…premiums,” said Jacqueline Simon, policy director for the American Federation of Government Employees. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/06/AR2009120601136.html And… New Government-Run Health Proposal Eyed Democrats, in Search of Compromise, Explore Federal Employee Plan as…
What about the Grayson ‘Medicare buy-in’ legislation?
…compromise on fundamentals, and single payer is the fundamental step that will end health care as a commodity and place us on the path of health care as a human…
Will grandfathering save our current private plans?
…Insurer Pays. * Cannot Change Insurance Companies http://www.healthreform.gov/newsroom/keeping_the_health_plan_you_have.html And… “Keeping the insurance you have” – Don’t believe it! Comment by Don McCanne, MD Quote of the Day July 11, 2008…
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…
Wyden-Ryan plan won’t improve health care system
…at cdgoeser@diaradiology.org.Samuel Metz, M.D., is an anesthesiologist, member of Physicians for a National Health Program and founding member of Mad As Hell Doctors. He can be reached at SamuelMetz@SamuelMetz.com. http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20120125/OPINION/201250381/Wyden-Ryan-plan-won-t-improve-health-care-system…
“Saving” Medicare by Killing It: Another Victory for Republicans, Industry and Their Lobbyists
…Geyman. With permission of the publisher, Common Courage Press, Monroe, ME. Buy This Book: http://commoncouragepress.com/index.cfm?action=book&bookid=396 Adapted from Shredding the Social Contract: The Privatization of Medicare, Common Courage Press, 2006, and…
You are not a loan: ‘Rolling Jubilee’ takes aim at medical bankruptcy
…Communication at New York University, tackling debt is just the beginning. ‘This is a way to begin a much wider conversation about what we value in our society,’ he says.‘What…
Do members of Congress deserve government subsidized health insurance?
…you along with guaranteed, subsidized health insurance. Oh, never mind. That, you already have. https://www.nytimes.com… *** Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. Right now many members of Congress are fighting the…
Why pharmacists should endorse healthcare for all
…Association and a former pharmacy owner, he is president of Pharmacists Planning Service Inc. (www.ppsinc.org), a nonprofit consumer/public health/pharmacy education organization in San Rafael, Calif. Contact him at ppsi@aol.com. http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/why-pharmacists-should-endorse-healthcare-all?page=full…
Does Justice Scalia’s dissent help us understand political polarization in the U.S.?
…I dissent. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-114_qol1.pdf **** Justice Scalia is the Supreme Court’s real loser in Obamacare ruling By William Yeomans Reuters, June 26, 2015 It is reasonable to suspect that Scalia’s distaste…
Chicago nurses, community leaders plan celebration for Medicare’s 50th anniversary
…Oakland, Portland, Me., St. Paul, Mn., Washington DC, and other cities, including additional locales to be announced. Information about events in other cities can be found at: https://www.healthcare-now.org/medicares-anniversary/50th/events/#DC Source: www.nationalnursesunited.org…
Wishing Happy Birthday to Medicare, Communities Demand Healthcare for All
…anniversary are being posted to Twitter at #Medicare4all. Sarah Lazare is a staff writer at Common Dreams. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. http://commondreams.org/news/2015/07/30/wishing-happy-birthday-medicare-communities-demand-healthcare-all…