…of about $65 a month. In fact, Medicare is similar to what most industrialized countries offer to their entire population: single-payer, government-run, taxpayer-subsidized health care. Younger Americans should care about…
My warning for the NHS
I quit a private health industry built to deny care to millions. This is what Lansley wants here
…care. These three stories below from the U.S. show choice and competition at work on the ground. They also explain why 45,000 Americans die every year because they can’t afford…
Medicare, an effective program, turns 46
…Americans access to high-quality health care. It has reduced poverty among seniors and improved the financial security of their families. It has become one of the most popular government programs…
Poor healthcare may shorten American lives – study
…people in the comparison nations over time,” they wrote. But this has not been happening. Americans are less likely to smoke, and while Americans are more likely to die in…
John Nichols on replacing the mandate with Medicare for All
Can We Have Health Reform Without an Individual Mandate? Yes, It's Called 'Medicare for All'
…Physicians for a National Health Program have, that Medicare be expanded to cover all Americans — affordably, efficiently, capably and constitutionally. http://www.thenation.com/blog/162765/can-we-have-health-reform-without-individual-mandate-yes-its-called-medicare-all Comment: By Don McCanne, MD Americans overwhelmingly support…
Is medical care a good business?
…percentage of Americans lack health insurance or are seriously under-insured than at any time since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid 46 years ago. That number is increasing every day….
Health care reform: Is it ‘fair’?
A critique of the Affordable Care Act and a proposal for Maine
…health insurance to millions of low income Americans while leaving millions of moderate income Americans similarly unable to afford comprehensive coverage to fend for themselves. Visiting the Kaiser Foundation’s Health…
Medicare for All: A Single Solution to the Health Care Fracas
…Winning a single-payer system will not be easy. In the near term, the single-payer movement will need to devote substantial energy to holding off efforts to further privatize and weaken…
U.S. Seniors’ Health Poorest, Global Survey Shows
…older Americans saw at least four doctors in the past year, second only to Germany at 39 percent. In addition, more Americans (19 percent) said they skipped essential health care…
What do Americans really care about in their health care coverage?
…Of course, that is the way a single payer national health program would work. Let’s start taking care of the health needs of the people instead of the business needs…
Medicare at 50: Successes, shortcomings
…Southern Colorado Clinic, then at Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers. He is active in Physicians for a National Health Program, a physician group that advocates for universal single-payer health care. www.chieftain.com…
A Doctor Speaks About Healthcare, Big Business and Justice
…covered. Spain has a constitutional law guaranteeing health care for all of its citizens. The United States is the only industrialized nation that does not have a single payer government…
