COLUMBUS, Ohio — A sweeping proposal to replace much of Ohio’s private health insurance system with a government-run ...

California progressives’ single-payer health care fever dream is back. This time, the cost could hit half a trillion dollars ...

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, ...

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 ...

Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) has introduced or reintroduced a form of the bill four times over the past five years.

The progressive goal of single-payer health care has become a staple of Democratic platforms, even if it faces as many ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The popular appeal of a single-payer system to solve the nation's health care problems is no secret. Everyone would have insurance, recognizing — as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., ...

The progressive goal of single-payer health care continues to be a staple of California Democratic platforms, even if it ...

Support the single payer amendments (Weiner, Kucinich, Sanders). We need single payer now. We are the only developed country in the world that allows "for-profit primary care health insurance." All ...

No matter where you live in North Carolina, you're likely to receive a political mailer about health care. Democratic candidates in North Carolina say the GOP-controlled state legislature hasn't done ...

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 ...