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Mass. healthcare law was a band-aid, not a cure
ecthompsonmd October 25, 2011

This is exactly what I have been saying about Romneycare. We have to do better. From Physicians for a National Health Program: While the Massachusetts health care reform in 2006 reduced the number of people who are uninsured in the state by about half, it did so at a high price and is unsustainable over the long haul because of skyrocketing costs, a group of Boston-area physicians and researchers say in a new report released today. The results do not augur well for the similarly structured Affordable Care Act, they say. The report, titled “The Massachusetts Model of Health Reform in

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Over 4.3 million American were added to the list of uninsured last year
ecthompsonmd September 18, 2010

This is from Physicians for a National Health Program. Official estimates by the Census Bureau showing a dramatic spike of 4.3 million in the number of Americans without health insurance in 2009 – to a record 50.7 million – underscore the urgency of going beyond the Obama administration’s new health law and swiftly implementing a single-payer, improved Medicare-for-all program, according to Physicians for a National Health Program, a 17,000-member physician group. The Census Bureau reported that 16.7 percent of the population lacked health insurance coverage in 2009, up from 15.4 percent in 2008, when 46.3 million were uninsured. Lack of health

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This Senate compromise is beginning to smell
ecthompsonmd December 10, 2009

The more I read on this compromise, the less I like it. It is like that stuff I used to get at the fair – cotton candy. It looks interesting. It tastes nice, but in the end it is mostly nothing but air. From FDL: I contacted Dr. Ida Hellander, Executive Director of Physicians for a National Health Program, to get her feedback on whether or not PNHP thought lowering the Medicare age to 55 was a good idea. I respect Ida and the PNHP folks a lot, and wanted to see what they thought. Here is the PNHP Statement: Lowering

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