The research was done in my capacity as a Harvard faculty member. It was not paid for by any political organization, although PNHP helped publicize the study, along with the public relations offices of Harvard Medical School and of Cambridge Hospital (where I work as a primary care doctor).
Was everyone else on the team also committed to universal access?
All of the authors are doctors at a public, safety-net hospital. I think it is fair to say that all of us are committed to universal, quality care regardless of the patients' ability to pay.
And how does one take your research findings and use them politically and pragmatically to achieve single-payer?
We need to tell politicians that covering a third, or even two-thirds of the uninsured is not enough. We need truly universal coverage to protect American lives.
Is the public option proposed by some better than nothing?
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