…& Commerce, and Education & Labor October 29, 2009 http://www.politico.com/pdf/PPM41_hcr_timeline.pdf 2010 INSURANCE MARKET REFORMS ENDS HEALTH INSURANCE RESCISSIONS: Prohibits abusive practices whereby health insurance companies rescind existing health insurance policies…
“Why Not Single Payer?” Parts 1-4
…insurance. In the larger picture, leaving the burden of health insurance on employers makes American companies less competitive in the world economy, compared to other capitalist democracies where the government…
Libertarian rationale for single payer
Single payer sympathy?
…cross-subsidize the poor, the uninsured, Medicare, Medicaid and, increasingly, victims of limited exchange policies, then the hospital must be protected from competition. If competitors can come in and offer services…
Senate HELP hearing on primary care
…Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC: http://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Mullan1.pdf Tess Stack Kuenning, CNS, MS, RN , Executive Director, Bi-State Primary Care Association, Montpelier, VT: http://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Kuenning.pdf…
Beyond Obamacare
How a single-payer system can save health care in the United States
…the Issues. Mark Dayton on health care. Available at: www.ontheissues.org/governor/ Mark_Dayton_Health_Care.htm. Accessed February 14, 2013. 19. Campaign for the Minnesota Health Plan. Available at: http://mnhealthplan.org/ Accessed February 14, 2013. http://www.minnesotamedicine.com/Portals/mnmed/April%202013/Beyondobamacare1304.pdf…
Senate HELP hearing on primary care
30 Million New Patients and 11 Months to Go: Who Will Provide Their Primary Care?
…Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ: http://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Reinhardt.pdf Claudia Fegan, MD , Chief Medical Officer, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL: http://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Fegan.pdf Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. We…
Health Care in Norway: Part 2
…well trained midwives free of charge. Experienced obstetricians are always available at no additional cost in case of complications. All health care for children until age 13 is free. After…
Most Free Drug Samples go to the Wealthy and Insured
…ten Americans received one or more free drug samples in 2003. Among Americans who take at least one prescription drug, nearly one out of five got free samples. Few free…
On The ‘Efficiency’ Of Managed Care Plans
Several decades’ experience has yielded scarce evidence supporting the efficiency of managed care, despite numerous claims that managed care has lowered health care costs.
…plan networks. 11. B. McKasy and M.E. Marschall, Study of Health Care Management Companies (Minnesota Departments of Commerce and Health, March 1993). The percentages are based on the author’s calculations…
Consumer interest and health reform: The logic of withdrawal from managed competition and the Clinton health plan
…managed competition, or single payer for that matter, into an independent test lab, Warne might be distressed to learn that the managed competition approach is completely untested. As opposed to…
Single-Payer in the News and More!
…everyone. For-profit motives must be removed from health care. The people are with us. We will get there. In common cause, Katie Robbins Assistant National Coordinator Healthcare-NOW! http://www.calnurses.org/media-center/in-the-news/2009/may/hundreds-of-nurses-rally-on-capitol-hill-in-national-day-of-action.html http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org/blog/colette-washington-cna-nnoc/2009/05/12/rns-and-doctors-arrested-dc-peaceful-protest-guaranteed– http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/15/headlines#2…
How Liberals Tried to Kill the Dream of Single-Payer
…new costs roughly balance the savings? First, when speaking about new costs, I mean actual new expenses, not existing private expenditures that become public expenditures. The difference is crucial: with…