by Andrew McGuire | Sep 14, 2011 | News
Number of uninsured climbs to highest figure since passage of Medicare, Medicaid 50 million uninsured shows urgency of enacting single-payer Medicare for all: national doctors group Official estimates by the Census Bureau showing an increase of about 1 million in the...
by Sylvia Moore | Mar 23, 2011 | News
It’s been a year since President Obama and the Democrats passed the most sweeping overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system in more than 40 years. Sweeping it may have been, but for millions of Americans, this law is still inadequate. Unfortunately, the...
by Andrew McGuire | Mar 16, 2011 | News
Medical Bankruptcy in Massachusetts: Has Health Reform Made a Difference? By David U. Himmelstein, MD, Deborah Thorne, PhD, Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH The American Journal of Medicine March 2011 Despite a marked declined in the uninsurance rate in Massachusetts...
by Andrew McGuire | Sep 17, 2010 | News
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009 U.S. Census Bureau September 2010 Health Insurance Coverage in the United States Highlights * The percentage of people without health insurance increased to 16.7 percent in 2009 from 15.4...
by Andrew McGuire | Sep 8, 2010 | News
Underinsurance among Children in the United States By Michael D. Kogan, Ph.D., Paul W. Newacheck, Dr.P.H., Stephen J. Blumberg, Ph.D., Reem M. Ghandour, Dr.P.H., Gopal K. Singh, Ph.D., Bonnie B. Strickland, Ph.D., and Peter C. van Dyck, M.D., M.P.H. The New England...