Creators Syndicate on MSN

Will single-payer health care champions ever offer something credible?

Billionaire progressive activist and California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer recently remarked: "Health care companies ...
ThyBlackMan on MSNOpinion

Tom Steyer backs single-payer health care, but the cost problem still remains

Tom Steyer’s renewed support for single-payer health care raises a familiar question: how would America pay for a massive ...
AOL

The ‘payer’ in ‘single-payer’ health care is government — and you

Tom Steyer, the controversial billionaire who ran unsuccessfully for president, is trying to appeal to California voters with a “single-payer” health care policy. He is not alone. Former Congresswoman ...
Opinion

In governor’s race, Xavier Becerra backs away from single payer healthcare

Once an advocate for a universal system, he now focuses on incremental reforms and shielding Californians from federal cuts.
Becker's Hospital Review

Single Payer: Why Government-Run Health Care Will Harm Both Patients and Doctors

The key issue in the emerging national health care debate is the role of the federal government. While some Members of Congress favor a “single-payer” national health insurance system—”Medicare for ...
Portland Press Herald

Single-payer health care strongly supported by Maine’s medical community | Opinion

Daniel C. Bryant, MD, lives in Cape Elizabeth. In his Nov. 23 Maine Sunday Telegram op-ed (“When health insurance breaks down, we break too“), Dr. Jeffrey Barkin, former president of the Maine Medical ...
Los Angeles Times

Single-payer healthcare meets its fate again in the face of California’s massive budget deficit

SACRAMENTO — The latest attempt to bring a single-payer healthcare system to California failed in the state Legislature on Thursday, undercut by its steep price tag as lawmakers struggle with a ...