…that profits of private health insurance companies are more than keeping pace. From 2003 to 2007, the combined profits of the nation’s major health insurance companies increased by 170 percent….
What SCOTUS ruling might mean to Vermont’s single-payer plan
…with [single-payer], or with ObamaCare,” Wallack adds, “if we do our job right, we’ll have a more sustainable, higher-quality healthcare system, I think, than anywhere else in the country.” http://www.govhealthit.com/news/what-scotus-ruling-might-mean-vermonts-single-payer-plan?page=0,1…
Translating the insurance industry’s feel-good rhetoric
…mouths of the industry’s friends in politics, business and the media in the coming months — over and over and over again. The coming war will be a war of…
The Obamacare We Deserve
By Michael Moore The New York Times, Dec. 31, 2013 Today marks the beginning of health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act’s new insurance exchanges, for which two million…
Medicare for all
…Fortunately, the new Affordable Care Act will help some of our neighbors in need. Under the ACA, community clinics are expanding. Medicaid eligibility has been broadened. Yet there also are…
Sen. Baucus: We Need Accurate Numbers not “Creative” Figuring
…homes,” electronic medical records, comparative effectiveness research, a public plan that competes with the private insurers and others, do not save money as claimed. Call, write or fax Senator Baucus…
Wyden’s S.1932 – “Better Care, Lower Cost Act”
…enrolled in a BCP. http://www.wyden.senate.gov/chroniccare **** Wyden Plan May Be Vision For Future Medicare Reforms By Mary Agnes Carey Kaiser Health News, January 21, 2014 Sen. Ron Wyden, the Oregon…
Uwe Reinhardt on the economists' letter to President Obama
…the letter, has responded to my comments. Comment on economists’ letter by Don McCanne, MD with response by Uwe E. Reinhardt, PhD (highlighted in red): For socially conscious health care…
E.J. Dionne’s inadvertent lesson for us
The priority is still to save Obamacare
…people immediately and make any move to single-payer less disruptive. http://www.southcoasttoday.com… *** Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. This column by E.J. Dionne is important because it represents the current most…
5 doctors and surgeons tell us what they really think about Medicare-for-all
Some doctors support single-payer health care — even if that means a lower salary.
…or as a true single payer, is needed. In contrast, I remain a staunch defender of private medical care, where companies such as my own and our competition do battle…
Even Libertarians Admit Medicare for All Would Save Billions
A new study from a libertarian think tank admits that Medicare for All would save a whopping $300 billion.
…reaches the somewhat surprising (for Mercatus) conclusion that, if the bill were enacted, the new costs it creates would be more than offset by the new savings it generates through…
Forum On Single-Payer Healthcare System Packs House
…right for all residents of the Commonwealth.” The summary stated that Massachusetts has the highest per-capita healthcare costs in the country, that they rise every year and that the commonwealth…