Health Care Reform Articles - March 7, 2016

Hillary's newfound disdain for single payer

By David U. Himmelstein, M.D. and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.
The Hill, Feb. 29, 2016

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/271001-hillarys-newfound-disdain-for-single-payer

Cherry-picking Statistics to Bash Sanders' Medicare-for-All Plan

by Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steffie-woolhandler/bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all_b_9385012.html

Socialists, look to economists at UMass Amherst for support

By Deirdre Fernandes GLOBE STAFF  MARCH 01, 2016

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/02/29/umass-economists-find-place-during-year-outsider/BoYaoXTDa2cIYJGLglCnKJ/story.html?s_campaign=email_BG_TodaysHeadline&s_campaign=

Ask Your Doctor if This Ad Is Right for You

How advertising promotes expensive drugs and treatments you may not need.

By ELISABETH ROSENTHALFEB. 27, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/sunday-review/ask-your-doctor-if-this-ad-is-right-for-you.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160227&nlid=1311158&tntemail0=y

Can't Get In To See Your Doctor? Many Patients Turn To Urgent Care 

By PATTI NEIGHMOND 

http://news.mpbn.net/post/cant-get-see-your-doctor-many-patients-turn-urgent-care

Donald Trump’s Talk on Health Care Is Not Matched by His Plan

Margot Sanger-Katz @sangerkatz MARCH 3, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/upshot/donald-trumps-compassionate-talk-on-health-care-is-not-matched-by-his-plan.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share

Why Obamacare should be changed to a single-payer system

By Eric Naumburg, M.D.
The Baltimore Sun, Feb. 29, 2016

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-health-care-letter-20160229-story.html

Clinton's ‘Public Option’ is a Diversion: We Need Single Payer, Medicare for All

By Don McCanne, M.D.
Common Dreams, Feb. 24, 2016

http://commondreams.org/views/2016/02/24/clintons-public-option-diversion-we-need-single-payer-medicare-all

Sanders' Health Plan Renews Debate On Universal Coverage

By Alison Kodjak
NPR, Shots, Feb. 23, 2016

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/23/467639551/sanders-health-plan-renews-debate-on-universal-coverage

The False Lure of the Sanders Single-Payer Plan

PAUL STARR

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

http://prospect.org/article/false-lure-sanders-single-payer-plan

Top Lobbyist for Drug Makers Threads a Thicket of Outrage

By ROBERT PEARFEB. 26, 2016http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/27/business/top-pharmaceutical-lobbyist-threads-a-thicket-of-outrage.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share

Trying to Revive H.M.O.s, but Without Those Scarlet Letters

By REED ABELSONFEB. 28, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/29/business/trying-to-revive-hmos-but-without-those-scarlet-letters.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share

We’re Losing the Race Against Antibiotic Resistance, but There’s Also Reason for Hope

Aaron E. Carroll

THE NEW HEALTH CARE MARCH 7, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/08/upshot/were-losing-the-race-against-antibiotic-resistance-but-theres-also-reason-for-hope.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_up_20160307&nl=upshot&nl_art=0&nlid=1311158&ref=headline&te=1