Time to Rethink Nursing Homes, The JAMA Forum, April 13, 2021, by Stuart M. Butler
“Hundreds of thousands of people who are older and disabled live
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Public insurance claims data can save lives
COVID-19-Related Deaths And Excess Deaths Among Medicare Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries, Health Affairs, June 2021, by Wafa W. Tarazi, et al.
The experience with COVID-19 has brought to
Medicare Advantage Raises Costs: MedPAC Refutes AHIP Claims
For the record: MedPAC’s response to AHIP’s recent “Correcting the Record” blog post, March 3, 2021, by MedPAC Staff
“A recent blog post (“Correcting the Record”)
Sustained & Robust Support for Single Payer in California
Polling on California Recall and Medicare for All, Lake Research Partners, May 3, 2021
A new poll shows that likely voters in California strongly support a
Expensive Drugs are Becoming Ultra-Expensive
Ultra-Expensive Drugs And Medicare Part D: Spending And Beneficiary Use Up Sharply, Health Affairs, June 2021, by So-Yeon Kang, Daniel Polsky, Jodi B. Segal, and
Medicine Must Meet the Moment on Racial Justice
AMA Doctors Meet Amid Vocal Backlash Over Racial Equity Plan, U.S. News, June 12, 2021, by Lindsey Tanner
The nation’s largest, most influential doctors’ group is
Colorado’s Pseudo-Public Option
By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.
On Monday, lawmakers in Colorado passed a bill that would establish what some might call a “state public option” plan, although
Uninsured Adults Nearing Medicare Age More Likely to Die from Cancer
Cancer Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries And Their Younger Uninsured Counterparts, Health Affairs, May 2021, by Gerard Silvestri, Ahmedin Jemal, K. Robin Yabroff, Stacey Fedewa, and
The Buffett-Bezos-Dimon-Gawande insurance fail? A powerful policy lesson!
How Amazon, JPMorgan, and Berkshire Hathaway took on America’s health care system—and lost, Fortune, June 1, 2021, by Erika Fry
Was it a press release, or
Insurers That Squeeze Care are Killing Thousands of Enrollees Each Year
Mortality Effects and Choice Across Private Health Insurance Plans, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 6, 2021, by Jason Abaluck, Mauricio Caceres Bravo, Peter Hull,
Let’s Not Mourn the Death of the Public Option
The health insurance public option might be fizzling. The left is OK with that., NBC News, June 5, 2021, by Benjy Sarlin and Sahil Kapur
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Public Insurers Provide Better Access, Financial Protection, & Satisfaction Than Private Insurers
Access to Care, Cost of Care, and Satisfaction With Care Among Adults With Private and Public Health Insurance in the US, JAMA Network Open, June