Fact checked by Jillian Dara Key Takeaways A single-payer system is when the government pays healthcare claims using taxes.Universal coverage means everyone has health insurance, either through the ...

A single-payer health system could mean a variety of changes for the healthcare system, depending on its design. One thing is clear, according to the Congressional Budget Office: All participants ...

In a dramatic show of physician support for deeper health reform - and for making a decisive break with the private insurance model of financing medical care - 2,231 physicians called today [Thursday, ...

Daniel C. Bryant, MD, lives in Cape Elizabeth. In his Nov. 23 Maine Sunday Telegram op-ed (“When health insurance breaks down, we break too“), Dr. Jeffrey Barkin, former president of the Maine Medical ...

As Colorado residents face $1 million in medical debt, researchers at Colorado School of Public Health are set to study ...

With the Trump administration rolling back essential health insurance protections and rejecting a national, single-payer health insurance program, America’s race to the bottom continues full steam ...

Last week's Question of the Week, "If there were a national referendum on single-payer health insurance for all, how would you vote? For, or against?" touched a nerve. Since moving to a new Web site ...