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LONG READ But its the same tactics as the 1990s

By David A. Ansell David A. Ansell is a professor of internal medicine, senior vice president for community health equity at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, a member of Physicians for a National Health Program, and author of “The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills.” Sarai was 25 years...

Aetna CEO in private meeting: “Single-payer, I think we should have that debate” A top insurance executive signals openness to government-financed health care. The chief executive of one of the country’s largest health insurance companies says he is open to having a single-payer debate...

Bernie Sanders Wants to Expand Medicare to Everybody — Exactly What Its Architects Wanted BERNIE SANDERS DOESN’T just want to play defense on health care — he’s introducing a bill that would expand the Medicare program to everybody in America, creating a single-payer health care system. Such a...