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1) What problems with current US health insurance do you find most vexing & motivating – i.e., causing
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Sky High ACA Deductible Highlights Need for Universal Insurance
New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000, The New York Times, Feb. 26, 2026, by Reed Abelson
The Trump administration’s proposed new rules for
It’s the Prices and More
The US Health Spending Problem Is Still About Prices, Health Affairs Forefront, Feb. 18, 2026, by Irene Papanicolas, Jonathan Cylus, and Luca Lorenzoni
For more than
When Oh When Real Reform?
How Much Longer Will Americans Wait for Real Health Reform?, Health Care un-Covered, Feb. 20, 2026, by Trudy Lieberman
Kudos to Merrill Goozner, former editor of
Health Insurance Compromise – Virtue or Vice?
Failure to Account for Real-World Complexities in Health Policy, JAMA Health Forum, Feb. 5, 2026, by Lanhee J. Chen, Erin Duffy, and Atul Grover
Congress could
Burdensome Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs: 1 in 4 Adults
Risk of Burdensome Health Care Spending in the U.S., JAMA Internal Medicine, December 22, 2025, by Adam Gaffney, Danny McCormick, Samuel L. Dickman, David Bor,
Wise Policies Over Feuding Parties
The Blue Road to Trump Hell, How Corporate Democrats Paved the Way for Autocracy, December 2025, free as ebook, by Norman Solomon
This book scrutinizes how
A Campaign Endorsing Single Payer
Abdul El Sayed discusses Medicare for All with Brian Tyler Cohen (13 minutes), YouTube Podcast – Brian Tyler Cohen, January 17, 2026
Brian Tyler Cohen: And so,
The Great Healthcare Plan Hoax
The Great Healthcare Plan, The White House, President Donald J. Trump, January 2026
Lower Drug Prices
Slash Prescription Drug Prices: Lower prescription drug prices for all Americans
With Medicaid & ACA Cuts, Counties Face Daunting Care Challenge
On the Hook for Uninsured Residents, Counties Now Wonder How They’ll Pay, KFF Health News, by Christine Mai-Duc and Claudia Boyd-Barrett, January 6, 2026
Health Officials
Threats to US Health: Vaccine Denialism + For-Profit Health Insurance
We Don’t Seem to Be Making America Healthy Again, New York Times, Dec. 28, 2025, by Benjamin Mazer
As a physician and medical journalist, I have
The Ultimate Gift We Owe Ourselves: End Private Health Insurance
Healthcare Beyond 2026, LA Progressive, Dec. 16, 2025, by Sharon Kyle
You first have to understand how healthcare policy making in the U.S. has been systematically