March 22, 2014

With Hippocratic Oath, Doctors Pledge Allegiance to Patients, Not Profits | Common Dreams

With Hippocratic Oath, Doctors Pledge Allegiance to Patients, Not Profits | Common Dreams

"The Maine Medical Association recently updated a 2008 poll of their members that asked the question, “When considering the topic of health care reform, would you prefer to make improvements in the current public/private system (or) a single-payer system, such as a ‘Medicare-for-all’ approach?” In 2008, 52.3 percent favored the Medicare-for-all approach. In the updated poll, released last week, that number had risen to 64.3 percent."