Single-Payer News
Dr. Chris McCoy: “Dear AMA: I Quit!”
From Democracy NOW! – President Obama is ramping up efforts for his proposed overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system. On Monday, the President spoke at the annual conference of the American Medical Association in Chicago, opening a week in which healthcare will dominate attention in Congress. Obama’s speech before the AMA on Monday came just…
Read MoreThe AMA Does Not Represent Us
By members of PNHP – As the American Medical Association (AMA) begins its annual convention in Chicago, we want to take this opportunity to make it clear to the American public, to the media, and to the President and members of Congress, that the AMA does not represent us. It is a common misconception that…
Read MoreHealth Care Briefing on June 10, 2009 (Video)
Healthcare briefing by single-payer experts on June 10, 2009, that included Rep. John Conyers, Michael Lighty, Deborah Richter MD, and Con Hogan. Sponsored by Progressive Democrats of America, California Nurses Association, and Physicians for a National Health Care Program.
Read MoreA singular solution for healthcare
By Judy Norsigian and Jennifer Potter for the Boston Globe – A single-payer healthcare system would more effectively control costs than any other plan that Congress is considering as it moves toward a reform bill. And by controlling costs, existing resources could be allocated more equitably, especially for the benefit of women. First, single-payer plans…
Read MoreInsurance interests total 1/4 of Baucus’ fundraising
By Mike Dennison for the Montana Standard – As Sen. Max Baucus has taken the lead on health-reform legislation in the U.S. Senate, he’s also become a leader in something else: Campaign money received from health- and insurance-industry interests. In the past six years, nearly one-fourth of every dime raised by Baucus, D-Mont., and his…
Read MoreSingle payer: bold, affordable, humane
[The following is the testimony of Dr. Walter Tsou to the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions on June 10. The hearing was titled “Examining the single-payer health care option.”] By Walter Tsou, M.D., M.P.H. of PNHP – Congressman Andrews and members of the HELP subcommittee, my name is Dr. Walter Tsou. I…
Read MoreExamining the Single Payer Health Care Option (Video)
Video of the testimony of Marcia Angell, M.D., Geri Jenkins, R.N., Walter Tsou, M.D., M.P.H. at a hearing examining the Single Payer Health Care Option on June 10, 2009.
Read MoreHealth Professionals Tell Congress They Want Single-Payer
By Jeff Muskus for Huffington-Post – At a long-awaited House subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, health-care professionals made it clear that they believe a single-payer system to be the best and perhaps only workable option for health care reform. “Single-payer is the only reform that can control health care costs,” said Walter Tsou, a University of…
Read MoreMedical bills underlie 60 percent of U.S. bankruptcies: study
Most bankrupt families had health insurance 92 percent had medical bills over $5,000 By Maggie Fox for Reuters – Medical bills are behind more than 60 percent of U.S. personal bankruptcies, U.S. researchers reported Thursday in a report they said demonstrates that healthcare reform is on the wrong track. More than 75 percent of these…
Read MoreRose Ann DeMoro: There’s a Conspiracy of Silence Against Single Payer!
Rose Ann DeMoro is the executive director of the California Nurses Association and a National V.P. of the AFL-CIO. On June 3, 2009, she spoke at a Capitol Hill press conference called by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), on the issue of a Single Payer Healthcare System. Ms. DeMoro said: “There is a conspiracy of silence”…
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