By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.; Stephanie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.; and David U. Himmelstein, M.D.
JAMA Internal Medicine, July 10, 2024
Abstract: Celebrating a Medicare Advantage (MA) milestone—enrollment
Taking Advantage
Physicians for a National Health Program, May 23, 2024
Executive Summary: Medicare Advantage (MA), the privately-administered version of Traditional Medicare (TM), is causing
Medicare Advantage and Vertical Consolidation in Health Care
By Hayden Rooke-Ley
American Economic Liberties Project, April 30, 2024
A new wave of health care consolidation is underway. Health insurance and retail conglomerates are rapidly acquiring
The effect of health-care privatisation on the quality of care
By Benjamin Goodair, M.Sc. and Aaron Reeves, Ph.D.
The Lancet Public Health, March 2024
Summary: Over the past 40 years, many health-care systems that were once publicly
In 2023, Big Drug Companies Raked in $684 Billion and Spent $106 Billion Rewarding Shareholders
Protect Our Care, Greed Watch, February 28, 2024
Protect Our Care is releasing a new report detailing pharmaceutical companies’ sky-high revenues as they continue charging unaffordable
Rape-Related Pregnancies in the 14 US States With Total Abortion Bans
By Samuel L. Dickman, M.D.; Kari White, Ph.D.; David U. Himmelstein, M.D.; Emily Lupez, M.D.; Elizabeth Schrier, M.D.; Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.
JAMA Internal Medicine, January
Administration’s Share of Personnel in Veterans Health Administration and Private Sector Care
By Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.; Andrew Toporek, B.S.; Jian Gao, Ph.D.; Eileen Moran, MS4; Andrew Wilper, M.D., M.P.H.; David U. Himmelstein, M.D.
JAMA Network Open, January
Our Payments, Their Profits
Physicians for a National Health Program, October 4, 2023
Introduction: By our estimate, and based on 2022 spending, Medicare Advantage overcharges taxpayers by
The Association of Childbirth with Medical Debt in the USA, 2019–2020
By Jordan Cahn, M.D., M.Sc.; Ayesha Sundaram, M.D.; Roopa Balachandar, M.D.; Alexandra Berg, M.D.; Aaron Birnbaum, M.D.; Stephanie Hastings, D.O.; Matthew Makansi, M.D.; Emily Romano,
Private Equity’s Path of Destruction in Health Care Continues to Spread
By Eagan KempPublic Citizen, March 21, 2023
Introduction: Private Equity Companies Seek Big Profits in Health Care
In general, the private equity industry’s
How Overturning Roe v. Wade Changed Match Day 2023
By Sarah McNeilly, Morgan S. Levy, Simone A. Bernstein, M.D., Jessi A. Gold, M.D., M.S., and Vineet Arora, M.D., M.A.P.P.
Medpage Today, March 15, 2023
For thousands
Accountability for Medicare Advantage plans is long overdue
By Physicians for a National Health ProgramMarch 1, 2023
PNHP welcomes CMS’ efforts to begin to rein in abuse of the payment
