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An education in health insurance 14 AnnieK401 May 2012 Sep 2012 5 7657

If we have a "Health and Health Policy" group, I don't think we need this one too. n/t 2 astral May 2011 Dec 2011 0 2187

URGENT: Does anyone have any experience in a "health benefits plan" as opposed to "insurance." 5 Backseat Driver Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 4968

The real reason our health care is SO screwed up isn't what we all think- Its completely different! 3 Baobab Mar 2016 Mar 2016 8 3629

Can anybody think of a more tragic month on any other mailing list? 0 Baobab Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 3242

Report from The United States: State Health Reform Flatlines (2008) 0 Baobab Mar 2016 Mar 2016 1 3271

The GATS and South Africa's National Health Act: A Cautionary Tale (Threatens Affordable health care 0 Baobab May 2016 May 2016 3 2836

“The right to regulate has to be preserved” How We can make a bigger difference than anything else 0 Baobab May 2016 May 2016 2 3329

Single Payer will "Never Ever Come to Pass" - Hillary Clinton (video) 3 Baobab May 2016 May 2016 1 4472

This message was self-deleted by its author 16 BillyRibs Sep 2013 Sep 2013 2 5331

dentistry 5 bluedave Jun 2012 Jun 2012 2 5025

Don't call it Medicare for all. 3 bluescribbler Mar 2012 Mar 2012 2 3148

When does Obamacare enrollment end December 15? 5 bucolic_frolic Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 5242

Wouldn't it be grand if we could put this on a referendum ballot to see how many votes it receives? 6 canoeist52 Dec 2011 Aug 2012 7 4686

Adam Conover of 'Adam Ruins Everything': Most of the numbers on your medical bills are made up 1 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 15 2657

100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt 1 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 1782

Upended: How Medical Debt Changed Their Lives 2 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 1163

'Want To Cry': Bill for Uninsured Hospital Stay in Italy Stuns Americans [View all] 52 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 109 7634

"We didn't have any hope left": Medical debt crippling U.S. families 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 8 1659

He and his wife both got cataract surgery. His bill was 20 times higher than hers 6 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 7 3458

How to Dispute Surprise Medical Bills 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 950

Jim Hightower: The health care industry's medical debt rip-off 2 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1636

'These hospitals are robbing y'all': Nurse says she's never paid a hospital bill in her life 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 6 3010

The looming disaster in the mental healthcare system 4 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 9 1415

Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients' bills 7 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 8 3136

1.9m patient records exposed in healthcare debt collector ransomware attack 3 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 1087

TikToker says hospital charged her $300 for confirmation of her daughter's death 0 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 1894

Just 12% of Americans Think the US Healthcare System Runs 'Very' or 'Extremely' Well 1 ck4829 Sep 2022 Sep 2022 11 2484

Re-victimization - Rape victims can face huge hospital bills if they seek help 7 ck4829 Sep 2022 Sep 2022 6 1162

Some hospitals rake in high profits while their patients are loaded with medical debt 2 ck4829 Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 2247

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Hospital System to Refund Poor Patients Who Were Entitled to Free Care 2 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 12 2865

Survey: Nearly half of Americans rate healthcare as poor or failing 7 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 1877

Jack Shickel lived 35 days. His medical bill was $3.4 million 4 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 1877

In Knoxville, the burden of medical debt reinforces a long history of segregation 0 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 1556

Taxpayers foot the bill for medical research, but companies profit. We're paying for drugs twice 5 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 12 2202

They want to buy medical debt and forgive it. Some hospitals are saying: "Pass" 3 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 23 2422

How banks and hospitals are cashing in when patients can't pay for health care 2 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 10 1861

How one Ohio city is tackling the 'uniquely American problem' of medical debt 11 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 33 6766

The US Spends Almost as Much on Healthcare as the Rest of the World Combined and Has One of the 3 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 12 2682

Medical bills remain inaccessible for many visually impaired Americans 0 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 784

The Most Expensive Health Care in the World Is Far From the Best 24 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 66 5583

Hospitals' Dishonest Billing Practices Add More Pain to CA Small Businesses 0 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 2084

Royal Ransomware Threat Takes Aim at U.S. Healthcare System 6 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 10 1268

Half of ambulance rides yield surprise medical bills. What's being done to protect people? 1 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 2916

Lessons from Germany to help solve the U.S. medical debt crisis 4 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 8 1057

Investigation: Many U.S. hospitals sue patients for debts or threaten their credit 2 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 12 2749

Maternal deaths in the U.S. are staggeringly common. Personal nurses could help 2 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 20 2967

It's Getting Tougher to Afford Health Care, Even With Employer-Sponsored Insurance 0 ck4829 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 14 2547

Debt, crowdfunding, or death: America's very broken healthcare system 2 ck4829 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 992

Record High in U.S. Put Off Medical Care Due to Cost in 2022 1 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 1 1561

US still has the worst, most expensive health care of any high-income country 4 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 11 2649

How a For-Profit Healthcare System Generates Mistrust of Medicine 0 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 5 806

Doctor reveals insurance companies want you to 'die as quickly as possible' 10 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 17 2639

Medical debt affects millions, and advocates push IRS, consumer agency for relief 0 ck4829 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1608

Report: Credit Scores Are Lower in the South, and Medical Debt Could Be to Blame 1 ck4829 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 3171

UCHealth named in lawsuit for alleged illegal tactics to sue for medical debt, says it would be 0 ck4829 May 2023 May 2023 3 2781

Health Insurance Sends Letter to Baby Denying Coverage: "You Are Drinking From a Bottle" 10 ck4829 May 2023 May 2023 35 3226

CEO of HCA hospital in Florida that allegedly had roaches in the operating room leaves job 7 ck4829 Aug 2023 Aug 2023 12 4772

State lawmakers find America's medical debt problem 'can no longer be ignored' 1 ck4829 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 2642

Healthcare Cost Crisis - The World's Costliest Health Care 0 ck4829 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 1098

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Despite State Measures, New Yorkers Fear Health Care Over Medical Debt Lawsuits 0 ck4829 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1904

Alarming surge in medieval disease in babies as health system dubbed a failure 11 ck4829 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 35 3224

Nearly half of American adults faced medical bill issues in last year - survey 3 ck4829 Nov 2023 Dec 2023 4 1947

Medical debt lawsuits clog courts as hospitals sue for unpaid medical bills 2 ck4829 Feb 18 Feb 18 12 663

Colorado Health Care Cooperative 2013 0 Denver Dave Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 3048

Sean Spicer & single payer.. 0 disillusioned73 Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 4474

Single payer article/interview worth perusing.. 5 disillusioned73 Jun 2017 Feb 2018 2 5471

This single payer "group" has had NO activity lately.. 5 disillusioned73 Jul 2017 Aug 2017 5 6383

Well.. at least Jimmy Carter supports.. 5 disillusioned73 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 2 5085

I think this belomngs here as well.. 0 disillusioned73 Sep 2017 Sep 2017 6 3773

Boy, it is quiet in here... 9 disillusioned73 Apr 2018 Aug 2019 4 4686

Vice News; Over 60 House Democrats are forming a Medicare for All Caucus 4 disillusioned73 Jul 2018 Jul 2018 14 5732

Today a area of aging 3 ebbie15644 Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 2984

WA State activist in radio interview on 6/21 1 eridani Jun 2012 Sep 2012 2 2930

Report on One Payer States conference held in Philadelphia 1 eridani Jul 2012 Jul 2012 8 3157

20 years of single payer health care studies 4 eridani Jul 2012 Nov 2012 5 4359

Lancet publishes themed issue on universal health care 0 eridani Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 2773

Villiers fellowship for young adults interested in health care policy 0 eridani Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2371

Retired Republican state legislator from PA talks about single payer 9 eridani Feb 2013 Feb 2013 3 8134

National Single Payer Conference October 5th and 6th, 2013 in Nashville, TN 3 eridani Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 2900

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