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The Press and Media

(Listed by date, most recent first.)

Articles, Editorials, Columns
Miscellaneous Writings
Publications
Audio selections

The title is the link to the publication. (Click on the title).

6/19/2008. Sandeep Jauhar, M.D. Eyes Bloodshot, Doctors Vent Their Discontent. New York Times.

11/25/2007. Editorial. The High Cost of Health Care. The New York Times.

10/7/2007. David Lazarus. Nation's Healthcare Crisis Gets Personal. Los Angeles Times.

8/12/2007. World's Best Medical Care? New York Times Editorial

7/30/2007. Jane Bryant Quinn. We Can Afford Universal Health Care. Newsweek

7/23/2007. Atul Gawande. Sick and Twisted. The New Yorker

7/10/07. Deborah Burger. On Health Care Reform: Long Waits are really Sicko. San Francisco Chronicle

7/10/07. Ken Terry. On Health Care Reform. For Employers, There's No Exit From Health Care. San Francisco Chronicle

7/10/07. Victorial Colliver. We Spend Far More, But Our Health Care is Falling Behind. Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, UlK. spend less and do better job, studies say. San Francisco Chronicle

7/9/2007. Paul Krugman. Health Care Terror. New York Times.

7/2/2007. Susan Brink. Why 'Sicko' Hits a Nerve. A medical director and think tank research watch and weigh in on problems exposed In Michael Moore's new documentary. Los Angeles Times Commentary.

4/20/2007. Paul Krugman. The Plot Against Medicare. New York Times.

4/8/2007. Ezra Klein. This Time, We Want Healthcare Reform. Los Angeles Times.

3/27/2007. Lisa Girion. Health Insurance Options Dwindle for Self-Employed. Los Angeles Times.

3/25/2007. Editorial. Coverage for All. Sacramento Bee Editorial.

2/17/2007. Paul Krugman. The Health Care Racket. New York Times.

2/9/2007. Paul Krugman. Edwards Gets It Right. New York Times.

1/29/2007. Robert Pear. Experts See Peril in Bush Health Proposal. New York Times

1/27/2007. New York Times Editorial. The President's Risky Health Plan.

1/25/2007. Milt Freudenheim. With Health Care Topic A, Some Sketches for a Solution. New York Times.

1/22/2007. Paul Krugman. Gold-Plated Indifference. New York Times.

1/22/2007. The Clinic is Open. New York Times Editorial.

1/8/2007. Lisa Girion. Health Insurers Deny Policies in Some Jobs. Common Medications Also Can Be Deemed Too Risky in California.
Los Angeles Times.

1/5/2007. Paul Krugman. First, Do Less Harm. The New York Times.

1/4/2007. Patt Morrison. Health Care News: It's Enough to Make You Sick. Los Angeles Times.

1/1/2007. Paul Krugman. A Healthy New Year. The New York Times

12/31/2006. Anna Bernasek. Health Care Problem? Check the American Psyche. The New York Times.

12/31/2006. Lisa Girion. Healthy? Insurers don't buy it: Minor ailments can thwart applicants for individual policies. The Los Angeles Times.

12/30/2006. Rose Ann DeMoro. The slippery slope of market-based medicine. Sacramento Bee.

12/21/2006. Health Care's Perfect Storm. San Francisco Chronicle editorial.

12/3/2006. Daniel Gross. National Health Care? We're Halfway There. New York Times.

10/1/2006. David Lazarus. Major Surgery is the Only Cure. San Francisco Chronicle.

9/22/2006. Milt Freudenheim. Luring Customers from Medicare. New York Times.

9/22/2006. Paul Krugman. Insurance Horror Stories. New York Times.

9/18/2006. Trudy Lieberman. No Rx in Massachusetts. The Nation.

9/14/2006. Editorial. Get Business Behind Healthcare Reform. Visalia Times-Delta.

9/13/2006. Tom Gallagher. Universal Health Insurance and the Race for Governor of California. CommonDreams.org

9/12/2006. Editorial. Our View: State-funded Health Care. Merced Sun Star.

9/7/2006. Spyros Andreopoulos. Single-payer Insurance Is a Cure for California's Ailing Health System San Francisco Chronicle.

9/7/2006. Editorial. Health Care Issue Won't Go Away. San Francisco Chronicle.

9/5/2006. Health care problems won't end with veto:Businesses Should Offer Alternatives. Mercury News Editorial

9/4/2006. Paul Krugman. Health Policy Malpractice. New York Times.

9/4/2006.Drs. David Iverson and Elinor Christiansen. Single-Payer Health Care is Way To Go. Rocky Mountain News.

9/3/2006. David Lazarus. Health care's squabble. San Francisco Chronicle

9/3/2006. Ron Gettelfinger. Health Care Reaches Tipping Point. Detroit News Online

8/28/2006. Malcolm Gladwell. The Risk Pool: What’s behind Ireland’s economic miracle—and G.M.’s financial crisis? The New Yorker.

8/18/2006. Doug Pibel and Sarah van Gelder. Health Care: It's What Ails Us . Yes Magazine.

8/14/2006. Howard Gleckman. So That's Why It's So Expensive. Business Week.

7/30/2006. Carol Benfell. Doctor vs Goliath. Taking on the insurance industry - and Winning. The Press Democrat.

7/3/2006. Tom Chorneau . On health care, governor's view hard to diagnose . San Francisco Chronicle.

5/29/2006. Doctors Urge for Protection of Public Health Care. CTV (Canada) News Staff.

5/16/2006. Clinton warns Canadians against 'letting the finance tail wag the health care dog.' Angela Pacienza. Canadian Press.

5/5/2006. Paul Krugman. Our Sick Society. New York Times.

5/4/2006.Medicare's Shrinking Options New York Times Editorial.

5/1/2006. Paul Krugman. Death by Insurance . New York Times.

4/12/2006. David Leonhardt. A Health Fix That Is Not Fantasy. The New York Times.

3/23/2006. Paul Krugman & Robin Wells. The Health Care Crisis and What to Do About It. New York Review of Books.

3/10/2006. Editorial. Moral Imperative. The New Republic Online.

3/2/2006. Editorial. Why Pick on Wal-Mart? Los Angeles Times.

2/26/2006. Louis Uchitelle. Two Tiers, Slipping Into One . New York Times.

2/24/2006. Mary Williams Walsh. U.S. to Pay Big Employers Billions Not to End Their Retiree Health Plans . New York Times.

2/16/2006. David Lazarus. Big trouble ahead for Medicare. San Francisco Chronicle

1/16/2006. Paul Krugman.First, Do More Harm . New York Times.

12/28/2005. Robert Fitch. Big Labor's Big Secret. New York Times.

12/16/2005. Paul Krugman.Drugs, Devices and Doctors. New York Times.

11/28/2005. The Health-Care Crisis: States Are Rushing In. Business Week.

11/28/2005. Paul Krugman. Age of Anxiety. New York Times.

11/14/2005. Paul Krugman. Health Economics 101. New York Times.

11/7/2005. Paul Krugman. Pride, Prejudice, Insurance. New York Times.

10/28/2005. N Y Times Editorial on Wal-Mart.

9/30/2005. DavidLazarus. Medicaid Storms Swirling. San Francisco Chronicle.

8/29/2005. Malcolm Gladwell. The Moral-Hazard Myth:The bad idea behind our failed health-care system. The New Yorker.

6/13/2005. Paul Krugman. One Nation Uninsured. New York Times.

5/29/2005. David S. Broder. An Urgent Case For Fixing Health Care. The Washington Post.

5/22/2005. Robin Cook. Decoding Health Insurance. Boston Globe.

2/21/2005. Dan Frosch. Your Money or Your Life. The Nation.

2/20/2005. DavidLazarus. Medicare not easy to save. San Francisco Chronicle.

2/11/2005. DavidLazarus. New Tack for Health Insurance. San Francisco Chronicle.

10/13/2002. Marcia Angell. The Forgotten Domestic Crisis. The New York Times.

 

Miscellaneous

1/2006. Elizabeth Warren. The Middle Class on the Precipice. (pdf.) from Harvard Magazine.

9/27,28/2005. Esther Wanning. Travels through Canada.pdf.

3/5/05. Interview with Tom Barnard, M.D., who has practiced in both the United States and Canada. Download Dr. Barnard in MS Word.

12/9/2003. Health & Wealth (pdf), a statement by Stephen Bezruchka, a Seattle physician.

9/12/2002. Auto Makers: Letter to Canada.

 

Publications

10/18/2007. The Logic of the Health Care Debate. A Rockridge Institute Report.

10/2007. Peter Philips and Bridget Thornton. Practices in Health Care and Disability Insurance: Delay, Diminish, Deny, and Blame. Project Censored. (link)

5/15/2007. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An International Update on the Comparative Performance of American Health Care. (Link)

10/2005. CTA Publication on SB 840 & Healthcare

3/2005. John Garamendi, Insurance Commissioner, releases a comprehensive report (August, 2005) on achieving universal health care in California. Download here this 73 page report (pdf).

 

Audio

11/30/2004. Hear Senator Sheila Kuehl

4/2005. Hear Radio Spots for Los Angeles area

2/24/2003. Senator Sheil Kuehl on KRCB (Rohnert Park.)