This morning Dr. Stephanie Kang updated 50 attendees of an OPS 3rd Friday meeting on the status of the Medicare for all Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976) Which was introduced last Wednesday. Click on this link to view the session. Dr. Kang said that the new bill has several improvements over HR 1384. These include […]
9 things Americans need to learn from the rest of the world’s health care systems
Universal health care is hard, but it should be possible — and eight more things I discovered from visiting other countries. By Dylan Scott@dylanlscottdylan.scott@vox.com Jan 29, 2020, 8:30am EST Dr. Huei-wen Tien gives a thumbs-up to a stroke patient during a home visit in Xiulin, Taiwan. Ashley Pon for Vox Everywhere I went last fall, […]
How Are We Going to Pay for NOT Having Universal Healthcare?
Dearly. We are going to pay dearly for being the only major country on Earth to not have universal healthcare when the next pandemic hits. If we somehow dodge the covid19 bullet, another pandemic, perhaps of a much more deadly disease, will hit in most of our lifetimes. We will pay even more dearly because […]
The Role of One Payer States
Established in 2009, One Payer States (OPS) is dedicated to advancing America’s highest ideals and strengths in the pursuit of quality, comprehensive, guaranteed healthcare for everyone in America. Above all, we are dedicated to the proposition that the General Welfare Clause of the United States Constitution demands that we promote and protect the health of our […]