With the coronavirus pandemic, the dangers of rationing care based on ability to pay are all too...
Health and financial security
Coronavirus: Hospitals with huge reserves got government...
The New York Times reports that some of the wealthiest hospitals in the US received huge amounts of...
Coronavirus and hospital bills: Medicare v. private health...
Joseph Goldstein reports for the New York Times on a patient with COVID-19 who was hospitalized for...
Disparities in health stem from inequities in housing...
Disparities in health and health care outcomes are a result of inequities in housing, education...
Coronavirus and Congress: How to help older workers
The novel coronavirus has hit Americans hard. And, it has hit older workers especially hard. Not...
For our collective health, racism must be destroyed
I join the vast majority of Americans in condemning the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the...
How would lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60 help?
Vice-President Joe Biden recently advocated for lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60 in...
Will we see an end to surprise medical bills?
Doctors and other health care providers are billing unsuspecting patients ever increasing amounts...
Americans strongly support Medicare for kids
Just as educating children benefits the entire society, keeping them healthy and restoring them to...
Coronavirus: Sanders’ legislation would pay for...
Last Friday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act...