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House bill would expand Medicare to all
Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and other House members have reintroduced a federal bill that would expand Medicare to a universal, single-payer program.
New legislation to propose state-based universal coverage
Legislation, drafted by Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), would allow states to establish universal healthcare coverage by requesting federal funds after establishing their own health insurance programs.
Surrounded by healthcare slippery slopes
Two bits of journalism caught my eye over the weekend, both for the wrong reasons. The first, in my hometown Los Angeles Times, noted there is a "global" push for universal healthcare...
Many firms support universal coverage
A sizable number of employers favor a universal healthcare system and want far more transparency from hospitals and physicians, concludes a new survey by United Benefit Advisors. According to the
Wisconsin universal healthcare rumor unfounded
As Wisconsin governor Jim Doyle announced his newly created Office of Health Care Reform as part of the state's pending healthcare legislation, the Associated Press obtained a memo that indicated the
CBO estimates 23 million will remain uninsured after health reform
Although the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the healthcare overhaul will eventually cover 32 million more Americans, it admits that about 23 million people will still be left out of
Study: Delays in getting doctor's appointments growing
A new study by Merritt Hawkins and Associates has underlined that the doctor shortage blossoming in this country is beginning to have immediate consequences. The study concludes that appointment wait
Obama reforms may be slowed by doctor shortages
A few years ago, when Massachusetts first got rolling on its health reform plan, observers began to notice something odd. Once you got everyone insured, they all needed doctors. And once everyone had
SEC backs universal health insurance ballot measure
While most of the discussion of universal healthcare coverage takes place outside of the corporate arena, some activist shareholders may have succeeded in forcing the discussion into stockholder
Survey: Universal healthcare would boost MD shortage
When it comes to universal healthcare coverage, it would appear that a significant minority of physicians find the idea to be intolerable, according to a new survey. The survey, by physician
