A Call To Action To Take The Profession Back from Corporate Interests, TAKE MEDICINE BACK, October 2023, by Mitchell Li, M.D.; Sailesh Konda; and Robert
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Reminders that Private Insurers Use Shady Tactics to Manipulate and Deceive Us
Opinion: Ouch. That ‘free’ annual checkup might cost you. Here’s why, Washington Post, January 24, 2024, by Elisabeth Rosenthal
When Kristy Uddin, 49, went in for
Value-Based Care Failed, Let’s Admit it and Progress to Real Reform
Federal Budgetary Effects of the Activities of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, U.S. Congressional Budget Office, September 2023
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid
Wealth Inequality Drives Health Inequality
Wealth Redistribution to Extend Longevity in the US, JAMA Internal Medicine, January 29, 2024, by Kathryn E. W. Himmelstein, Alexander C. Tsai, Atheendar S. Venkataramani
Question:
Oregon & California on Parallel Paths to Universal Unified Financing Health Care
Oregon SB 1089 (now enacted law)
(5) “Single payer health care financing system” means a universal system used by the state for paying the cost of healthcare
Who is most efficient in health care? Surprise, it’s the VA
Administration’s Share of Personnel in Veterans Health Administration and Private Sector Care, JAMA Network Open, January 18, 2024, by Steffie Woolhandler, Andrew Toporek, Jian Gao,
Growing Job-Based Insurance Premiums Exacerbate Income Inequality
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premium Cost Growth and Its Association with Earnings Inequality Among US Families, JAMA Network Open, January 16, 2024, by Kurt Hager, Ezekiel
Most Medical Debt Now from the Insured
Majority of debtors to US hospitals now people with health insurance, The Guardian, January 11, 2024, by Jessica Glenza
People with health insurance may now represent
Financialization – Structural Harm to US Health Care
The Financialization of Health in the United States, NEJM, January 11, 2024, by JD Bruch, V Roy, CM Grogan
We believe that health policy discussions concerning
UK Doctor Strike Reveals Need to Resist Conservative Politics & Corporate Predation
Yet Another Blow for the National Health Service in England: A Doctors’ Strike, The New York Times, Jan. 3, 2024, by Mark Landler
Thousands of young
HJM AI-Assisted 2023 Review
Q: How did the US health care system perform in 2023?
In 2023, the US healthcare system faced significant challenges and shortcomings, as highlighted by the
Private Equity Hospital Purchase Raises Risks for Patients
Serious Medical Errors Rose After Private Equity Firms Bought Hospitals, The New York Times, December 26, 2023, by Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz
The rate of