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Toward a People's Budget: Vermont Adopts New Vision for State Spending and Revenue Policies

Anja Rudiger | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Human Rights, People's Budget, Tax, Revenue, Budget, Vermont, Politics News
Anja Rudiger

Almost exactly one year after enacting the United States' first universal health care law, the state of Vermont is once again showing the country that another world really is possible.

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The Daily Szep -- Health Care U$A

Paul Szep | Posted 04.24.2012

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Paul Szep

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Broccoli Is a Choice, Health Insurance Is Not

John Conway | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Care, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Mandate, Supreme Court Obamacare, Obamacare, Supreme Court Health Care, Individual Mandate, Politics News
John Conway

With this system, healthcare remains in private hands, people would retain some choice in their coverage whether it is potato chips or broccoli. Everybody eats and the check is split much more fairly.

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GOP to Uninsured: (Feel Free to) Drop Dead

Michael L. Millenson | Posted 04.02.2012

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Michael L. Millenson

The difference between Democrats and this generation of Republicans is not at its core a disagreement on what government can legitimately do to help create universal access to health care for 50 million Americans, but whether the goal itself is worth pursuing.

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The Constitution and Health Insurance

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Reform Constitutionality, Universal Health Care, Constitution, New Zealand Health Care, Politics News
Stanton Peele

Are there ways in which the Constitution isn't the inerrant guidelight we were taught to think of it as in secondary school? That is, what about airplane security?

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If Health Care Reform Falls, Look in the Mirror

Karen Dolan | Posted 05.29.2012

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Karen Dolan

While Americans who want affordable health care for all wring our hands and keep a stiff upper lip, blaming the misinformed conservative ideologues in Congress, in the Supreme Court, and in Tea Party get-ups, perhaps we should take a long look in the mirror.

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Defending the Indefensible: Getting Beyond Insurance and Obamacare

Bob Jacobson | Posted 05.29.2012

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Bob Jacobson

I opposed President Obama's health care "reform" bill, because it began life already a slave to the insurance company-spawned ideology of health care as a market commodity and not a basic human right.

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Eco Etiquette: What Would Health Care Repeal Mean For The Environment?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.28.2012

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Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. What's the Green stance o...

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Supreme Court Ruling Against Affordable Care -- A Blessing in Disguise?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.27.2012

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Hoyt Hilsman

While the Supreme Court wrestles with how to untangle the constitutional complexities of the Affordable Care Act, the politics are becoming crystal clear -- and they may ultimately benefit those of us who would like to see affordable, high-quality health care for all Americans.

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Individual Mandate Not Necessary for Universal Coverage

Andrew Pavelyev | Posted 05.22.2012

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Andrew Pavelyev

It would be much better to acknowledge the reality and replace the individual mandate with explicit direct taxes. New taxes would need to raise a lot of revenue, but for most of the middle class they would be offset by big pay increases.

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Debt, Deficit Denial: Why We Must Fix U.S. Health Care

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Health Care Reform, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Cedars Sinai, Health Care Costs, Health Care, Universal Health Care, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

We spend far more than any other country on health care. Yet our citizens don't live as long as people in many other countries. The disparities in even basic care are too great between rich and poor.

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Elise Foley

Rick Santorum Blames Social Programs For British Empire's Decline

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.02.2012

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BOONE, Iowa -- Rick Santorum said Monday that the United Kingdom's development of a social safety net, including universal health care, cost the natio...

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Helping Uninsured Singers Save Their Voices and Their Careers

Michael J. Pitman, M.D. | Posted 01.29.2012

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Michael J. Pitman, M.D.

With the poor economy and lack of universal healthcare coverage, many people do not have access to the healthcare they desperately need. One group that all too often finds itself in this situation is that of professional singers.

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Is 'Healthy San Francisco' Unhealthy For The City?

| Posted 11.19.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of the San Francisco Public Press. By Barbara Grady Four years ago, San Francisco launched a grand experiment,...

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Is Broccoli Next?

Robert I. Field | Posted 01.17.2012

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Robert I. Field

When the Supreme Court agreed to hear the challenge to the individual mandate, it did more than say it would sift through piles of legal briefs and listen to legal argument. It sent a message to the American public that our system of constitutional democracy is alive and well.

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Yes, They Can: How Emerging Economies Are Building Universal Health Coverage

Marcelo Giugale | Posted 12.19.2011

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Marcelo Giugale

While the debate rages in rich nations, successful developing countries like Brazil, Chile, China, India and Indonesia have figured out a way forward, and are moving ahead. Here is what they are doing.

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Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance: Time to Pronounce it Dead

John Geyman | Posted 12.14.2011

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John Geyman

We have had about a 75-year experiment with employer-sponsored health insurance, but its track record is one of continued decline over the last 30 years -- fewer people covered, less coverage for more costs, and less value of that coverage.

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'Moral Hazard' In Health Care: Duplicity On Steroids

John Geyman | Posted 11.22.2011

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John Geyman

When will logic, common sense, evidence and fairness take center stage for health policy makers and legislators? The way things are going could well be called legislative malpractice.

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Why the New Healthcare Law Should Have Been Based on Medicare (And What Democrats Should Have Learned By Now)

Robert Reich | Posted 10.15.2011

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Robert Reich

What should Obama and the Democrats do if the individual mandate in the new health care law gets struck down by the Supreme Court? Immediately propose what they should have proposed right from the start -- universal health care based on Medicare for all.

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A Nation of Caylee Anthonys

Pat LaMarche | Posted 09.10.2011

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Pat LaMarche

Imagine if for every hour someone spoke on air about Caylee, one minute had been devoted to the rest of the kids who will die senselessly because of inadequate funding for healthcare, housing and human resources.

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Back to the Chemo Room

Robert Schwab | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Colorectal Cancer, Cancer, Chris Power Bain, Chemotherapy, Death and Dying, Cancer Treatment, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Denver News
Robert Schwab

One thing you find out about yourself when you are recruited into a battle for your life is that while death may be around the corner, living feels pretty good.

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It's Paternity Test Time for Newt, Mitt and Obamacare

Michael L. Millenson | Posted 07.16.2011

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Michael L. Millenson

It's paternity test time for Obamacare. Beneath the bogeyman label that the GOP leadership has attached to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...

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First Universal Health Care Bill in U.S. Marks Success of Vermont's Human Rights Movement

Anja Rudiger | Posted 07.07.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Vermont Health Care, Universal Health Care, Human Rights, Single Payer, Human Right to Healthcare, Vermont, Health Care, Politics News
Anja Rudiger

Vermonters clearly set an example with their steadfastness and unflinching readiness to take a moral stance and reject the effort to divide the community along lines of race, ethnicity or national origin.

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Justin Bieber Takes On 'Evil' U.S. Health Care System

Posted 05.25.2011

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Justin Bieber has taken the United States by storm, but if he gets sick, he may find himself retreating back to Canada -- and not just for the home-co...

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'How Everybody Exists' Doesn't Have to Be

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lobbying, Lobbyists, Public Opinion, Democracy, Sicko, Health Insurance, Michael Moore, Corporate America, Corporations, Ethics, Public Relations, Health Care Reform, Wendell Potter, Spin, Universal Health Care, Apco Worldwide, Corporate Greed, Health Care, Business News
Wendell Potter

The surprising gem in an Inquirer piece was that APCO VP Bill Pierce agreed with me. He acknowledged that interest-funded pressure groups "are all over the place" in Washington. "That's how everybody exists here," Pierce said.

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