1. On 'Death Panels,' 'Socialized Medicine' and Other
(Newsletter)

...The Obstacles to Real Health Care Reform Political Views By Stephen Lendman    Friday, 21 August 2009 Private Insurers and Big PhRMA   In almost the same breath on August 17, the W...

2. Universal Single Payer Health Care Coverage
(Opinions/Bulletin)

...ion or more underinsured. It spends more and delivers less through: "a patchwork system of for-profit payers. Private insurers necessarily waste health dollars on things (unrelated to care): ove...

3. What Physicians Know
(Opinions/Bulletin)

...   While he praises Medicare for its simplicity and certainty, he has absolutely nothing positive to say about private insurers.  They take up huge amounts of time of him and his staff, tryi...

4. AARP's Tradition of Betrayal
(Opinions/Bulletin)

...oyer-based health coverage will likely see their premiums nearly double in the next seven years;"Fact check:-- private insurers are assured unrestricted freedom to raise rates and will take full ...

5. Obamacare Targets Entitlements
(Opinions/op-ed)

...es in many states that sell insurance, can pick and choose their members, are able to charge premiums comparable to private insurers, and in most areas provide little, if any, real competition.  ...

6. US Census Bureau Confirms Rising Poverty
(Opinions/Society)

... try to build an entirely new system from scratch." And while favoring a "public option," he assured private insurers that it's not a deal-breaker, guaranteeing that no final plan will ...

7. The Obstacles to Real Health Care Reform
(Opinions/Politic)

Private Insurers and Big PhRMA   In almost the same breath on August 17, the White House effectively dropped a real public option (that likely never existed) while Obama was telling the Veterans

8. Universal Healthcare in Canada
(Opinions/Daily)

...e doctor and the patient. The insurance plan is virtually never involved. And ironically, in your country, it’s the private insurers that often stand between patients and physicians. You have to fin...

9. Spinning Healthcare: A Bad Case of Vertigo
(Opinions/op-ed)

...Public Plan." A key Senate committee had just approved a bill with a public plan that would "compete with private insurers," the Times chart explained on July 18. The public plan "...

10. Obamacare: A Health Care Rationing Scheme
(Opinions/Politic)

...better for those unable to pay so that millions will be sacrificed on the alter of cost containment while enriching private insurers, Big Pharma, and large hospital chains that will flourish as commun...