Archive for December, 2018
Has single-payer health care’s time finally come?
Monday, December 10th, 2018Democrats are coming out of the woodwork to back the New York Health Act. By REBECCA C. LEWIS DECEMBER 9, 2018 With their new majority in the state Senate, Democrats are finally preparing to pass long-stalled progressive legislation. Perhaps the most expansive and expensive item on the agenda – and among the most controversial – is […]
Upstate NYers medical debt mysteriously paid off
Monday, December 10th, 2018For nearly 150 people around the NY Capital Region who’ve been hounded for years by debt collectors, the mail should have recently brought some good news. News that seemed too good to be true. If it came in a yellow envelope with a return address of Rye, New York from a group called “RIP Medical […]
In-Depth Analysis by Team of UMass Amherst Economists Shows Viability of Medicare For All
Monday, December 10th, 2018Comprehensive plan is estimated to reduce U.S. health consumption expenditures by nearly 10 percent, while providing decent health care coverage to all Americans November 30, 2018 Contact: Robert Pollin AMHERST, Mass. – A team of economists from the University of Massachusetts Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) has found that the Medicare for All Act of 2017, […]