Medicare Expansion

The Midterm Elections and Medicare For All

Dr. Quentin Young | Posted 05.25.2011

Dr. Quentin Young

There are a number of candidates running for office this November who support single-payer legislation, both incumbents and challengers.

Lucia Graves

Medicare Expands Coverage To Help Seniors Quit Smoking

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Medicare coverage for seniors trying to quit smoking has been expanded to include those who have not already been diagnosed with a tobacco-related dis...

Weekly Pulse: What Would Jesus Insure?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Christian groups are trying to create a run around health care reform by setting up alternative, unreg...

Gray Matters: John Conyers -- Forgotten but Not Gone

Saul Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Saul Friedman

All we can do is see how it works. If things don't really change for the better and Democrats remain in the majority in Congress maybe we can come closer to the Conyers bill, and hear the sleeping dog bark.

Mr. President, Please: A Little Less Oprah, a Little More LBJ

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 05.25.2011

Joe Cutbirth

Want to know how to get this president's attention? Disagree with him or oppose him, and he's putty in your hands.

Improving the Health Care Bill After It Passes Will Not Be Easy

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Lincoln Mitchell

Progressives who oppose this bill are not being obstructionist. Rather, they are taking the position that when real opportunities to reform health care arise, it is essential to get it right.

Health Reform by Phased Medicare Inclusion

Eric Fonkalsrud, M.D. and Michael Intriligator | Posted 05.25.2011

Eric Fonkalsrud, M.D. and Michael Intriligator

Expansion of Medicare coverage to the uninsured or under-insured is the most logical and least expensive method of assuring basic health coverage for all citizens.

Health Care Reform by Medicare Expansion

Michael D. Intriligator | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael D. Intriligator

Medicare Expansion would establish a system of national health care in the United States, which would both control costs and provide quality basic health care to all Americans.