Is it the ACA’s lack of cost controls on premiums pushing Dems leftward? The realization that “the private market” is simply not working? Trump’s threatened cutbacks? What does this mean for the California governor’s race? And will “Medicare for Most” satisfy single-payer advocates? Rick’s mailbag: […]

Center for American Progress‘ new “Medicare Extra for All” proposal has ignited controversy among healthcare reform advocates. Rejected outright by dedicated single payer advocates like PNHP’s Don McCanne, MD, the plan leaves in place employer-sponsored health insurance – historically a gravy train for the corporate […]

Single-Payer Health Care in California? Why Advocates Are Playing the Long Game By Laurel Rosenhall. FEBRUARY 16, 2018. KQED News.  Excerpts only. Read complete article here.   By many measures the rambunctious campaign for a single-payer health care system in California appears to be floundering. . . […]

The most underrated argument for single-payer health care By Ryan Cooper. February 15, 2018. The Week.   Excerpts only. Read complete article here.   If there’s one constant in modern American life, it’s paperwork and bills — and it’s rarely worse than it is for health […]

Amazon’s health care experiment shows exactly why we need Medicare for All We have to remove profit from the health care equation, just like Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase intend to do. Richard Master. Feb. 7, 2018. USA Today. Excerpts only. Read complete article here.  […]