By Rachel Madley
The New York Times, September 17, 2019
Twenty minutes after I learned I had Type 1 diabetes — after narrowly avoiding a diabetic coma
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Medicare for All would be a highly effective poverty-reduction program
By Matt Bruenig
People's Policy Project, September 12, 2019
The Census released its annual income, poverty, and health insurance statistics earlier this week. The summary report shows
Economists who understand single payer, but…
By Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Victor R. Fuchs
The New York Times, September 12, 2019
Fallacy No. 2: Medicare for All is unaffordable.
The key to evaluating the
New KFF polling on Medicare-for-all versus a public option
By Ashley Kirzinger, Audrey Kearney, and Mollyann Brodie
Kaiser Family Foundation, September 12, 2019
Majorities of Democrats and Independents favor Medicare-for-all and public option, most Republicans oppose
The Harkness Fellows on the paradoxes of US health care
By Angèle Malâtre-Lansac
Health Affairs Blog, August 28, 2019
Editor's Note: In addition to Angèle Malâtre-Lansac, this post was conceived of and written by the 2018-2019 Harkness
Overlapping payment models: Who gets paid?
By Tara Bannow
Modern Healthcare, September 7, 2019
The problem of overlap in the CMS’ various payment initiatives, including ACOs and bundled-payment programs, can introduce confusion and
Do we really need more policy research before implementing health justice for all?
By Austin Frakt
The New York Times, September 9, 2019
Rigorous evaluations of health policy are exceedingly rare. The United States spends a tremendous amount on health
Medical bankruptcy is an American scandal — no debate
By Michael Hiltzik
Los Angeles Times, September 4, 2019
You’ve got to hand it to Sen. Bernie Sanders for his ability to keep hot-button issues in the
The fallacy of expanding ACA and adding a public option
By Munira Z. Gunja and Sara R. Collins
The Commonwealth Fund, August 28, 2019
In 2018, an estimated 30.4 million people were uninsured, up from a low
The role of hospitals in high prices and administrative excesses
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
The New York Times, September 1, 2019
As voters fume about the high cost of health care, politicians have been targeting two well-deserved villains:
Ady Barkan: ‘Eyes to the Wind’
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
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