Single Payer Is Actually a Huge Bargain
By Drs. Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein and Adam Gaffney, The Nation. It would save both dollars and lives compared to our current system. Last
Podcast: How to make National Improved Medicare for All Inevitable
[Featured photo from The Tennessean] A Conversation with Dr. Carol Paris The national movement for improved Medicare for All is gaining momentum, which means that we
Improved Medicare for All means something. Don’t dilute it.
By Kay Tillow, Health Over Profit for Everyone. On July 13, 2018, in an article1 on Vox, Tim Higginbotham and Chris Middleman of the Democratic
New Threat To Immigrants’ Health
By Don McCanne, M.D., PNHP.org Numerous studies have shown that immigrants pay more into our health care financing systems, both public and private, than they
Growing Trend For Bankruptcy For Seniors
By Don McCanne, M.D., PNHP.org The social safety net for older Americans built up during the last century is now showing alarming trends toward shifting
Reporting on Medicare for All Makes Media Forget How Math Works
By Justin Anderson for FAIR “Medicare for All,” a federally funded universal healthcare plan championed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vermont–Ind.), has quickly become a key
Letter: Single-payer health care is a national need
Letter to the Editor by Quinn Golden in Concord Monitor Our for-profit health care system is a national embarrassment. In health care, the same level
Private Insurance Companies Don’t Care About the Elderly
NOTE: The author, Joel Dodge, seems to be unaware of HR 676, which includes long term care. Still, he makes a good argument for including
Of Course, Medicare For All would increase Federal Spending…
By Margaret Flowers, Health Over Profit for Everyone. But it would lower the total cost of health care A recent report by the Koch Brothers-funded
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
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
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