…urged the state legislature to pass a resolution urging Congress to pass HR 676, known as Medicare for All. As. Felix Ortiz sponsors the Assembly resolution. HR 676 has 90…
AP-GfK poll on single payer spreads falsehoods
…26% Oppose http://ap-gfkpoll.com/featured/findings-from-our-latest-poll-32 Topline http://ap-gfkpoll.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/AP-GfK_Poll_February-2016-topline_health.pdf Most polls place support for a single payer Medicare-for-all national health program at about 60%, with some variation based on labels, framing, and polling technique….
Important lessons from Canada
Canada's universal health-care system: achieving its potential
…by harnessing its distinct experiences, diverse assets, and core values. Like the country itself, Canada’s role in global health remains a work in progress. http://www.thelancet.com… PDF version: http://www.thelancet.com… *** Comment:…
“Show Me the Money”: Labor and the Bottom Line of National Health Insurance
…some of its competitors pay as little as $200 per vehicle. The focus on comparing what U.S. companies pay directly for health care relative to what their foreign competitors pay…
Doctors Give Massachusetts Health Reform a Failing Grade – Poor Early Outcomes Raise Red Flags, Only Private Insurers Profit
…individuals are very poor people enrolled in Medicaid or similar free plans. Virtually all of them were previously eligible for completely free care funded by the state, but face co-payments…
The Bredesen-Gruber dispute represents much more than a math problem
ObamaCare's Incentive to Drop Insurance
…new subsidies created by Congress, the economics become compelling for many employers to simply drop coverage and help their employees obtain replacement coverage through an exchange. (Bredesen provides calculations that…
Growth of Medicare Advantage could suppress support of Medicare for All
Medicare For All Could Die In 2020 As Private Insurers Add Seniors
…trail. https://www.forbes.com… 100,000 patients could lose access to doctors at Houston Methodist hospitals due to insurance company’s contract dispute By Syan Rhodes Click2Houston.com, January 1, 2020 A hundred-thousand people insured…
Doctor-Workers: Unite!
…compensation report 2016. Medscape. April 1, 2016. http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/compensation/2016/public/overview?src=ppc_google_rem_salary&gclid=CJ_si83OqMwCFZKCaQodSlAH5w#page=1 Accessed April 24, 2016. 4. Peckham C. Medscape lifestyle report 2016: bias and burnout. Medscape. January 13, 2016. http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/lifestyle/2016/public/overview#page=1 Accessed April 24,…
Et Tu, Atul?: Test-Case for a Single-Payer Hypothesis
…are drug companies, device companies, or insurance companies) — either I’m not paid or I arrange for the fee to be donated to charity (including my family’s church, our WHO…
Advocates Call on Governor Paterson to Highlight Savings from Single Payer Health Care for All — Projected to Save $20 Billion annually by 2019
Groups Want State Lawmakers to Hold Hearings on Long-Delayed Universal Health Care Study
…to all New Yorkers. (A copy of the report is at http://www.partnership4coverage.ny.gov/) There will be a rally in DC this Thursday, July 30th, the 44th birthday of Medicare, to call…
The Democrats' Authoritarian Health "Reform" Bill and the Ascendency of Corporatism in the Democratic Party
…federal government. In effect, this represents an historic defeat for the type of liberalism represented by the New Deal and the Great Society and the ascendancy of a new type…
New York's Local 6 gets it right
A Model of Health
…Comment: By Don McCanne, MD New York’s Local 6 has achieved many of the goals of single payer reform by working from the bottom up. They are providing very comprehensive…