…conditions. Today, the Administration is releasing new guidance to health insurance plans to help ensure children get the high-quality care they need. The new FAQ document notes that insurance companies…
States in the Spotlight as Single-Payer Resurfaces in Mainstream Discourse
…guaranteed medical coverage to all residents regardless of income and laid the groundwork for Canada’s single-payer health care system. This milestone did not come without resistance from entrenched interests, most…
The coverage of the uninsured has plateaued
Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2017
…2016 (8.8 percent or 28.1 million). https://www.census.gov… *** Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. This definitive report on the health insurance status of U.S. residents provides an extensive breakdown of the…
Lawmakers vow to continue fight for Medicare for All
…included in the new law. The latter victory created a new opening. Though the effective date for the Exchange waiver was pushed back to 2017 by the Congressional Budget Office…
QOTD: Lawmakers vow to continue fight for Medicare for All
…included in the new law. The latter victory created a new opening. Though the effective date for the Exchange waiver was pushed back to 2017 by the Congressional Budget Office…
State lawmaker reacts to Obamacare editorial
…the State Assembly has passed the New York Health Act, it’s becoming truly achievable. Assemblyman Richard Gottfried chairs the New York State Assembly Health Committee. He resides in Albany. http://www.lakeplacidnews.com/page/content.detail/id/523701/State-lawmaker-reacts-to-Obamacare-editorial.html?nav=5003#sthash.qU77ABjk.dpuf…
Two falsehoods on single payer
…provide generous benefits for all Americans. David Lotto, Ph.D., resides in Pittsfield. Michael Kaplan, M.D., resides in Lenox. Both are members of Physicians for a National Health Program, pnhp.org. http://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/ci_26193973/two-falsehoods-single-payer…
Jimmy Carter says Medicare should be expanded to all ages
…best,” they had five different congressional committees do it and it got, I think, the lowest common denominator, which is the most complex system. I would really have favored just…
Do we want to avoid low-value care?
…our variegated reimbursement system as it exists today. Video (30 minute) and link to transcript: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1401245?query=TOC Comment: By Don McCanne, MD Diagnostic and therapeutic interventions that are of low value…
Thomas Piketty – “CAPITAL in the Twenty-First Century”
…a vast market predicated on ever purer and more perfect competition. Yet pure and perfect competition cannot alter the inequality r>g, which is not the consequence of any market “imperfection.”…
This Generation of Med Students Wants a Truly Just Healthcare System for All
…James Besante is a third-year medical student at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and a board member of the Chicago-based Physicians for a National Health Program. https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/09-5…
Single payer in the next presidential term?
… Bobby Jindal 1% (Other) 6% (None of the above) 9% (Don’t know) http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2014/04/21/fox-news-poll-independents-more-likely-to-back-anti-obamacare-candidates/ **** Clinton urges move away from fee-for-service payment model; says current system is not serving physicians, or…