SINGLE PAYER NEWS: NOVEMBER 11 – NOVEMBER 17, 2018

November 17

Orange County, A Conservative Bastion, Turns Blue For The First Time In Decades
Huffington Post
News
Nov. 17, 2018

Why Democrats, fresh from big midterm wins, will likely pursue incremental change in the House
CNBC
News
Nov. 17, 2018

Andrew Gillum Concedes to Ron DeSantis in Florida Governor’s Race
NYT
News
Nov. 17, 2018

The sisterhood of congressional ‘firsts’: Diverse group of newly elected women bond over common status and goals
ABC News
News
Nov. 17, 2018

Democrats, Don’t Procrastinate on America’s Health
NYT
Opinion (Harold Pollack)
Nov. 17, 2018
NOTE: Harold Pollack is a professor of social service administration and public health science at the University of Chicago.

Single-payer health care is better than ObamaCare
The Hill
Opinion (Louise Marie Roth)
Nov. 17, 2018
NOTE: Dr. Roth is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Arizona and a Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project.

NOVEMBER 16

Rep. Mimi Walters defeated in once-red Orange County, Calif., district
Washington Post
News
Nov. 16, 2018

Photos: Protests over health care
Times Union
News
Nov. 16, 2018

Six Congressional Committees to Watch in 2019
Bloomberg
News
Nov. 16, 2018

For First Act in Power, Democrats Consider Making Their Own Agenda Impossible to Pass
NY Magazine
News
Nov. 16, 2018

The New Politics of Climate Change
The Atlantic
News
Nov. 16, 2018

Gov. Cuomo On WAMC’s Roundtable 11/16/18
WAMC
News
Nov. 16, 2018

NOVEMBER 15

CONFER: Democratic control of NYS is really bad news
Niagara Gazette
Opinion (Bob Confer)
Nov. 15, 2018
NOTE: Bob Confer is vice president of Confer Plastics Inc. in North Tonawanda

URBAN AGENDA: Here’s Where to Spend Revenues from Legalized Marijuana
Amsterdam News
Opinion (David Jones)
Nov. 15, 2018

The Hill’s Morning Report — Presented by T-Mobile — House, Senate leaders named as Pelosi lobbies for support to be Speaker
The Hill
News
Nov. 15, 2018

Road to the White House goes through Iowa. Who can capture hearts in 2020?
The Guardian
Opinion (Art Cullen)
Nov. 15, 2018
NOTE: Cullen is editor and co-owner of the Storm Lake Times in north-west Iowa and he won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for his work writing the book Storm Lake.

California Democrat Harley Rouda apparent winner, unseating longtime GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher: NBC
CNBC
News
Nov. 15, 2018

Left wants a vote on single-payer bill in new Congress
The Hill
News
Nov. 15, 2018

Verma: CMS ready to roll on new Part B plan
Politico
News
Nov. 15, 2018

California’s new governor embodies Democrats’ dilemma on single payer
Politico
News
Nov. 15, 2018

Porter ousts Walters in southern California as Dems flip another seat
Politico
News
Nov. 15, 2018

Do no harm: Reject Albany’s single-payer scheme (Your letters)
Post Standard
LTE (Michael Kracker)
Nov. 15, 2018

Single-payer healthcare activists to picket annual conference for insurers in Troy
Times Union
Blog (CapCon)
Nov. 15, 2018

Democrat Jared Golden beats GOP’s Poliquin in Maine
The Hill
News
Nov. 15, 2018

Progressive Economics Are Ascendant—Among Democrats, and at the Ballot Box
The Nation
News
Nov. 15, 2018

Cuomo high on legislative pay raise, leery over state single payer healthcare program
NYDN
News
Nov. 15, 2018

Assemblyman Santabarbara Unable to attend legislative breakfast, but weighs in
Fulton County Express
News
Nov. 15, 2018

Why Businesses Should Be Optimistic About the Midterm Results
Fortune
Opinion (Benjamin Harris)
Nov. 15, 2018
NOTE: Benjamin Harris is the executive director of the Kellogg Public-Private Interface at the Kellogg School of Management and was the chief economist to former VP Biden.

Government Health Care Is the Best System
WSJ
Opinion (Various LTEs)
Nov. 15, 2018

Cuomo: Single Payer On State Level Unlikely
Spectrum News
News
Nov. 15, 2018

NOVEMBER 14

Divided We Stand The country is hopelessly split. So why not make it official and break up?
NY Magazine
News
Nov. 14, 2018

Some advice for Albany’s new rulers: Think first, regulate later
Crain’s New York
News
Nov. 14, 2018

What the Democratic House majority means for Medicare for All
Think Progress
News
Nov. 14, 2018

Health care is now a major liability for Republicans. Will they dig the hole deeper?
USA Today
Opinion (Andy Slavitt)
Nov. 14, 2018
NOTE: Slavitt, a member of USA TODAY’s Board of Contributors, is a former health care industry executive who ran the Affordable Care Act and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from 2015- 2017.

After Democrats’ triumphs, Medicare for All supporters seize moment
Politico
News
Nov. 14, 2018

Some Finger Lakes households on verge of having medical debt erased
WXXI
News
Nov. 14, 2018

Republican congressman who crafted health care repeal officially ousted from Congress
Think Progress
News
Nov. 14, 2018

How did Sanders-backed progressives do in election?
WCAX
News
Nov. 14, 2018

The Dangerous Fantasy of a ‘Jobs Guarantee’
WSJ
Opinion (Max Gulker)
Nov. 14, 2018
NOTE: Gulker is a senior research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research.

Deb Haaland: Why Congress Needs a Fierce Voice Like Mine
Fortune
Opinion (Deb Haaland)
Nov. 14, 2018
NOTE: Deb Haaland is the representative-elect for New Mexico’s 1st congressional district.

The New Class Of Congresswomen Is Already Taking D.C. By Storm
Refinery29
News
Nov. 14, 2018

NOVEMBER 13

How Democrats Won Over Older Voters—And Flipped the House
Politico
News
Nov. 13, 2018

Single-Payer analysis highlights payment cuts to state’s hospitals
Crain’s New York
News
Nov. 13, 2018
NOTE: The report is being cross promoted by the Manhattan Institute and Empire Center.

The Fallacy of Single Payer Health Care
City Journal
News
Nov. 13, 2018
NOTE: A video segment reported by John Stossel in collaboration with City Journal.

The False Promise of ‘Medicare for All’
WSJ
Opinion (Scott Atlas)
Nov. 13, 2018
NOTE: Dr. Atlas is a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution and author of “Restoring Quality Health Care: A Six Point Plan for Comprehensive Reform at Lower Cost.”

Single-payer health care could dramatically cut property taxes, Albany city treasurer estimates
Albany Biz Review
News
Nov. 13, 2018

Democratic success in Trump districts forces a reckoning on how party governs
Washington Post
News
Nov. 13, 2018

Canadian Hospital Waiting Room Promotes Euthanasia
National Review
News
Nov. 13, 2018

DNC head can’t say how Dems plan to pay for universal healthcare: ‘I don’t think we’re there yet’
Washington Times
News
Nov. 13, 2018

‘Reinsurance’ Obamacare fix wins bipartisan support in Senate
Washington Times
News
Nov. 13, 2018

House Progressives Celebrate a ‘New Kind of Centrism’
The Atlantic
News
Nov. 13, 2018

Left treads carefully as Dems taste power
Politico
News
Nov. 13, 2018

Progressive House Dem pushes for vote on ‘Medicare for all’ bill
The Hill
News
Nov. 13, 2018

The Democratic primary will be crowded in 2020. Good!
Washington Post
Opinion (Helaine Olen)
Nov. 13, 2018
NOTE: Olen is a contributing writer whose work has appeared in Slate, the Nation, the New York Times, the Atlantic and many other publications. She serves on the advisory board of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

NOVEMBER 12

Richard Brodsky: Single-payer health insurance will be Dems’ bellwether
Times Union
Opinion (Richard Brodsky)
Nov. 12, 2018

Could Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown win back Trump country — and the White House — for Democrats?
LA Times
News
Nov. 12, 2018

Meet The House Democrats Who Will Be Running The Show
Yeshiva World News
News
Nov. 12, 2018

Democrats Built a Big Tent; Can They Keep It?
WSJ
Column (Gerald Seib)
Nov. 12, 2018

Democratic coalition won back House, fell short elsewhere
AP
News
Nov. 12, 2018

Blair Horner: New York Turns Blue
WAMC
Opinion (Blair Horner)
Nov. 12, 2018

One of these Democrats could be the next president
CBS
News
Nov. 12, 2018

NOVEMBER 11

Schumer’s headaches to multiply in next Congress
The Hill
News
Nov. 11, 2018

Trump surrenders to European welfare states on drug prices
The Hill
Opinion (Michael Busler)
Nov. 11, 2018
NOTE: Busler, Ph.D., is a public policy analyst and a professor of finance at Stockton University.

Texas right-wing campaign ad urged 19th District voters to pick Green Party candidate over Delgado
Times Herald-Record
News
Nov. 11, 2018

In the Campaign, Democrats Didn’t Let Trump Distract Them. That Will Be Harder Now.
NYT
News
Nov. 11, 2018

Cuomo’s Third Term Agenda Takes Shape
Gotham Gazette
News
Nov. 11, 2018