By Dan Goldberg Politico New York, Sept. 1, 2015Last week, New York City's health commissioner gathered her staff in their Long Island City headquarters.It was part
Drug Goes From $13.50 a Tablet to $750, Overnight
By Andrew PollackThe New York Times, Sept. 20, 2015Specialists in infectious disease are protesting a gigantic overnight increase in the price of a 62-year-old drug
White Coats for Black Lives: Medical Students Responding to Racism and Police Brutality
By Dorothy Charles, Kathryn Himmelstein, Walker Keenan, and Nicolas Barcelo, for the White Coats for Black Lives National Working GroupJournal of Urban Health, Sept. 17,
Health Insurance Coverage Still Low Despite ACA Policies
By Sara Heath RevCycle Intelligence, Sept. 17, 2015 Health insurance coverage woes continue to affect a great number of individuals, claims the president of Physicians for
Sen. Sanders: I’ll Create Jobs, Provide Better Care for Less
It is true that I would invest $1 trillion into rebuilding our crumbling infrastructureBy Sen. Bernie SandersThe Wall Street Journal, Letters, Sept. 17, 2015Your article
Census says uninsured rate down ‘sharply’ to 10.4% in 2014
By Bob Herman Modern Healthcare, Sept. 16, 2015By Bob Herman | Modern Healthcare
The first full year of health coverage expansion under the Affordable Care Act
8.8 Million More Americans Have Health Insurance in 2014 — But Can They Afford to Use It?
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No, Bernie Sanders is not going to bankrupt America to the tune of $18 trillion
By Paul WaldmanThe Washington Post, Sept. 15, 2015The big policy headline today comes from the Wall Street Journal, which delivers this alarming message: "Price Tag
Bernie Sanders just slammed a report that claimed his proposals would cost a monstrous $18 trillion
By Brett LoGiurato Business Insider, Sept. 15, 2015 Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is pushing back on the eye-popping estimated price tag of his progressive wish
Wall Street Journal’s Scary Bernie Sanders Price Tag Ignores Health Savings
By David Dayen The Intercept, Sept. 15, 2015 The screaming headline on Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal reads “Price Tag of Bernie Sanders’s Proposals: $18 Trillion.” This would comprise
TenOne: Medicare-for-All National Student Day of Action on 10/1/15
By Joan BrunwasserOpEd News, Sept. 13, 2015My guest today is Scott Goldberg, a fourth year medical student at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of
Are Medicare Pay-for-Performance Benefits Worth the Risk?
By Jacqueline DiChiaraRevCycle Intelligence, Sept. 10, 2015By Jacqueline DiChiara | RevCycle Intelligence
Medicare pay-for-performance (P4P) incentives are inadvertently diverting money away from those financially aching hospitals