This page contains past articles and blog posts related to Medicare for All and single-payer healthcare systems. Please email your comments and questions to info@hcacfoundation.org 

2019

• December 2019 Not Everyone Has Popping Deductibles: How One Union Kept Medical Bills in Check  Noam Levey shares how Unite Here, Local 26 in Boston, negotiated a plan that reduced workers' healthcare costs by eliminating using the highly expensive hospitals in the area. LA Times, latimes.com 
• December 2019 Who Wants Medicare for All? People Value Americans' Health Over Corporate Profits  Rep. Pramila Jayapal shares her view on why people are ready for Medicare for All, NBC News opinion, nbcnews.com
• December 2019 I Have Multiple Sclerosis. Here's Why I Am Fighting for Medicare for All Maggie Mills shares her personal story and why she supports Medicare for All. CommonDreams. 
• November 2019 Democratic Naysayers Are Wrong on Medicare for All Jeffery D. Sachs, from CommonDreams, reports on why Medicare for All is cheaper than what we currently pay for our healthcare; because the U.S. monopolists set the prices instead of the government.
• November 2019 The Average Family Is Going to Get Much More and Pay Much Less Ron Sparks interviews Dr. Victoria Dooley, an advocate for Medicare for All. Medicare For All Explained podcast 
• November 2019 Be Wary of the Complex Pros and Cons of Medicare Plans Trudy Lieberman from Tarbell comments on the misleading messages about Medicare and Medicare plans 

• October 2019 This Is the Most Realistic Path to Medicare for All  J.B. Silvers NYTimes, explains how the failure of the private insurance companies will lead to Medicare for All 
  
• October 2019 Lower Drug Costs Now The Lower Drug Costs Now Act is proposed to save the government money by eliminating price disparities and allowing Medicare to negotiate with the pharmaceutical industry to obtain lower drug prices. Henry A. Waxman, Health Affairs Blog www.healthaffairs.org 
• October 2019 What Do Americans Think About Their Health Coverage Ahead of the 2020 Election? The Commonwealth Fund Survey, March-June 2019

• September 2019 Single-Payer Health Care Is the First Step in the Revolution Zachary Siegel explores Timothy Faust's book about the "flawed health insurance system"-- Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next. The Nation www.thenation.com
• September 2019 Here's the Real Deal on 'Medicare for All' Jim Hightower writes "Everyone deserves, as a human right, affordable access to quality health care". CommonDreams
• September 2019 We're Doctors, and We're Debunking Myths About Medicare for All  Drs. Eve Shapiro and Paul Gordon share their opinion on 5 myths regarding Medicare for All.   Arizona Daily Star
• August 2019 Big Money Agenda: Democracy on the Brink 2018 film that covers Big Money in everything from healthcare reform to campaign financing.   Richard Master, executive producer.  Posted on Vimeo by Thomas Mark
• August 2019 Eating Away at Workers' Wages, Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Costs Soared by 121% Since 1999: Analysis Jake Johnson examines the numbers of how health insurance costs affect wages, CommonDreams
• July 2019 Medicare for All Talking Points  Confused about the Medicare-for-all rhetoric? Check out Public Citizen's Talking Points page.  www.citizen.org
• July 2019 Want a Glimpse of Single-Payer Healthcare? Look at Cuba Niran S. Al-Agba, MD examines the difference between universal coverage and single payer, focusing on why and how universal care is the most effective system.  MedPage Today.

• June 2019 Medicare for All Needs a Change of Message: Single Payer is Essential, but Most Voters Still Don’t Get That  Even though health care is a basic human right, many challenges and misunderstandings still exist. By Colin McAuliffe, The Nation www.thenation.com 
• June 2019 Why We're Fighting the American Medical Association Medical students and working health professionals have had enough; they are tired of the AMA protecting corporate interests instead of fighting for Medicare-for-All. Jonathan Michels, Will Cox, Alankrita Siddula and Rex Tai. The Guardian
• May 2019  Compare Medicare-for-all and Public Plan Proposals  Another look at the different healthcare proposals introduced in the 116th Congress. KFF.org 
• May 2019 Side-by-Side Comparison of Medicare-for-All and Public Plan Proposals Introduced in the 116th Congress  Concise summary of nine (9) plans introduced in the 116th Congress. The summary breaks the plans into four (4) categories: Single Payer/ Medicare-for-All, Public Plan Option/ Federal/Medicare, Medicare Buy-In for Older Adults, Medicaid Buy-In.  KFF.org
  
• May 2019 The World’s Cheapest Hospital Has to Get Even Cheaper   Ari Altstedter, Bloomberg Business Week. Based on HCACF research and information, this article represents why medical tourism should be promoted under Medicare and not by private insurers plans and reasons why people disenroll.

• April 2019 Future Physicians Endorse Medicare for All The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) issued a statement in support of Medicare-for-All. www.amsa.org
• April 2019 Medicare-for-All: What it Could Mean for U.S. Health Care System Ali Velsh on MSNBC interviews Elisabeth Rosenthal (Kaiser Health News editor-in-chief) about the differences between Single Payer and Medicare-for-All, healthcare spending costs, and government healthcare vs government health insurance. 
• April 2019 People with Serious Health Needs More Likely to Disenroll from Medicare Advantage Plans Diane Archer, Tarbell Board member, analyzes Medicare advantage plans and reasons why people disenroll.
• March 2019 Support for Medicare For All SURGING In Red States Farron Cousins from The Ring of Fire talks about the increase of support for Universal Healthcare, even among people who don't back Socialism.
• March 2019 Beating the Big Pharma Shell Game Fran Quigley from Common Dreams explains how Big Pharma is fighting back against the strong campaign to fix the broken medicine crisis.
• March 2019  Side-by-Side Comparison of Medicare-for-All and Public Plan Proposals Introduced in the 115th Congress  Concise summary of eight (8) plans offered by the 115^th Congress.  The summary points out that all plans avoid addressing cost containment and financing, critical items needed to assure high quality at a reduced price. 2018 KFF Report.
• February 2019 Meet the propaganda outfit fighting against Medicare For All The Potter Report Podcast with Wendell Potter and Joey Rettino, discusses the propaganda in the media speaking out against Medicare-for-All. 
• February 2019 'Everybody In, Nobody Out': What We Know So Far About the Medicare for All Act of 2019  Benjamin Day, Executive Director of HealthCare-Now and Mark Dudzic, National Coordinator of Labor Campaign for Single Payer, provide their perspectives on the forthcoming improved and revised single-payer