Don McCanne, MD: So is ACA all there is?

Senator Bernie Sanders June 28, 2012 In my view, while the Affordable Care Act is an important step in the right direction and I am glad that the Supreme Court upheld it, we ultimately need to do better.  If we are serious about providing high-quality, affordable...

Don McCanne, MD: Means testing Medicare

Ryan Says Rich Should Pay More as Sanders Defends Entitlements for Wealthy By Brian Faler Bloomberg, May 30, 2011 Bernie Sanders, the U.S. Senate’s only avowed socialist, may be the chamber’s fiercest advocate of taxing the rich to cut the federal deficit. That...

Universal Health Care Equals Slavery? Huh?

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul seems to be unclear on the concept of universal health care. At a congressional hearing Wednesday with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Paul made the ridiculous assertion that the right to health care would lead to the enslavement of providers such...