Single-Payer Health Care
Welcome to the new home for the movement for universal, single-payer health care! Here you can find information about my plan to expand health care coverage to all Americans, and ways to get involved. Please explore the new site and email me with any suggestions.
Health Care News
Small Payroll, but Big Woes on Insurance
The New York Times - By Kevin Sack
BELLAIRE, Tex. — When the bottom fell out of the automotive market last year, Amberly Allen’s fast-growing direct-mail firm hit a wall in a hurry.
As orders from car dealerships fell by half, Ms. Allen deferred plans to hire more sales representatives. She put off buying the building she now leases in this Houston suburb. And in November, both she and her husband, one of her four employees, stopped drawing salaries.
The Wrong Place To Be Chronically Ill
Editorial - The New York Times
Chronically ill Americans suffer far worse care than their
counterparts in seven other industrial nations, according to a new
study by the Commonwealth Fund, a New York-based foundation that has
pioneered in international comparisons. It is the latest telling
evidence that the dysfunctional American health care system badly needs
reform.