The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, August 1, 2024
PNHP national board secretary Dr. Ed Weisbart discusses his recent piece in Common Dreams, āTo Win āMedicare for
What Happens to American Healthcare After November?
By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.
The Nation, July 31, 2024
President Bidenās exit from the Democratic ticket and Vice President Kamala Harrisās emergence as the presumptive nominee
To Win āMedicare for All,ā First Reclaim Medicare From Profiteers
By Ed Weisbart, M.D.
Common Dreams, July 30, 2024
Fifty-nine years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into lawāa high-water mark in the fight for universal
How UnitedHealth harnesses its physician empire to squeeze profits out of patients
By Bob Herman, Tara Bannow, Casey Ross, and Lizzy Lawrence
STAT News, July 25, 2024
UnitedHealth Group started out as a small, Minnesota health insurance company and
The Real Impact of Medicare Advantage for Beneficiaries and Medicare Funding
By David Lipschutz
Center for Medicare Advocacy, Special Report, July 18, 2024
At a time when over half of all Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage
Medicare for All Explained Podcast: Episode 113
This article includes audioJuly 15, 2024
Podcast host Joe Sparks laments the growing use of artificial intelligence to deny claims in the so-called āMedicare Advantageā programāa technological advance that
Medicare Advantage and Consolidationās New Frontier ā The Danger of UnitedHealthcare for All
By Hayden Rooke-Ley, J.D., Soleil Shah, M.D., and Erin C. Fuse Brown, J.D., M.P.H.
The New England Journal of Medicine, July 6, 2024
UnitedHealth Group has recently
Medicare Dis-Advantage: Overpayments and Inequity
By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H., David U. Himmelstein, M.D., and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.
The Nation, July 1, 2024
Medicare Advantageāthe privatized Medicare plans run by insurance
Medicare for All Explained Podcast: Episode 112
This article includes audioJune 15, 2024
Podcast host Joe Sparks highlights PNHPās latest report, āTaking Advantage: How Corporate Health Insurers Harm Americaās Seniors.ā
He cites the many ways that so-called
A $600 Billion Swindle: Study Makes Case to ‘Abolish’ Medicare Advantage
By Jake Johnson
Common Dreams, June 10, 2024
A new academicĀ analysisĀ published Monday inĀ JAMA Internal MedicineĀ details the enormous sums that privatizedĀ Medicare AdvantageĀ plans have cost U.S. taxpayers in recent
A $600 Billion Swindle: Study Makes Case to ‘Abolish’ Medicare Advantage
By Jake Johnson
Common Dreams, June 10, 2024
A new academicĀ analysisĀ published Monday inĀ JAMA Internal MedicineĀ details the enormous sums that privatizedĀ Medicare AdvantageĀ plans have cost U.S. taxpayers in recent
Medicare for All Explained Podcast: Episode 111
This article includes audioMay 15, 2024
Podcast host Joe Sparks cites a recent MedPac report to Congress, which found that patients in so-called āMedicare Advantageā plans could have been