Since I am a die hard single payer universal health care supporter, I will provide some more links that support my POV for those who want to do more in-depth research on the matter. Just for the record, I have excellent private health insurance that is provided by my hubby's employer. It doesn't cost us much even though, I am being treated for several chronic conditions.
We recently switched from a Kaiser HMO to United Healthcare Choice EPO and Medco prescription drug plan. Everyday, I thank God that we have this coverage. For example, nearly 2 years ago, I had emergency surgery for a Strep Abscess in my throat and was in Intensive Care for 6 days..total hospital stay 10 days..bill $100,000 for hospital and another $15,000 for doctors.. my cost was only $100.00. Everyone should have this coverage and
I, for one, am happy that my tax dollars would go to make it so. I feel blessed and because of that, want to share with others the fruits of my blessings.
So...
Physicians for a National Health Program is a non-profit research and education organization of 17,000 physicians, medical students and health professionals who support single-payer national health insurance.
Physicians for a National Health Program - Health Care is a Human Right
Media Matters for America identifies and debunks 14 myths and falsehoods surrounding the health care reform debate.
Myths and falsehoods about health care reform | Media Matters for America
In 2007,
The American College of Physicians, the second largest group of physicians in the USA, called for legally mandated coverage of all Americans and urged lawmakers to consider a single payer system as one option for achieving that goal.
[21] The American Medical Student Association in a policy statement said that it believes that the best solution to the health care crisis would be a single-payer system of publicly funded, publicly accountable, privately provided, quality health care for all.
Single-payer health care - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The
Veterans Administration is a single-payer system and provides excellent quality. In a peer-reviewed paper published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers of the
RAND Corp. reported that the quality of care received by Veterans Administration patients scored significantly higher overall than did comparable metrics for patients currently using Medicare in the rest of the U.S.
Comparison of Quality of Care for Patients in the Veterans Health Administration and Patients in a National Sample -- Asch et al. 141 (12): 938 -- Annals of Internal Medicine
Dear AMA, I Quit
Dr. Chris McCoy: Dear AMA: I Quit!
Dr. Chris McCoy, M.D. is an Instructor of Medicine in Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He currently serves as the chair of the policy committee for the
National Physicians Alliance.
I encourage the AMA leadership to read
Atul Gawande's recent article describing how physician culture drives up the cost of health care without benefiting patient outcomes. At the heart of this problem are physicians who have a vision of themselves as money-generating profit centers rather than professionals serving the public good. The AMA represents, and encourages, this mindset with its single-focus on physician reimbursement over all other health care reform issues.
