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Single Payer News: September 9, 2018- September 15, 2018

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

Kingston Council Asked to Support a NY Single Payer Health Plan
Daily Freeman
News
Sept. 15, 2018

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Republican Extremism Turning Democrats Left on Health Care
New York Magazine
News
Sept. 14, 2018
NOTE: The piece includes references to variations models of single payer systems that include a ranging from Obamacare, to Medicare for All to Nationalized Health Care.

H+H finances show positive signs
Politico
News
Sept. 14, 2018

Single Payer Medicare for All will Increase Taxes, But You Should Want That
OpEd News
Opinion (Egberto Willies)
Sept. 14, 2018
NOTE: OpEd News is a digit publication focusing on progressive causes and communities. It is based in Pennsylvania.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Making the Case for a Single Payer System
Dayton Daily News
Opinion (Mack Van Allen)
Sept. 13, 2018

Where Do we Stand Now with Health Care
Aspen Times
Opinion (George Bohmflack, MD)
Sept. 13, 2018
NOTE: Dr. Bohmflack is active in the the advocacy group Physicians for National Health Care.

Rates of the Uninsured Continue to Drop in New York State.
NOTE: A Twitter message issued September 13 by the Realities of Single Payer coalition highlighted the findings by the Center for Disease Control regarding health insurance coverage across New York.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Medicare for All – Single Payer FAQs
Inside Sources
Analysis
Sept. 12, 2018
NOTE: Inside Sources is an aggregator of news content syndicated to 300 news papers across the county.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Sanders backs Teachout, Williams but skirts governor’s race
Politico
News
Sept. 11, 2018
Note: Access to article is limited to Politico Pro subscribers

… But Sanders did not weigh in on the Democratic gubernatorial primary between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Cynthia Nixon, who is aligned with Williams and Teachout, despite her embrace of single-payer health care. The New York Daily News in April reported that Sanders was unlikely to endorse Nixon’s candidacy unless the race tightened substantially; A Siena College Research Institute poll released Monday showed Cuomo with a 40-point lead over Nixon. Read more here.

By the Way, Obama Just Endorsed Single Payer Health Care
Town Hall
News
Sept. 11, 2018

David Lazarus: With a Single Sentence, Obama moves Medicare for All into the political mainstream
Finger Lakes Times
Opinion (David Lazarus)
Sept. 11, 2018
NOTE: This piece was previously reported by news tracker on September 11 following publication in the LA Times.

There’s a New Twist in the Debate About Health Care
NBC News
Analysis
Sept. 11, 2018

Beyond Obamacare: Democrats have plans, GOP is out to destroy them
NBC News
Analysis
Sept. 11, 2018

What You Need to Know About Medicare for All Part II
Forbes
Opinion (John Goodman)
Sept. 11, 2018
NOTE: This piece is a continuation of a similarly themed piece published September 7, 2018. See link to Part I.

With a Single Sentence, Obama Moves Medicare for All into the Political Mainstream
LA Times
Opinion (David Lazarus)
Sept. 11, 2018

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Eye on NY: May eyes primary win over ex-IDC senator
Auburn Citizen
News
Sept. 10, 2018

Obama Reverses on Medicare for All
Las Vegas Review Journal
Editorial
Sept. 10, 2018

How Medicare For All Became the Rallying Cry in California’s Most Conservative House Districts
Think Progress
News
Sept. 10, 2018
NOTE: Referenced in Politico NY (September 11, 2018)

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

From the Right: From the lips of Democrats to our ears in 2018
Daily Commercial (Florida)
Column
Sept. 9, 2018

CYNTHIA NIXON MAKES FINAL PITCH TO PROGRESSIVES IN NY GOVERNOR PRIMARY
WTVA
News
Sept. 9, 2018