Obamacare Meeting Bends Toward Single-Payer Solution
By Jon Kelvey for the Carroll County Times. More than 150 people packed the St. Paul’s United Church of Christ fellowship hall Thursday night for an often boisterous town hall meeting on the future of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. While Republican lawmakers have long been critical of President Barack Obama‘s signature […]
Health Insurance Fix: Medicare for All
By Jack Kotecki in the Green Bay Press Gazette. Health care reform is a high priority on the newly elected Congress’ to-do list. As a University of Wisconsin medical student who grew up in northeastern Wisconsin, I am concerned that the proposals being put forward by Republicans in Congress will harm Wisconsinites’ ability to access […]
Single Payer Surge – Really?!
Interview with Dr. Carol Paris, President of PNHP By Joan Brunwasser of OpEd News. My guest today is Dr. Carol Paris, President of PNHP (Physicians for a National Health Program). Joan Brunwasser: Welcome to OpEdNews, Carol. I read an interesting piece recently: Amid GOP Attacks on Health Care, the Movement for Single Payer Is Growing […]
The High Cost of Private Profit in Health Care
By Peter Dolack in Systemic Disorder. The United States spends huge amounts of money on health care. But it is only in comparison to other countries that the magnitude of health care spending becomes clear. Because the U.S. health care system is designed for private profit rather than public health, the U.S. spends an extra […]
Amid GOP Attacks on Health Care, Movement for Single Payer Is Growing
By Michelle Chen for TruthOut. Above photo: Citizens swarm to check in before Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner’s town hall meeting at the Pewaukee Public Library in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, on February 11, 2017. Sensenbrenner’s constituents have been asking at recent meetings about what will replace the Affordable Care Act — and so far, he has few answers. […]
Republican Obamacare Replacement Crystallizing: Expect higher costs, less coverage, more uninsured
By Margaret Flowers Today Politico provided more details of the Republican’s plans to repeal and replace Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act). Overall, the impacts on the health insurance industry are hard to predict, but we can say for certain that they will do what they can to protect their bottom line. The impacts on people […]
Leading Medical Journal on Single Payer
By Physicians for a National Health Program Above photo: Dr. David Himmelstein speaks at a news conference about the new Physicians’ Proposal for Single-Payer Health Care on the steps of City Hall in New York, May 6. Photo: Annette Gaudino/Huffington Post Single-payer reform is ‘the only way to fulfill the president’s pledge’ on health care: Annals […]
You May Be Suffering From PISD
By Dr. Carol Paris NOTE: In 2009, Dr.Carol Paris, a psychiatrist, created a diagnosis of Private Insurance-Induced Stressed Disorder (PIISD, pronounced “pissed”) to describe the suffering that people experience at the hands of private health insurance. Since then, the increasing privatization of health care in the United States, including privatization of public insurances and consolidation […]
Republicans Take Lead in Defining ACA Replacement, Act Now!
By Margaret Flowers Roll Call reports that the Republicans introduced legislation, the Obamacare Replacement Act, in both the House and the Senate. The plan, known as the Sanford-Paul Plan for its lead sponsors, has the support of the strongest Republican caucus, the Freedom Caucus. Summaries of the legislation are not yet available. According to Roll […]
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