How media and polling company adoption of insurance industry spin warps democracy
National Economic & Social Rights Initiative
Mainstream media and public-opinion polls commonly state that the
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Sources of inertia in health plan choice
Presenter: Coleman Drake
Co-Authors: Conor Ryan; Bryan Dowd
8th Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, June 23-26, 2019
Inertia, the tendency to stay enrolled in a
Garnishing wages for medical debt
By William E. Bruhn, BS; Lainie Rutkow, JD, PhD, MPH; Peiqi Wang, MD, MPH; Stephen E. Tinker, BS; Christine Fahim, PhD; Heidi N. Overton, MD;
Out-of-pocket costs increased 14% in 2018
By Tara Bannow
Modern Healthcare, June 25, 2019
Patients' out-of-pocket costs for inpatient services increased by 14% on average between 2017 and 2018, according to a new
Beware of Medicare Advantage for All
By Paige Minemyer
Fierce Healthcare, June 19, 2019
Cigna chief David Cordani said it’s time to pump the brakes on calls for a healthcare system overhaul like
Single Payer addresses income inequity; public option does not
By Paul Krugman
The New York Times, June 22, 2019
No doubt many wealthy backers of tax cuts for themselves and benefit cuts for others manage to
Medicare works better when Medigap benefits are added
By Philip Armour and Claire O’Hanlon
National Bureau of Economic Research, February 2019
Abstract
A substantial portion of the costs associated with, and the value to beneficiaries of,
Arkansas’ Medicaid work requirements proved to be detrimental
By Benjamin D. Sommers, M.D., Ph.D., Anna L. Goldman, M.D., M.P.A., M.P.H., Robert J. Blendon, Sc.D., E. John Orav, Ph.D., and Arnold M. Epstein, M.D.
The
ACOs may not be associated with improvements in spending or quality
By Adam A. Markovitz, BS; John M. Hollingsworth, MD, MS; John Z. Ayanian, MD, MPP; Edward C. Norton, PhD; Phyllis L. Yan, MS; Andrew M.
Confusion on Medicare for All
By Ashley Kirzinger, Cailey Muñana, Lunna Lopes, Liz Hamel, and Mollyann Brodie
Kaiser Family Foundation, June 18, 2019
The most recent KFF Health Tracking Poll finds majorities
Do you really ‘like’ your private health insurance plan?
By Dr. Sanjeev K. Sriram
Common Dreams, June 12, 2019
When I talk to friends, family, and colleagues about Medicare for All, sometimes someone asks, “but don’t
New rule using HRAs to further destroy health equity for employees
By Harris Meyer
Modern Healthcare, June 13, 2019
Employers will be able to hand their workers a chunk of tax-sheltered health reimbursement money and send them off