In nearly every congressional district, voters tell me that their top concern is health care. The high cost, the lack of access, the bureaucratic headaches
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Are Americans begging to keep the administrative waste of the private insurers?
By Uwe Reinhardt, Ph.D.
JAMA, June 13, 2017
We can think of the extraordinarily high overhead imposed on insured individuals and patients in the United States as
Beware! Private Medicare Advantage for All is gaining momentum
By Ken Janda and Vivian Ho
The Hill, August 27, 2019
The recent Democratic debates confirmed that universal access to health care insurance is a core issue
New Trump policy: Throw those sick kids outta here
By Philip Marcelo
Associated Press, August 26, 2019
The Trump administration has eliminated a protection that lets immigrants remain in the country and avoid deportation while they
Ambulatory surgery centers or general hospitals for cataract surgery?
By Florien M. Kruse, MPP; Stef Groenewoud, PhD; Femke Atsma, PhD; Onno P. van der Galiën, MSc; Eddy M. M. Adang, PhD; Patrick P. T.
When rural hospitals close, people die
By Kritee Gujral, Anirban Basu
National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2019
This paper examines the impact of California's hospital closures occurring from 1995-2011 on adjusted inpatient
Hospital visits increase under readmissions reduction program
By Rishi K Wadhera, Karen E Joynt Maddox, Dhruv S Kazi, Changyu Shen, Robert W Yeh
BMJ, August 12, 2019
Abstract
Objective: To determine any changes in total
Race as a barrier to universal health care
By Jeneen Interlandi
The New York Times Magazine, August 14, 2019
Smallpox was not the only health disparity facing the newly emancipated, who at the close of
New HRA rule: Converting employer-sponsored plans from a defined benefit to a defined contribution?
A Rule by the Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Health and Human Services Department
Federal Register, June 20, 2019
Action: Final rule.
Effective
Since 1978, CEO compensation up 940%; workers 12%
By Lawrence Mishel and Julia Wolfe
Economic Policy Institute, August 14, 2019
What this report finds: The increased focus on growing inequality has led to an increased
Decrease in private nongroup coverage leaves more uninsured
By Laura Skopec, John Holahan, and Caroline Elmendorf
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Urban Institute, August 15, 2019
The Issue
Between 2013 and 2016, the uninsurance rate for nonelderly
AMA bails out of partnership opposed to Medicare for All
By Dan Diamond and Adam Cancryn
POLITICO, August 15, 2019
The American Medical Association has quit a coalition that's led the health industry's fight against Medicare expansion,