Healthcare for all, not Band Aids, best way to fight opioid crisis
By Rob Davidson for Holland Sentinel For 20 years, I’ve had the privilege of serving as an emergency physician. I’ve cared for tens of thousands of people across West Michigan, from Holland and Muskegon to Zeeland and Fremont. I’ve delivered babies, resuscitated trauma victims, and stabilized heart attack patients and strokes. I’ve treated patients who […]
It is time for Medicare for all
By Maureen Dion-Perry in Letters to the Editor of Mountain Democrat We cannot fix our broken health care system with more tweaks. Premiums, co-pays and deductibles are too high. We can save a lot of money by negotiating drug prices and cutting out the high administrative costs of insurance companies. Contact your senators and representatives […]
The No-Brainer Case for Universal Long-Term Care
By Joel Dodge for People’s Policy Project Progressives have increasingly coalesced around a single-payer Medicare-for-All system as the goal for American healthcare. There is one piece of our healthcare system in particular where single-payer is the undeniably obvious solution: long-term care. Long-term care encompasses everything from nursing homes to home health aides to rehabilitation for […]