New Report: CMS' Changes to Medicare Advantage Undermine Care for Beneficiaries Managing Chronic ConditionsAmerica’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), January 22, 2016For the past four years,

For the past four years, the private insurance industry, led by their lobby organization - AHIP, has been successful in offsetting the reductions in overpayments

Doctors group welcomes national debate on ‘Medicare for All’Nonpartisan physicians group calls single-payer reform ‘the only effective remedy’ for nation’s continuing health care woes and

The concept of a single payer national health program - Medicare for all - has become part of the political debate leading up to the

The Current and Projected Taxpayer Shares of US Health CostsBy David U. Himmelstein, MD, and Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPHAmerican Journal of Public Health, Published online

We often hear that we cannot afford the taxes to pay for a single payer national health program - an improved Medicare for all. Yet

Historic Gains in Health Coverage for Hispanic Children in the Affordable Care Act’s First YearBy Sonya Schwartz, Alisa Chester, Steven Lopez, and Samantha Vargas PoppeGeorgetown

They say that the historic gains in health coverage for Hispanic children is one of the many accomplishments of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that

Cost-Sharing Obligations, High-Deductible Health Plan Growth, and Shopping for Health CareBy Anna D. Sinaiko, PhD; Ateev Mehrotra, MD; Neeraj Sood, PhDJAMA Internal Medicine, January 19,

This study shows that individuals with high-deductible health plans (HDHP) are no more likely to select their care based on their out-of-pocket costs than do

Transcript of the Democratic Presidential DebateThe New York Times, January 17, 2016(The debate is sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus Institute)Brief excerptsHillary Clinton:  We finally

Martin Luther King, Jr. already said it, and that was half a century ago.