What Other People Have Learned |
Bangor Daily News |
Steve Dunn Op Ed Article
"Health insurance companies are the problem, not the solution." This article is Steve's
response to an article by Michael Tanner and Michael Cannon from the Cato Institute. Steve Dunn of Bangor is a carpenter.
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Maine Labor |
Universal Health Care: Why Should We Care
Eastern, Western, and Southern Maine Labor Councils
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Dr. Himmelstein |
Interview with Dr. David Himmelstein
Dr. David Himmelstein is one of the Co-Founder Physicians for a National Health Program
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Comparison of
Canada and U.S. |
Private not-for-profit or private for profit
by Dr. Gordon Guyatt
Recommended reading.
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Pew Survey |
Pew Survey - Beyond Red vs. Blue
The Pew Survey showed that 65% of people in the USA want a government guaranteed healthcare system.
The link above takes you to the full
report: go to Part 6: Issues and Shifting Coalitions, Part Two: Economic and Domestic Policy, Health Insurance which says, "Solid majorities of
every group, with the sole exception of Enterprisers, favor a government guarantee of health insurance for all Americans, even if it
means raising taxes. Across the electorate, support for guaranteed health insurance ranges from 55% among Upbeats and 59% among
Social Conservatives to 90% among Liberals."
What does "Enterprisers" and "Upbeats" etc. mean
The survey report's Profiles of the "Typology"
Groups (in English, topology simply means the different kinds of political beliefs the Pew Foundation folks identified).
Healthcare-Now's page about the Pew Survey
The Pew Survey showed that 65% of people in the USA want a government guaranteed healthcare system.
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Predictions |
Pat Buchanan predicts healthcare reform
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Myth Busting |
Myth Busting Canadian Health Care Part I
Myth Busting Canadian Health Care Part II
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Recent History |
Recent history of a past attempt
to create a single payer national healthcare system. A history of Bill and Hillary
Clinton's attempt at Single Payer Healthcare
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Debate |
www.commonwealthclub.org/archive
Debate on Single Payer (Harvard Medical School Professor, Director UCLA Center For Health Policy Research, others)
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More Resources |
Single Payer Resources
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) Single Payer Resources |
Surveys |
Kaiser and Harvard Survey on Health Care |
and . . . more research links to come
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