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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 08:40 AM
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This is a resource post for advocating single payer health care.
This can be used in making the case to people, groups, and your elected officials.

Single-Payer Overviews

http://www.pnhp.org/single_payer_resources/physicians_proposal_intro.php
http://www.pnhp.org/facts/key_features_of_singlepayer.php
http://www.pnhp.org/facts/angellintro.pdf
http://www.pnhp.org/PDF_files/LiberalBenefitsConservativeSpending.pdf
http://www.pnhp.org/news/2007/july/_health_insurance_fo.php
http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2805
http://www.pnhp.org/single_payer_resources/public_citizens_response_to_chcwg_interim_recommendations.php
http://www.pnhp.org/news/2006/november/rep_dennis_kucinich.php
http://www.pnhp.org/PDF_files/PNHPBrochure.pdf

Single Payer: Facts and Myths

http://www.pnhp.org/facts/singlepayer_faq.php
http://www.pnhp.org/reader/Section%208%20-%20Myth%20Busters/Myths%20as%20Barriers%20(Geyman).pdf
http://www.chsrf.ca/mythbusters/index_e.php
http://www.pnhp.org/single_payer_resources/moral_hazard_the_myth_of_the_need_for_rationing.php
http://www.pnhp.org/facts/myths_memes.pdf

Health Economics and Financing

http://www.pnhp.org/facts/single_payer_system_cost.php
http://www.pnhp.org/publications/nejmadmin.pdf
http://pnhp.org/reader/Section%202%20-%20Health%20Care%20Financing/Hospital%20Admin%20Costs%20+%20For-Profit.pdf
http://www.pnhp.org/publications/payingnotgetting.pdf
http://www.pnhp.org/docs/rasell1.pdf
http://www.pnhp.org/news/2007/october/markets_and_medical_.php
http://www.pnhp.org/PDF_files/SinglePayer-FiftyPlayers_TomBodenheimer.pdf
http://dollarsandsense.org/archives/2008/0508harrison.html

The Case Against For-Profit Care

http://www.pnhp.org/PDF_files/ForProfitCare.pdf
http://www.pnhp.org/single_payer_resources/forprofit_hospitals_cost_more_and_have_higher_death_rates.php
http://pnhp.org/reader/Section%202%20-%20Health%20Care%20Financing/Hospital%20Admin%20Costs%20+%20For-Profit.pdf
http://www.pnhp.org/single_payer_resources/Quality_of_Care.pdf
http://www.pnhp.org/single_payer_resources/medicare_overpayments.pdf
http://www.pnhp.org/reader/Section%205%20-%20Quality%20and%20Malpractice%20Issues/IOM%20Chasm%20Paper.pdf

The Failures of Other Reform Options

http://www.pnhp.org/single_payer_resources/individual_mandates_the_massachusetts_plan.php
http://www.pnhp.org/single_payer_resources/consumer_directed_health_care_and_health_savings_accounts.php
http://www.pnhp.org/single_payer_resources/don_mccanne_tax_credits.pdf
http://www.cmwf.org/Content/Publications/Testimonies/2006/Sep/Health-Savings-Accounts-and-High-Deductible-Health-Plans--Why-They-Wont-Cure-What-Ails-U-S--Health-C.aspx

Quality and Malpractice

http://www.pnhp.org/reader/Section%205%20-%20Quality%20and%20Malpractice%20Issues/Gordy%20Malpractice%20Primer.pdf
http://www.pnhp.org/facts/quality.pdf
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 08:43 AM
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1. Bookmarked. kicked & rec'd!. . . . .n/t
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Ninga Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 08:51 AM
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2. Your post made my day, thanks so much. We need to stay diligent with this, and be vocal. n/t
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Soylent Brice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 08:52 AM
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3. thank you!
K&R
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TBF Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 08:53 AM
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4. Bookmarking, thanks for doing this. K&R nt
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biopowertoday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 09:52 AM
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5. K and R thanks for posting.
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Faryn Balyncd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 10:24 AM
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6. K & R . . . . . . Thanks.
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irislake Donating Member (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:14 AM
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7. Strike while the iron is hot.!
It's now or never.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 11:05 PM
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8. Probably never but we can still try to get what modern countries get.
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