…and you will hear Americans clamoring for true health care reform. By Washington standards, single payer is politically unfeasible. But step outside the beltway and you will be surprised by…
A single-payer plan would take greed out of the health-care business
…Hill sleight-of-hand that delivers cash-filled envelopes, Americans should push for a single-payer system like the ones currently enjoyed by Canadians and most Europeans. Under such a system, all Americans would…
Fixing A Sick Health Care System
…consumes one-third (31 percent) of Americans’ health dollars.” By switching to a singlepayer system that covers all medical necessities, it is estimated that savings will amount to more than $350…
The art of the drug deal
Helen Redmond explains how the drug industry got a seat at the head of the health care reform table.
…the Institute for America’s Future that matched drug price savings the government negotiated for the Veteran’s Administration. Americans spend a staggering $200 billion a year on prescription drugs. We pay…
Fiscal Responsibility and Health Care Reform
…Americans have been misled by negative advertising and denigration of the single-payer approach by politicians and others who label it “socialized medicine” and government interference in medical care. A new…
Majority of Americans Support National Health Insurance
…a single payer system would give them free choice of physicians, instead of the limited choices they have now? What if Americans knew that we are already spending enough money…
Coalition for Health Coverage forms in Southhampton
…in solidarity with thousands of protesters across the country who called attention to the millions of Americans who don’t have health insurance. “This is a story that is playing out…
NCQA at 25 years: Lessons for us
…of consumers flocked to join them. Today, NCQA accredits health plans in every state, covering 109 million Americans or about 70 percent of all Americans enrolled in private coverage. Founding…
Redistribution of health care from the poor to the wealthy
…in recent decades. One of the more important measures would address the problem presented in today’s article – redistribution of health care to the wealthy. A well designed single payer…
The Canadian Cure
…says, “the only way to do it is single-payer. The savings are on administration and waste. Basically, you get more health care and less bureaucracy from a single-payer system than…
A Doctor’s Letter to Senator Baucus
…a single-payer national health program across Texas (yes, Texas!) and other states, I am repeatedly amazed by the ability of Americans to understand the complex issues of health reform if…
NCQA at 25 years: Lessons for us
…of consumers flocked to join them. Today, NCQA accredits health plans in every state, covering 109 million Americans or about 70 percent of all Americans enrolled in private coverage. Founding…
