Dr. Steffie Woolhandler wants a single-payer healthcare system, which she says “contains its own funding. It would fix the system by dramatically reducing administrative costs.’’
(Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff)
DR. STEFFIE WOOLHANDLER | G Force
Single-minded on healthcare
Dr. Steffie Woolhandler wants a single-payer healthcare system, which she says “contains its own funding. It would fix the system by dramatically reducing administrative costs.’’
(Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff)
The debate in Washington about how to overhaul the nation’s healthcare system has included little from advocates for a single-payer plan. Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, a Cambridge Health Alliance internist and Harvard Medical School professor who cofounded Physicians for a National Health Care Program, has been raising her voice for a national plan for more than two decades, contending that the ... (Full article: 438 words)
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