Articles & Letters

Healthcare Reform: Single Payer and the Public Option by Sheila Kuehl. June 29, 2009

The Policy That Dare Not Speak Its Name by Robert Kuttner. June 21, 2009

Single Payer Protesters Disrupt Senate Finance Committee Meeting. Click here for video from the May 5th meeting.

What Does It Cost Physician Practices To Interact With Health Insurance Plans? Health Affairs, May 14, 2009. (pdf attached)

Caucuses Unite Behind Public Health Insurance Plan Option. April 28, 2009.

A White House Regional Health Care Forum was held in Los Angeles on April 6th. Click here for photos of advocates rallying to keep single-payer on the table (photos courtesy of Mike Chickey).
Also read a message on health care reform to participants in the Forum from the L.A. County Federation of Labor. (linking to pdf attached).

Massachusetts is no model for national health care reform. February 20, 2009.

Response to Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) report on the fiscal analysis of SB 840. November, 2008.

Health Plan Premiums Up Slightly in 2008; Workers Face High Deductibles, Survey Finds, September 25, 2008

Study released by The Lewin Group compares cost & coverage of McCain's and Obama's Health Care Policies (neither advocate for a single payer system) - October 8, 2008

Gov. Schwarzenegger says Insurance Companies Yes! Healthcare No! Vetoes SB 840. Mark Leno to become new single payer author. Kuehl Comments. October 1, 2008.

Senator Kuehl Letter to Gov. Schwarzenegger Sept. 10, 2008

"LAO Confirms Single Payer Reduces Health Care Spending..."

Labor Task Force for Universal Healthcare: Questions for Candidates '08

Hundreds Rally at Moscone June 20, 2008

Paying More, Getting Less: How Much Is the Sick U.S. Health Care System Costing You? by Joel A. Harrison, Dollars & Sense, May/June 2008

U.S. Conference of Mayors Backs Single-Payer National Health Insurance...

Latest Field Poll Shows Sharp Jump in support for "Government Provided Health Care" - April 29, 2008 (pdf)

Startling Field Poll Results Just Released on California Healthcare - Part Two of Extensive Servey .... (pdf)

Major Surge in Support for National Health Insurance Among U.S. Physicians, New Study Finds (pdf)

A Health Law With Holes (pdf)
Summary: Robert Kuttner descibes and discusses what is going wrong with the Massachusettes health care plan and the provision for individual mandates