Medicaid and CHIP Premiums and Access to Care: A Systematic ReviewBy Brendan Saloner, Stephanie Hochhalter, Lindsay SabikPediatrics, March 2016BACKGROUND: Premiums are required in Medicaid and

Most individuals are relatively sensitive to the health insurance premiums they pay. This particular analysis of multiple studies shows that the rate of low-income children

Cherry-picking Statistics to Bash Sanders’ Medicare-for-All PlanContrary to Claims by the Washington Post and Fortune, the Vast Majority of the Poor Would GainBy Steffie Woolhandler

An Improved Medicare for All system would provide for everyone all necessary health care, and it would be funded with progressive taxes that are fair

Healthcare Reform to Make America Great AgainDonald J. Trump for PresidentAs it appears Obamacare is certain to collapse of its own weight, the damage done

As the leading candidate for the Republican nomination for president, we should be aware of Donald Trump’s health policy proposals. His descriptions to date have

MIPS: The ‘death knell’ for small practices?By Joseph BurnsMedical Economics, February 25, 2016Beginning in 2019, the new Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), which is part

Physicians were so relieved to get rid of the sustainable growth rate (SGR) method of adjusting Medicare payments that they seemed to care less about

Slavitt: Health Care ‘Retailization’ Is ComingBy Dan DiamondPolitico Pulse, March 1, 2016Speaking at the Federation of American Hospitals annual meeting on Monday, CMS acting administrator

Yesterday, at the annual meeting of the Federation of American Hospitals, Acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt asked the for-profit hospitals to join CMS’s ongoing push

Setting the Record Straight on Medicare for All: An Open Letter From 560 Physicians and Medical StudentsBy Steffie Woolhandler and David HimmelsteinThe Huffington Post, February

With the recent often inaccurate and ill-advised debate taking place in the media over the financing of single payer it is imperative that the record