The key issue in the emerging national health care debate is the role of the federal government. While some Members of Congress favor a “single-payer” national health insurance system—”Medicare for ...

Single-payer health care is still a controversial idea in the U.S., but a majority of physicians are moving to support it, a new survey finds. Fifty-six percent of doctors registered either strong ...

Fact checked by Jillian Dara Key Takeaways A single-payer system is when the government pays healthcare claims using ...

On a brisk morning in Denver recently, an ambulance pulled up in front of a downtown office tower. "I think the patient is going to make it," Dr. Irene Aguilar said as a team rolled out the gurney.

My medical colleagues and I regularly see patients who have waited far too long to seek care and who have suffered needlessly as a result. Why? Because they either totally lack health insurance or ...

Progressives are dreaming once again of a government takeover of the healthcare system. Locked out of power in Washington, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billionaire and California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer (D) said Tuesday the United States needs a single-payer health care ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charlie Munger looked at the American healthcare system and gave the kind of diagnosis that does not come with a gentle bedside ...

President Donald Trump claimed a victory Thursday after the House approved a more free-market approach to health care. Then he capped it off by praising a country with government-run, universal health ...

In November 2016, Colorado voters will consider a ballot measure that would enact a state constitutional amendment creating “ColoradoCare,” a single-payer, government-run health care system in ...

Assemblymember Ash Kalra has tried a handful of times over the past few years to institute massive changes in the state's health care system.