesome lot; but Americans better get used to the idea. Several factors drive that spending figure: 1. There’s expensive new technology on the horizon, and not…
Request for Comments on Draft ACP-ASIM Seven Year Plan to Provide Affordable Coverage to All Americans
…for all Americans within the next seven years. Debate should no longer center on whether all Americans should have access to affordable coverage, but on the means to achieve that…
People will give up private insurance if they can keep their doctors and hospitals
Majority Backs ‘Medicare for All’ Replacing Private Plans, if Preferred Providers Stay
Reduced support for single-payer overcome by assurance that Americans would not lose their doctor and hospital By Yusra Murad Morning Consult, July 2, 2019 Though the dividing line between Democratic…
Theodore Marmor responds
…strong, implicit message, to which we shall return. Fundamental to this discussion is understanding just what Americans do believe. Do Americans believe that individuals should be deprived of care simply…
Data Update – Fall 2013 newsletter
UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED
…referendum on single payer is likely in 2014 or 2015 (Daily Kos, “Swiss voters want to ditch their ObamaCare, replace with single payer,” 6/24/13). • Per capita spending increased during…
