Young A.M.A. physician, Nikan Khatibi DO Readers of Fixing U.S. Healthcare blog may be interested in this recent post by a fellow healthcare blogger, Henry Kotula. He writes: https://mailchi.mp/7788648545f0/the-weekly-gist-february-25-2022?e=d1e747d2d8 A recent New Yorker article details the history of the American Medical Association’s (AMA) opposition to single-payer healthcare, and the grassroots movement that nearly changed its position in … Continue reading As America’s physician demographics shift, so do doctors’ priorities — HENRY KOTULA
Category: American Health Politics
More States Are Proposing Single-Payer Health Care. Why Aren’t They Succeeding? — HENRY KOTULA
The Democratic presidential primary might feel like a lifetime ago, but one important storyline in that race was health care — specifically single-payer health care, or the policy that the government should offer universal health insurance to everyone in the country. The nomination of now-President Biden, who opposed single-payer health care during the primary, has put single-payer health […]More … Continue reading More States Are Proposing Single-Payer Health Care. Why Aren’t They Succeeding? — HENRY KOTULA
Finger-Pointing at Whom to Blame – Part 2
Summary This blog has argued that healthcare reform is economically, societally, and medically necessary. There is no lack of ideas, idealism, or compassion to move reform forward. What is lacking is power — hard political power and soft civic power. Political power is stymied by targeted voter disenfranchisement and by distorted campaign finance. How to … Continue reading Finger-Pointing at Whom to Blame – Part 2
Finger-Pointing at Whom to Blame – Part 1
Summary This blog has argued that healthcare reform is economically, societally, and medically necessary. There is no lack of ideas, idealism, or compassion to move reform forward. What is lacking is power — hard political power and soft civic power. Political power is stymied by targeted voter disenfranchisement and by distorted campaign finance. How to … Continue reading Finger-Pointing at Whom to Blame – Part 1
The Racial Argument Against Healthcare Reform
Perhaps the most potent argument today against healthcare reform is racial. Let’s look at the argument, and see how it stands up. The argument goes like this: Non-whites are inferior to whites, not worthy of sharing in the “common good” reserved for whites.Giving a societal benefit to non-whites subtracts an equal benefit from whites – … Continue reading The Racial Argument Against Healthcare Reform
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