‘_Medicare Advantage_ a misnomer | The Journal Gazette

Taxpayers foot bill for private insurance to inadequately cover seniors’ health care
Jonathan D. Walker
America has a split personality when it comes to health care. There is recognition that the government has to provide care for the people, but there is a conflicting sense that private industry has to be involved because it can somehow be [...]

Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan

Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan.
The employer-based health care system is failing and is adversely affecting the public health, as well as the financial wellbeing of private industry and the nation’s position as a global economic superpower. Health care policy and public health experts are increasingly calling for major health care reform and an end [...]

The top health stories of 2008 – CNN.com

Health care reform
In a period of economic uncertainty, record rates of unemployment and the turbulent economy have left many American families without health insurance, propelling the issue of health care reform into the historic presidential race.
During the campaign, Sen. John McCain and now President-elect Barack Obama acknowledged the flaws of the U.S. health care system [...]

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Is single payer healthcare reform too radical a step for America to take?

Tell MoveOn it is the right step.
“If you bend your back, people will ride your back.“- Taylor Rogers, retired Memphis Sanitation Department worker

There is a vigorous debate among those who agree that the US must move toward universal health insurance coverage, but disagree on how to get there. Health Care [...]

Health care summit brings together providers, patients, candidate staffers Jennifer Boen, The News-Sentinel

Article published Sep 25, 2008 Health care summit brings together providers, patients, candidate staffers Jennifer Boen, The News-Sentinel A number of experts who spoke at Wednesday’s health care summit at the downtown library touted the benefits of a system that guarantees people who pay a set amount access to [...]