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Unraveling the Crisis in American Health Care: Part 1 of a 3-Part Series (Full Length Version)

April 30, 2013 Unraveling the Crisis in American Health Care (Full Length Version) Joie Meissner, ND   The lack of access to affordable healthcare in is a national problem of massive proportion. 50.7 million Americans do not have medical insurance and millions more have insurance that is inadequate. [1] Mammoth numbers of medical bankruptcies have … Continue reading

Universal Single-Payer: A Health Care Plan that Curbs Obscene Costs and Eliminates Cherry Picking and Lemon Dropping- Part 2 of a 3-Part Series (Full Length Version)

April 30, 2013   Universal Single-Payer: A Health Care Plan that Curbs Obscene Costs and Eliminates Cherry Picking and Lemon Dropping Joie Meissner, ND First introduced to the House of Representatives in 2003, H.R. 676, the national version of the single-payer health care plan, is very much like Medicare. One entity collects all the funds/fees … Continue reading

Universal Single-Payer Health Care’s Envisaged Intersection with Natural Medicine: Part 3 of a 3-Part Series (Full Length Version)

October 31, 2013 Universal Single-Payer Health Care’s Envisaged Intersection with Natural Medicine (Part 3 of a 3-Part Series) Joie Meissner, ND There are certain commonalities that are relevant to single-payer plans to state and nationally proposed plans.  Of interest to natural medicine enthusiasts are those features of single-payer health care that pertain to private practice … Continue reading