…why) single-payer to me seems like the better option. But I also think it’s important to be clear-eyed about single-payer. And since we’ve all been talking about the virtues of…
Faith community must embrace single-payer health system
…to prescription medicines to dental and vision care. Single-payer health care The term single-payer refers to the government being the responsible party for health care bills, as is the case…
If Obamacare Is Repealed, Advocates Expect “Meaner and Skimpier” Replacement for the Poor
…road to single payer. In Part 1 of our conversation, we played several clips of Donald Trump before he won the election, talking about single payer. Unlike other Republicans, who…
Hillary’s newfound disdain for single payer
…2000 endorsed a single-payer ballot initiative in Massachusetts. Barack Obama, a full-fledged single-payer advocate in 2003, continued to say as a presidential candidate that he’d prefer single payer “if we…
Buoyed by election, U.S. doctor group calls for single-payer system
…election this week changed the political equation in ways that could help a single-payer system go forward. Young, the group’s national coordinator, said at least five additional supporters of single-payer…
Doctors, citing mandate for change, call on Obama, Congress to 'do the right thing' on health reform
15,000 physicians urge enactment of single-payer system
…of single-payer health reform were elected to Congress yesterday, including Senator-elect Tom Udall (D-N.M.), and that pro-single-payer ballot initiatives in 10 Massachusetts legislative districts “won by a landslide, on average…
Why is single-payer health reform not viable?
…no doubt that it would be a huge political battle to attempt to install a single-payer or other national health system in the United States. But single-payer is not without…
Health Crisis in Louisville's West End
…Kay Tillow, a coordinator of a broad local coalition, Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has introduced a bill in Congress to implement Single Payer, HR 676….
Single payer momentum builds with PNHP
…maintains that single payer would guarantee health security for all citizens, removing crippling out-of-pocket copays and deductibles. As single payer reform at the national level appears unlikely in the current…
Health Crisis in Louisville’s West End
…Kay Tillow, a coordinator of a broad local coalition, Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has introduced a bill in Congress to implement Single Payer, HR 676….
Should PNHP postpone single payer and advocate for incremental reform?
…smaller victories that create the pathway to single payer. And in four years, a substantially stronger single-payer movement could successfully lobby a new Congress and president for federal waivers. More…
Support Grows for Single-Payer Medicare-for-All Plan Instead of Massive Cuts to Healthcare
…payer. That’s why the National Nurses United, the biggest nursing union in the country, is pushing single payer. It’s why Senator Sanders ran on single payer. And it’s why Congressman…
