Medicare for All should be free of profit takers
By Kay Tillow. It’s the best of times and the worst of times for the advocates of national single payer health care in the United
How to Pay for Medicare for All? Supporters Say That’s the Wrong Question. Here’s Why.
By Yuval Rosenberg for The Fiscal Times Any Democrat proposing a transition to a Medicare-for-all system can expect to be pressed on a pivotal question:
Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon says US healthcare system is ‘morally wrong’
Exclusive: Former UN secretary general accuses ‘powerful’ health interests in the US of blocking universal healthcare By Jessica Glenza for The Guardian The former United
A better way – single payer, universal health care
By Jeff Hardwig, M.D. for International Falls Journal When I started my medical training 37 years ago, my only focus was on becoming a competent
Before Big Pharma Kills Us, Maybe Public Pharma Can Save Us
Drug companies are abandoning antibiotic research to make more money elsewhere. Yet another reason why we need a publicly owned company. By Dana Brown for
Breast cancer survivors have a bigger problem after treatment: The cost
By Ann Pietrangelo for Healthline Breast cancer treatment is saving lives. But its extreme expense is also causing a different kind of hardship for
The time for single-payer system is now
By Chuck Pezeshki for the Moscow-Pullman Daily News I read in the Daily News (“Old Peking owner retired, but grateful,” Sept. 1) with a fair
Your Turn: A cost-effective alternative for U.S. healthcare
By Ken Lefkowitz for Courier Post If someone paid $1,000 for a service they could purchase elsewhere for $512, you’d think they were quite foolish.
Businesses back single-payer plan
By Ron Green in the Albany Democrat-Herald Many years ago I started and ran a bicycle store, building it over 10 years to seven or
61% of hospital leaders say single-payer would help lower healthcare costs
By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review A new report from the New England Journal of Medicine-Catalysts about trends in payer-provider integration suggests that the
Healthcare Advocates Block Chicago Streets Demanding Care
By Anne Scheetz for Popular Resistance Responding to Iashea Cross’s cry, “Are you ready to take action?,” on August 31 members of Chicago ADAPT and
Ten ways Medicare Advantage plans differ from traditional Medicare
By Diane Archer, JustCareUSA. Listen to Diane Archer speak about Medicare Advantage Plans here: And visit her healthcare blog at JustCareUSA. There is a