‘Medicaid for All’ is NOT a Substitute for Medicare for All
By Lee Stanfield for the HOPE Steering committee. Unfortunately Nevada’s “Medicaid For All” is definitely not a substitute for “Medicare For All”, nor will it
Physician Attitudes Shift to Single Payer
By the Chicago Medical Society. Above photo: Health care justice advocates protested outside Trump Tower, advocating for a single-payer system and Medicare for all, on Jan.
What You Need to Know About the Bill for Improved Medicare for All
By Margaret Flowers for TruthoutPhoto: Activists display signs in the Healthcare Justice March in Baltimore, Maryland, October 26, 2013. (Photo: United Workers) This piece is
Single Payer is the Alternative to Dying Under Austerity
By Mike Ludwig for Truth Out‘s Medicare for All Series. Photo: Maxlkt; Edited: LW / TO This piece is part of Fighting for Our Lives: The
“Skin in the Game” is Harmful to Patients
In the 1990’s, due to rising healthcare costs, private health insurers began offering products with out-of-pocket costs in the form of co-pays and deductibles, referred
Single Payer Would Simplify Our Healthcare System
Medicare for All is the commonsense solution to the current healthcare crisis. As TIME Magazine notes in the article “What is Single Payer Healthcare and
“Young Invincibles’ and Risk Pools
There is tension in our healthcare system over risk pools. Private health insurers would have us believe that they are carrying an unfair burden of
Business Support for Single Payer Health Care
In April, 2017, heads of businesses launched a new campaign, Business Leaders Transforming Healthcare. They recognize that the United States is unique among industrialized nations in
The Cost of Health Care in the United States
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger made the news in May, 2017 when they said that the cost of health care is the biggest concern for
Single Payer is not a Priority for Democrats
By Russel Mokhiber for Single Payer Action. Photo by David Drexler | CC BY 2.0. The Democrats will not lead the charge for single payer in
First Ever Global Health Study Finds Massive Inequity
By Dean R. Owen and Rachel Fortunati in Health Data. People dying of preventable causes at rates higher than expected Study informs US health care
June 5, 2017: New Study on State of US Health Outcomes
The first-ever global study on health outcomes and preventable deaths was published recently by Dr. Christopher Murray, Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and