High health-care costs: It’s all in the pricingBy Ezra KleinThe Washington Post, March 2, 2012There is a simple reason health care in the United States
For more than 20 years, PNHP’s Senior Health Policy Fellow Don McCanne, M.D. wrote a daily health policy update, taking an excerpt or quote from a health care news story or analysis and commenting on its significance to the single-payer movement.
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So it’s the prices, but what do we do?
High health-care costs: It’s all in the pricingBy Ezra KleinThe Washington Post, March 2, 2012There is a simple reason health care in the United States
So it's the prices, but what do we do?
Yes, it is the prices, but why, and what do we do about it?
Kodak's retiree health coverage
Troubled Kodak moves to drop health coverage for Medicare-eligible, post-1991 retireesThe Washington Post, February 28, 2012Eastman Kodak Co., looking to whittle expenses as it reorganizes
Kodak’s retiree health coverage
Troubled Kodak moves to drop health coverage for Medicare-eligible, post-1991 retireesThe Washington Post, February 28, 2012Eastman Kodak Co., looking to whittle expenses as it reorganizes
Kodak's retiree health coverage
Think back to half a century ago. If you worked for a great American company like Eastman Kodak you were assured of having very generous
Financing a single payer system in Maryland
Financing the Maryland Health Security ActBy Gerald Friedman, Professor of Economics, The University of Massachusetts at AmherstFebruary, 2012Many proposals have been advanced and bills introduced
Financing a single payer system in Maryland
Many proposals have been advanced and bills introduced for single payer programs. Perhaps the most frequent question asked is, "How would you pay for it?"
Insurers battle and patients lose
Insurer Battles Physician GroupBy Anna Wilde MathewsThe Wall Street Journal, February 29, 2012A clash between health insurer Blue Shield of California and a doctor group
Insurers battle and patients lose
These disputes between UnitedHealth's Monarch HealthCare, Blue Shield of California, and WellPoint's Anthem Blue Cross not only impose a great disservice on their patients, but
CMS on actuarial value and cost sharing reductions
Actuarial Value: Why It Matters And How It Will WorkBy Lynn QuincyHealth Affairs Blog, February 28, 2012The actuarial value of a health plan represents the
CMS on actuarial value and cost sharing reductions
The actuarial value of a health plan represents the average percentage of covered services that a plan is expected to pay for, the balance being