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July 29, 2008

Uninsured left in the lurch
By LOUIS LLOVIO | Richmond Times-Dispatch
They have come by the thousands. They walk through the gates of the fairgrounds, give their most personal information to complete strangers and are ushered off for a battery of tests and procedures. An expected 3,000-plus residents of Southwest Virginia and neighboring states are here through today for one reason — to get basic medical care they couldn’t otherwise afford.

August 7, 2007

Single-payer care deserves debate
Drew Richardson | The News Leader | Columnist
Although many plans on the table boast of universal health care, some merely have all citizens having some form of mandated health insurance. Only one piece of currently proposed federal legislation advocates universal and unrestricted access to health care. There is a big difference between having health insurance and having universal access to health care. The latter is what is referred to as a single-payer health care system and is essentially what Canada, Great Britain, France and Cuba (depicted in Moore’s film) have.