On AlterNet: single-payer

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "single-payer"

Rx for U.S. Health (and Healthcare): A Politics of Solidarity and Equality

David Moberg, In These Times. April 1, 2012.

The same free-market politics that opposes even the conservative compromise of the Affordable Care Act lies behind policy shifts that have greatly increased inequality.

Vermont Poised to Become First State to Enact Single-Payer Healthcare

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. May 26, 2011.

Vermont Health Care for All President Dr. Deb Richter discusses why a universal, single-payer healthcare system was needed in the state.

Corporate Media Have Ruined the Health Care Debate

Isabel Macdonald, AlterNet. July 27, 2009.

TV networks have shut out coverage of single-payer as an option for health reform. We must work to get it back in public debate.

Crisis = Opportunity for Single-Payer

Roger Bybee, Dollars and Sense. April 8, 2009.

Fiscal crises may force Obama to save costs via a single-payer plan.

Talk to Me Like I'm 4: Why Our Health Care System Failed Us and How We Can Fix It

J. Goodrich, AlterNet. February 12, 2009.

The United States' health care system is like a patchwork quilt that we keep trying to mend when, really, we need a new one.

Momentum Gathers for Truly Universal Health Care

Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes. January 23, 2009.

A new campaign was launched to make clear to policy-makers that the moment is right to embrace truly universal health care.

Why Employer-Based Health Insurance Doesn't Cut It

Molly M. Ginty, Women's eNews. January 14, 2009.

The majority of doctors believe a single-payer system would provide the best care.

Why Single-Payer Health Care Can't Wait

Mike Ferner, After Downing Street. January 12, 2009.

Americans' experience with employer-paid health benefits has been far from happy.

Paying More, Getting Less: Just Where Do America's Health Care Dollars Go?

Joel A. Harrison, Dollars and Sense. June 23, 2008.

If people grasped the size of the health care bill they already pay (through taxes), opponents of a universal single-payer system would be in trouble.

How to Talk About Health Care

Bernie Horn, TomPaine.com. April 30, 2008.

The health care debate is not about right versus left. It's about McCain's radical scheme to dump our employer-provided health coverage into a ditch.

The Failed Health Care Reform Plan of 2009

Vicente Navarro, CounterPunch. March 14, 2008.

Neither Clinton nor Obama's health care plans get at the root problem our of broken system.

Leading Dems Miss the Boat on Health Care

John P. Geyman, Tikkun. January 22, 2008.

No amount of tax credits, health savings accounts or market solutions will fix this problem.

Medicare for All: The Only Sound Solution to Our Healthcare Crisis

blah bla, AlterNet. January 16, 2007.

Our $2 trillion healthcare industry is not only unhealthy, it is unsustainable. Why universal Medicare is the way to get universal healthcare without collapsing the system.