…The Economics of Health Reconsidered. 2nd ed. Chicago: Health Administration Press. Robinson, J.C. 1999. The Future of Managed Care Organization. Health Affairs 18(2):7-24. Robinson, J.C. 2001. Physician Organization in California:…
Dissenting opinion, Canadian Supreme Court decision
…Health Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-6, and its provincial counterparts is to provide health care based on need rather than on wealth or status. The evidence certainly established that the…
The Neoliberal Turn in American Health Care
…lessons of the HIE. Second was the emergence — and transformation — of corporatized “managed care.” Ironically, “health maintenance organizations” (HMOs) had originally been conceived as progressive health centers financed…
Managed cost, mismanaged care
…Both men were Democrats. The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 The HMO Act of 1973 appropriated $375 million (more than $1.9 billion in today’s dollars) in grants and contracts…
Americans Support Single payer. Why Doesn’t Celinda Lake?
…of these “values” relate to health care reform. Only two of the 117 “values” had “health” in their titles, and these (“effort toward health” and “holistic health”) had nothing to…
Americans Support Single payer. Why Doesn't Celinda Lake?
…how any of these “values” relate to health care reform. Only two of the 117 “values” had “health” in their titles, and these (“effort toward health” and “holistic health”) had…
PNHP Newsletter: Summer 2021
…Data Update: Health care crisis by the numbers Costs of Care Drug Prices Coverage Saves Lives and Money Health Inequities Veteran’s Health Health Care for Profit Commercial Health Insurance: A…
Financing a single-payer national health program
…National Health Expenditure under M4A (10-year): NS Increase in Federal health expenditures: $446 billion (2017) Read Study: Exploring Single-Payer Alternatives for Health Care Reform Study Abstract: The Affordable Care Act…
Health Reform and Social Justice: Opportunities for Reducing Inequity and Addressing Health Disparities
Presentation by Dr. Susan Rogers
…Stress Health Care System: Health coverage, Provider availability, Provider linguistic and cultural competence, Quality of care Health Outcomes: Mortality, Morbidity, Life Expectancy, Health Care Expenditures, Health Status, Functional Limitations We…
Obamacare: The Neoliberal Model Comes Home to Roost in the United States—If We Let It
…Such organizations purchase or facilitate the purchase of health plans from private insurance corporations, which in turn contract with large privately controlled organizations of health care providers (such as the…
The Health Care Crisis and What to Do About It
…most of what we spend on health care. The administration’s plans for consumer-directed health care, then, are a diversion from meaningful health care reform, and will actually worsen our health…
Understanding The 'Swiss Watch' Function Of Switzerland's Health System
…Swiss health system as Thomas Zeltner, M.D., who served as head of the federal Office of Public Health (for national duties) and as secretary of health (for international activities) for…