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Single Payer IQ Test Question # 7: How would “Single Payer Now” be implemented? Answer: Even Vermont hasn’t been able to figure this out. Agitators carrying “Single Payer now!” signs need to do a thought […]
While a narrow majority of 1,033 physicians surveyed by Merritt Hawkins strongly (42%) or somewhat (14%) support a “single payer healthcare system” in the U.S., more than 90% of 1,208 persons responding to an internet […]
Volume 71, no. 6 June 2015 Some advocates of a “single-payer healthcare system,” notably Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), often begin with a scathing indictment of managed-care plans, including the complexities of dealing […]
Vermont has experimented with healthcare reform for a long time, and now for the first time vast amounts of federal money are being sunk into the effort, write Darcie Johnston and Robert S. Emmons, M.D., […]
Some are making the nomination of a Supreme Court Justice a kind of referendum on the Affordable Care Act, featuring people who have costly medical conditions and fear losing their ACA plan. A key selling […]
The first Democratic presidential debate could barely scratch the surface. All 10 candidates say they favor universal health care as a human right, but what does this mean? Follow-up questions to ask: 1. How many […]
This week leaders in the Trump Administration continued efforts to correct the record about the harm “Medicare For All” would cause to American patients. “With a government takeover, we can see from other countries that […]
Politicians promise to lower costs and assure quality medical care, but voters need to beware. Here are some common misconceptions about Medicare for All: Myth: Medicare for All would get rid of profiteering insurance companies […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. People are marching with “Health Care Voter” signs, and this is generally believed to be one of the most important issues in the 2018 midterm elections. Republicans who got elected […]
Momentum is growing to enact a Bernie Sanders-style program of mandatory government-controlled medical care for all. This is strongly supported by Democratic Socialists of America. Proponents claim that this will save money while improving the […]
