February 16, 2011 Dear PNHP colleagues, Great news! There’s a medical student rally for single payer in Vermont being planned for March 26, and our national single-payer bill, H.R. 676,…
Health Insurance Headlines of the Single Payer Future
…records show. Single Payer: Doctors and single payer commissioner agree on payment rates for next year. Uninsured in South Would Win Big in Democrats’ Plan, but Hospitals Fear Funding Loss…
First person perspective: Lobbying for single-payer health care
…single-payer health care system. Representatives Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) and John Conyers (D-Mich.) also spoke to participants about their single-payer bills, H.R. 676 and H.R. 1200. Rep. McDermott focused on building…
Rep. Weiner withdraws single payer amendment
…payer got so far along in the House is a testament to the strength of our single payer movement. The huge number of calls by single payer advocates in support…
Single-payer advocates push cause in states; challenges likely
…State Medical Assn. Although Ohio has one of the most active single-payer movements in the country, there is little chance that a single-payer bill will pass the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature…
Fighting for health care that doesn’t leave you broke & naked
A profile of Dr. Elizabeth Frost
…preventative care, proponents say a single-payer system would significantly lower costs (as much as $350 billion a year, they estimate). Perhaps most importantly, a single-payer system would end health insurance…
Bait and switch: How the “public option” was sold
…something even closer to single-payer. If a proposal is going to be abused as if it were single-payer, why not actually propose a single-payer? At least then, when a particular…
Vermont's Bill: Is it Single-Payer Health Care?
…health reform in the state—not to mention how strong the single payer movement is going forward. Q: Are single-payer activists in Vermont discouraged? A: Absolutely not. Single-payer activists have been…
Edwards Becomes the First To Promise a Big Tax Hike
…mulling the idea of a single-payer system, akin to those used in Canada and Britain. “I think there’s a legitimate debate that should take place on single payer versus building…
On the status of health reform
…for single-payer national health insurance, plugging away for decades, steadily accumulates new force. Single payer would deliver all necessary care for all individuals, lifelong, with no co-pays and no deductibles…
'Single payer' still their goal
…all but eliminate private health insurance in Oregon and replace it with a taxpayer-funded system covering everyone in the state: single-payer health care. Dembrow’s bill was scheduled for a hearing…
Mass. Medicaid chief: Single payer may be better than ‘devil-may-be’ market
…single payer health care signed onto the bill. He asserted that many members of state government’s health care hierarchy support single payer health care but keep it to themselves. “Everyone…
