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    | Beware of Cost-Cutting Health Care 
  Reform by John Spritzler |  
    | Opinion Poll 
  results regarding Single-Payer Universal Health Care  October, 2003 
  to February, 2009 |  
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  Obama's Health Care Charade, May 15, 2009, in the Black Agenda Report, a 
  Journal of African-American Political Thought and Action |  
    | U.S. Senate Disallows Testimony for 
  Single-Payer Health Care, May 8, 2009 |  
    | The Truth 
  About the Drug Companies, by Marcia Angell, M.D., former editor of the New 
  England Journal of Medicine |  
    | Testimony of David U. Himmelstein, 
  M.D. House Subcommittee Hearing,  April 23, 2009 |  
    | Addiction and Control, by Morton 
  Skorodin, M.D. |  
    | Privatizing 
  health care is not the answer: Lessons from the United States, by Marcia 
  Angell, former Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of Medicine |  
    | Falling Behind: Americans' 
  Access to Medical Care Deteriorates, 2003-2007 by Peter J. Cunningham and 
  Laurie E. Felland |  
    | WHY LIBERAL REFORMERS 
FOR SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE ALWAYS LOSE, by John Spritzler |  
    | "Bill Gates: 
  Killing Africans For Profit and P.R." by Greg Palast  |  
    | "The 800 Pound Gorilla Between Us and a Healthful 
  Society", by John Spritzler (February 2003, 
  not previously published) |  
    | "We Need A Whole New Approach" by John 
  Spritzler. An open letter to advocates for universal health care. (NDN* November 
  2001 - February 2002). |  
    | "Docs at AIDS Meeting Defend Right to Denounce Bill 
  Gates and Capitalism" by John Spritzler (NDN* May-August 2002) |  
    | "Did The Jeffrey Sachs AIDS Speech Deserve
    Applause?" by John Spritzler. (revised May 11, 2001 - published
    first on the web by newdemocracyworld.org). |  
    | "Ford Has A Better Idea: Shrinks Instead Of
Bennett's  Boys" by Gregg Shotwell. (NDN* 
  March-June 2001). |  
    | "Market-Driven Health Care And Social Control"
by John Spritzler. (NDN* November-December 2000). |  
 
* "NDN" indicates that the article is from the New Democracy 
Newsletter. 
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Special Topic: "Can We Tackle AIDS Without 
Challenging Capitalism?" (pdf format). 
Guest Commentary (June 18, 2001): "Have We Reached
The Tipping Point?" by Ann Eldridge. 
  
Health-Related Stories 
(We have selected the following links from the Web for their factual content 
and/or educational value. The articles do not necessarily reflect the views of 
New Democracy.) 
  
    
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  Drop in Life Expectancy 
  Shows Health Care Failure, by Dave Zweifel  |  
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  Washington Post poll (Oct. 20, 2003) shows 80% of Americans want 
  universal health care. Note especially poll questions #37-40  |  
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  SARS and Inequality
  by Paul Farmer (May 26, 2003)  |  
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  Income Inequality, 
  Socioeconomic Status and Health: International Evidence by S. Leonard 
  Syme (April 27, 2000)  |  
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  "Mirror Mirror On The Wall: Looking At The Quality Of American Health Care 
  Through The Patient's Lens", Karen Davis, Ph.D., et. al., The 
  Commonwealth Fund  (January, 2004)  |  
 
  
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