Summary: A survey of California physicians finds that Medicare fee-for-service payments, not keeping pace with inflation, don’t cover their costs to provide care. Big caveat: biased
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PNHP to CMS: End Medicare Advantage
Summary: Medicare Advantage has overwhelming problems, progressive health policy organizations agree. Can it be fixed with a comprehensive set of far-reaching reforms? Physicians for a National
Letter to Feds: How to Fix Broken Medicare Advantage
Summary: Recently three leading progressive organizations (Just Care USA, Social Security Works, and Center for Health and Democracy) wrote to two federal health agency leads, offering
Jane Fonda has Insurance & Quality Care. How about those who don’t?
Jane Fonda Lymphoma Care, Instagram, September 2, 2022, @janefonda
So, my dear friends, I have something personal I want to share. I’ve been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s
Union Support Rises, While Corporations Lower Pharmacist Pay
Summary: Decreased pay for hard-working pharmacists, and growing support for unions. Maybe there’s a connection.
U.S. Approval of Labor Unions at Highest Point Since 1965, Gallup, August
Battle for the Soul of the Nation … and of Health Care
Summary: President Biden yesterday gave a critically important speech on the need to fight MAGA Republican efforts to destroy US democracy. Our health care system is
Falling U.S. Longevity Largely Due to Health Insurance Failings
Summary: In a sad echo of 2020, US longevity again fell in 2021 – from 77 to 76 years. Two proximate causes – COVID and chronic
Private Equity Hollowing Out Nursing Home Care
Summary: Private equity sees large financial returns in the nursing home business, and is willing to maximize that profit by cutting services at the expense of
The Financial Fallout of Chronic Illness
Summary: A new study finds that privately-insured individuals with chronic illness are far more likely to have medical debt that is delinquent or in collections, and
Taiwan: “Economic Dynamism” Paired with Single Payer
Summary: Recently House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a delegation to Taiwan, affirming US support for the country’s continued independence as China stridently pursues reunification.
Amazon Pursues Profitable Medical Care Role
Summary: Amazon just entered the medical provider business, buying a large medical firm. Their goal: to make money by finding insured, well-off, and inexpensive patients. It’s
Price Transparency (Alone) Is Not Enough
Summary: The New York Times recently posted a wonderfully produced video op-ed bemoaning hospitals’ failure to abide by federal price transparency rules. But price transparency is