By Carol Miller Taos Daily News August 15, 2009 The people are crying-out for access to health care. The economy is in freefall with no sign yet of the bottom….
PNHP’s Fein Delights Ohio Single-payer Supporters
…also involved in the community theater component of the CCP at the time of Dr. Fein’s leadership.) Attendees swelled the breakout sessions, which focused on ways to move true health…
What’s wrong with nationalized health care?
…to make health insurance more affordable. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., calls for a “new national health plan” with guaranteed eligibility and a federal subsidy for those who can’t afford to…
Here’s your chance to tell MoveOn either lead or get out of the way
…health insurance companies. We need to set and enforce rules that quash health insurance companies’ greed once and for all.” Their solution is neither bold nor new. Before I go…
Dr. Rob Stone on Indiana’s substitute Medicaid expansion
…by visiting a local Family and Social Services Administration Division of Family Resources office. The Monroe County FSSA office is at 1711 N. College Ave., Suite 101, in Bloomington. http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/news/local/feds-forced-changes-in-pence-s-hip-plan/article_062f175b-06aa-57cd-8b07-ff41c0021085.html…
Lessons From the Inevitable Failure of Health Care Reform 2010
…as the solution and that government is the enemy, and on the left by such meaningless slogans as “competition” and “guaranteed affordable choice”. The debate then devolved to such arcane…
Republicans join Democrats in supporting Medicare as a defined benefit program
…would be supportive. http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/8342-F.pdf A large majority of Americans, regardless of political affiliation, are supportive of Medicare and do not want to see its benefits reduced, nor do they want…
Rampant underinsurance in children
Underinsurance among Children in the United States By Michael D. Kogan, Ph.D., Paul W. Newacheck, Dr.P.H., Stephen J. Blumberg, Ph.D., Reem M. Ghandour, Dr.P.H., Gopal K. Singh, Ph.D., Bonnie B….
Don’t repeal and replace the ACA, rethink it
…take heart: If you believe in single-payer health care, fight for it. Republicans, join us. You and your loved ones deserve high-quality health care, too. Everybody in, nobody out. http://www.thedailystar.com……
KFF’s health subsidy calculator
…insurance premiums plus out-of-pocket expenses for plans obtained through the insurance exchanges, if execution of the program is optimal. Uncertainties arise since 1) premiums are not guaranteed and could be…
Concentration of health care spending
…just a few high spending cases. Additional risk-adjustment and other means of protection against high-cost outlier cases may also be needed. Similarly, in a world of community rating and guaranteed…
As aspiring doctors, we see the racial toll of poor health insurance
…of indictments in the police killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in New York. Here in Chicago, I and more than 100 students from Rosalind Franklin…