So have the employers finally learned how to slow the escalation of health care costs? No! They have dumped their costs onto the backs of

Transcript of President Obama’s Press ConferenceThe New York Times, November 14, 2012Q (Jessica Yellin): Mr. President, on the fiscal cliff — two years ago, sir,

Transcript of President Obama’s Press ConferenceThe New York Times, November 14, 2012Q (Jessica Yellin): Mr. President, on the fiscal cliff — two years ago, sir,

So what does this all have to do with single payer? Quite simply, it provides an answer to those who say that we cannot afford

The Prevalence and Cost of Deductibles in Employer Sponsored Insurance:A View from the 2012 Employer Health Benefit SurveyKaiser Family Foundation, November 2012The percent of covered

Ever higher deductibles have now become the standard for employer-sponsored plans. The new state exchange plans to be offered to individuals and small businesses will

Accountable Care Organizations May Have Difficulty Avoiding The Failures Of Integrated Delivery Networks Of The 1990sBy Lawton R. Burns and Mark V. PaulyHealth Affairs, November

The Affordable Care Act includes several measures supposedly to control health care spending, but analysis of the health policy literature to date suggests that none

NOTE: Do not bother reading this article; simply take only three seconds to skim it. Its essence can be elucidated by reading this one sentence

Is this what our health care system is all about?

A Single-Payer System Would Reduce U.S. Health Care CostsBy Ed Weisbart, MD, CPEAmerican Medical Association Journal of Ethics, Virtual Mentor, November 2012Health care financing is