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"We didn't have any hope left": Medical debt crippling U.S. families 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 8 1662

'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 3012

'Want To Cry': Bill for Uninsured Hospital Stay in Italy Stuns Americans [View all] 52 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 109 7772

'We need fundamental changes': US doctors call for universal healthcare 4 Eugene May 2016 May 2016 17 2852

*Is it true that Department Heads of (for profit)Healthcare Facilities get a bonus every quarter 0 Hiraeth Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 3048

1.9m patient records exposed in healthcare debt collector ransomware attack 3 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 1092

100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt 1 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 1786

20 years of single payer health care studies 4 eridani Jul 2012 Nov 2012 5 4363

A "die-hard conservative Republican" embraces Universal Health Care 21 Saviolo Sep 2012 Jan 2016 67 10557

ACA Exchanges: Here is a Basic Resource Guide 9 Zorra Sep 2013 May 2014 6 5390

Adam Conover of 'Adam Ruins Everything': Most of the numbers on your medical bills are made up 1 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 15 2665

Alarming surge in medieval disease in babies as health system dubbed a failure 11 ck4829 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 35 3227

America: Home of the cruelest & most barbaric healthcare 'system' in the developed world 1 Hiawatha Pete Mar 2023 Mar 2023 11 2770

An education in health insurance 14 AnnieK401 May 2012 Sep 2012 5 7688

Anybody following the Supreme Court arguments today? 19 rug Mar 2012 Mar 2012 0 5534

Archive of state single payer conference in Oakland 0 eridani Sep 2014 Sep 2014 2 2592

Boy, it is quiet in here... 9 disillusioned73 Apr 2018 Aug 2019 4 4694

Business Coalition for Single Payer Healthcare 2 eridani Apr 2014 Apr 2014 4 3125

Can anybody think of a more tragic month on any other mailing list? 0 Baobab Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 3243

CDC is 1/2 full of sht November 13!!! 5 TVet Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 3443

CEO of HCA hospital in Florida that allegedly had roaches in the operating room leaves job 7 ck4829 Aug 2023 Aug 2023 12 4775

Chicago Bowls for Single Payer! 0 ILMediaProgressives May 2012 May 2012 0 2420

Chicago's Legendary Doctor Quentin Young Subject of Documentary! 0 ILMediaProgressives Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 2416

Colorado Health Care Cooperative 2013 0 Denver Dave Jan 2013 Jan 2013 4 3054

Complete list of all countries that did away with their national health plan after implementing one. 19 Scuba Apr 2012 Jun 2012 51 8437

Corporate health insurance... 3 SHRED Dec 2011 Jan 2012 1 2582

Could GOP Governors Be The Key To A Future Single Payer System? 11 Kennah Jun 2012 Jul 2012 9 5700

Debt, crowdfunding, or death: America's very broken healthcare system 2 ck4829 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 996

dentistry 5 bluedave Jun 2012 Jun 2012 2 5028

Despite State Measures, New Yorkers Fear Health Care Over Medical Debt Lawsuits 0 ck4829 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1906

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Did you know that the Green Party USA has a single payer plank in their platform? 2 murphyj87 Aug 2012 Aug 2012 3 3061

Doctor reveals insurance companies want you to 'die as quickly as possible' 10 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 17 2645

Don't call it Medicare for all. 3 bluescribbler Mar 2012 Mar 2012 2 3152

Dr. Margaret Flowers: "It's Time for Medicare-for-All" 1 limpyhobbler Aug 2013 Aug 2013 7 2870

Drugs most people can only dream about. 1 Prosper Sep 2019 Sep 2019 4 7713

Gov. Mark Dayton is pitching a $500,000 study of moving Minnesota to a single-payer-- 2 eridani Mar 2016 Oct 2016 5 4545

Gov. Quinn: Don't cut Illinois' Medicaid budget! Medicare for All instead! 0 ILMediaProgressives May 2012 May 2012 5 2298

Government Healthcare Delivery More Efficient Than Private Sector 9 SHRED Dec 2012 Jan 2013 11 4932

Half of ambulance rides yield surprise medical bills. What's being done to protect people? 1 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 2923

Hard number to find. 10 rgbecker Apr 2012 Jun 2012 0 5556

He and his wife both got cataract surgery. His bill was 20 times higher than hers 6 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 7 3461

Health Insurance Sends Letter to Baby Denying Coverage: "You Are Drinking From a Bottle" 10 ck4829 May 2023 May 2023 35 3231

Healthcare Cost Crisis - The World's Costliest Health Care 0 ck4829 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 1100

Hello! 6 LeftishBrit Dec 2011 Jan 2012 5 2742

Hospital System to Refund Poor Patients Who Were Entitled to Free Care 2 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 12 2868

Hospitals' Dishonest Billing Practices Add More Pain to CA Small Businesses 0 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 2090

How a For-Profit Healthcare System Generates Mistrust of Medicine 0 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 5 809

How banks and hospitals are cashing in when patients can't pay for health care 2 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 10 1864

How do you move from for profit to single payer/Medicare for all? 34 Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 Dec 2020 1 23897

How one Ohio city is tackling the 'uniquely American problem' of medical debt 11 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 33 6774

How to Dispute Surprise Medical Bills 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 952

HR 676 call-in 10/16 3 eridani Oct 2013 Oct 2014 9 3001

I need help thinking this through... 10 JustThinking... Jun 2019 Jul 2019 0 7307

I received my first training on implementing ACA 2 Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 3189

I think this belomngs here as well.. 0 disillusioned73 Sep 2017 Sep 2017 6 3776

I'm a living example of why we need healthcare reform 8 nightscanner59 Aug 2012 Nov 2012 18 5363

I'm beginning HBE training today 0 Puzzledtraveller Dec 2013 Dec 2013 1 2564

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 2192

In Knoxville, the burden of medical debt reinforces a long history of segregation 0 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 1559

In the mindset of the Trumpeteer: 0 lambchopp59 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 4191

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Insurance Refused to Cover Her Vomiting Condition. So She Barfed Outside Their Office. 7 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2022 Sep 2022 22 2899

Interesting, if true, regarding ACA 10 Veri1138 Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 4396

Investigation: Many U.S. hospitals sue patients for debts or threaten their credit 2 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 12 2755

Is the US on single payer yet? 12 Thav Nov 2013 Feb 2014 9 4156

It's Getting Tougher to Afford Health Care, Even With Employer-Sponsored Insurance 0 ck4829 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 14 2552

Jack Shickel lived 35 days. His medical bill was $3.4 million 4 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 1880

Jim Hightower: The health care industry's medical debt rip-off 2 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1639

Join the Online Single-Payer Book Club! 5 eridani Mar 2016 May 2016 8 4906

Just 12% of Americans Think the US Healthcare System Runs 'Very' or 'Extremely' Well 1 ck4829 Sep 2022 Sep 2022 11 2488

Just checked my new ACA rates [View all] 160 RayLib Dec 2015 Feb 2016 19 25337

Koch Brothers Attempt to Kill Single-Payer Health Care in Colorado 1 eridani Mar 2016 Mar 2016 6 2962

Lancet publishes themed issue on universal health care 0 eridani Oct 2012 Oct 2012 3 2774

Lessons from Germany to help solve the U.S. medical debt crisis 4 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 8 1061

Looking for information please 12 radical noodle Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1708

Maternal deaths in the U.S. are staggeringly common. Personal nurses could help 2 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 20 2973

Med Students Rally at BCBS for Single Payer 2 ILMediaProgressives May 2014 Jun 2016 8 3619

Medical bills remain inaccessible for many visually impaired Americans 0 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 789

Medical debt affects millions, and advocates push IRS, consumer agency for relief 0 ck4829 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1610

Medical debt lawsuits clog courts as hospitals sue for unpaid medical bills 2 ck4829 Feb 18 Feb 18 12 683

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