…made it challenging to hold the large banners which read: “How many must die for insurance company profits?” and “Medicare for all saves lives.” Activists also held signs declaring, “Health…
Medicare for all
…in serving the community, they would first begin by providing comprehensive emergency room (ER) service. I have heard numerous complaints over the years about the ER. Around Christmas, an 84-year-old…
Health care advocates here seek single-payer plan
…have similar legislation written or are looking to do the same. He says he hopes this form of health care to will reach a federal level in the future. http://www.spokanejournal.com/special-report/health-care-advocates-here-seek-single-payer-plan/…
Gerard Anderson on new payment models
…other budgets, causing us to spend less on programs like education and housing.” “The Affordable Care Act was really about coverage,” Anderson says. “It wasn’t about affordable care.” http://health.usnews.com/health-news/hospital-of-tomorrow/articles/2015/07/17/hospitals-have-little-to-gain-from-new-payment-models ****…
Wrong Prescription?
…A.C.A., he said, “I think we would have very few votes.” In March 2010, just before the law passed, speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made a similar point. Addressing…
Medicare For All Is Coming, No Matter What They Say
…and are subject to public debate, unlike private plans. A Change is Gonna Come The transition to a single-payer system will be complex, but despite what the no-can-doers say,…
Oliver Fein, of Physicians for a National Health Program, at St. Kate’s: Give single-payer a chance
…entirely. Private insurance companies have denounced the public option, fearing that they could not compete with a lower-cost public option plan. Both Fein and Frost assert that single-payer has not…
Medicare’s History Belies Claim That Medicare-for-All Would Disrupt Care
…co-founded Physicians for a National Health Program, a nonpartisan organization. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those organizations’. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steffie-woolhandler/medicares-history-belies-_b_9245484.html Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. ‘Nuf said. Time for Medicare-for-All….
Analysis: Single Payer Needs A Political Quarterback
…budgets, and some other issues such as benefit packages and insurance rates, which are two complex subject areas. But the board is also the locus of an extraordinarily complex program…
Single Payer Rises Again
…president and Congress decided it wasn’t politically possible and passed the ACA as a compromise. Now, the rocky launch of the healthcare exchanges that form the cornerstone of the Affordable…
Number of uninsured children has gone up to almost 4 million
New Report Shows Progress on Children’s Health Coverage Reversed Course
…our analysis of U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey data. While this may not seem like a huge change, both of these increases are unprecedented in the past decade. Even…
Health Care Reform Victory Comes with Tragic Setback for Women’s Rights
…are in direct conflict with many of the compromises built into and tacked onto this legislation. The health care reform bill passed by Congress today offers a number of good…