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Articles of Interest

  • Dr. Sidney Wolfe's Testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce at Hearing on Health Insurance - July 2, 2009
    Testimony of Sidney M. Wolfe MD
    What if you picked up the morning paper tomorrow and saw the following headline: "50 People Died Yesterday Because they Lacked Health Insurance"? The next day, the same headline--and the next as well. This is the average number of people in the United States who, according to a 2004 report by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, die each day--more than 18,000 a year--because they lack health insurance. How should we respond to this unacceptable and embarrassing finding?

  • Single-payers crashing the gates - July 2, 2009
    By Marcy Winograd | L.A. Progressive
    One of the many frustrations for advocates of single-payer health care is the relentless drive to marginalize us, not only by conservatives but also by members of our own party.

  • Medical debt increasingly cited as factor in bankruptcies - July 2, 2009
    By Doug Trapp | AMNews
    Nearly two-thirds of bankruptcies in early 2007 were due in part to medical debt -- an increase of more than 20% since 2001 -- according to a national study of more than 2,000 cases.

Quote of the Day

  • NHIS numbers, and building on what works - July 2, 2009
    Everywhere you turn those rejecting single payer, including President Obama, say that we want to build on what works and fix what's broken. They say that what works is our employer-sponsored system of coverage. But does it?

  • Does US Chamber soft talk hide their agenda? - July 1, 2009
    "So I think Congress is realizing that it's gonna be trouble if they try to roll us," and "I'm sorry that things have gotten to the point where we're having to beat up on members of Congress." Was this guy nurtured on "The Sopranos," or is he the real thing? Regardless, are the owners of America's businesses really as heartless as this jerk implies? Do they really believe that their workers would be "getting the shaft" by having health insurance with adequate benefits?

  • Starr, Reich and Kuttner on the public option - June 30, 2009
    To rephrase the very important point that Paul Starr brings to this debate, it is not the design of the public option that is crucial to successful reform under the model being advanced in Congress, but rather it is that the design of the insurance exchanges must be absolutely compliant with the rules of social insurance. If the exchanges are poorly designed, the public option would become a Medicaid-like dumping ground for low-income people with high-cost problems, and would suffer from a lack of willing providers because of chronic underfunding. And poorly designed exchanges could never meet the test of social insurance.

Blog Watch

  • Democrats Start With Compromise on Health Care Reform - June 4, 2009
    Michele Swenson | Huffington Post
    Democrats at the fore of shaping health care reform policy concede the issue from the start by failing to put forth the best possible case for reform. Instead, they have begun the discussion with compromise.

  • A Canadian Comments on Experiences with Single Payer System in Canada - March 9, 2009
    Posted By Chris Dinn
    As a Canadian who watched and helped his sister go through 5 years of elite treatment medical treatment for a rare brain tumor, I consider myself experienced with the single-payer approach and I have generally great things to say about it.

  • Why I won't join the American Medical Association - November 24, 2008
    by donag | Daily Kos
    I am a local leader in healthcare and will not endorse [the AMA], but will continue to advocate for Physicians for a National Health Program. It is my advice to my colleagues to support that organization and not the AMA who are now one of the biggest obstructions to healthcare justice.

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