By Wendell Potter
Wendell Potter Now, January 27, 2022
As I noted in my last post, UnitedHealth Group made more profits last year than any health insurer
Managed care proponents fail to justify so-called “payment reform”
By Kip Sillivan
Health Affairs, Comment, January 24, 2022
Response to “The Case For ACOs: Why Payment Reform Remains Necessary,”by Michael E. Chernew and J. Michael McWilliams
This
The Dark History of Medicare Privatization
By Barbara Caress
The American Prospect, January 24, 2022
Rep. Pramila Jayapal has called it the “biggest threat to Medicare you’ve never even heard of.” It’s known
Joe Biden Missed His Golden Opportunity to Attack the Pandemic
By Walker Bragman
Jacobin, January 21, 2022
Last Thursday, the Supreme Court blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for businesses with more than a hundred employees. The
The US Has a Homegrown Model for a Better Health Care System
By Jonathan Michels
Jacobin, January 19, 2022
A recent exposé in the Los Angeles Times brings to light the horrific increase in amputations in majority-black, working-class South
Physicians reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, efforts to combat health care inequities
By Anabel Munoz
ABC 7 Los Angeles (KABC), January 18, 2022
The reverend Martin Luther King Jr. challenged injustices across all levels of American society, including health
The Corporate Assault on Medicare
This article includes audioRalph Nader Radio Hour, January 15, 2022
Health Care for All Minnesota advisor and longtime PNHP member Kip Sullivan spoke with the Ralph
Medicare for All Explained Podcast: Episode 69
This article includes audioJanuary 15, 2022
Podcast host Joe Sparks returns with additional highlights from Medicare for All Explained, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jayapal Leads 50+ Democrats in Urging Biden to End Trump-Era Assault on Medicare
By Jake Johnson
Common Dreams, January 5, 2022
The physician-led effort to kill a Trump-era Medicare privatization scheme gained fresh momentum Wednesday as Rep. Pramila Jayapal—the chair
Members of Congress Demand an End to Medicare Direct Contracting
For Immediate Release
January 5, 2022
Contact: Clare Fauke, Physicians for a National Health Program, clare@pnhp.org
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), an organization of 24,000 physicians
Medicare Advantage Overpayments
By Kip Sullivan, J.D.
Minnesota Physician, January 2022
This year marks the 50th anniversary of a law that permitted health insurance companies to participate in Medicare. The
Pressure Grows on Biden to Shut Down Trump-Era Medicare Privatization Scheme
By Jake Johnson
Common Dreams, December 30, 2021
Calls are mounting for President Joe Biden to terminate an under-the-radar Trump-era pilot program that—if allowed to run its