…the MLR equation for executive compensation and profits. Both will soar if insurers have their way with the commissioners. So far, the commissioners who have been spending the most time…
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A Productive Life of Caring
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Affordable Insurance Or Affordable Healthcare
…in the Eastern Panhandle Single-Payer Action Network, a chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. They reside in Shepherdstown, W.Va. References: www.pnhp.org/news/2013/february/4-things-to-know-about-medicares-overhead-costs www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/may/30/barbara-boxer/barbara-boxer-says-medicare-overhead-far-lower-pri/ http://kff.org/medicaid/fact-sheet/where-are-states-today-medicaid-and-chip/ www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2014/jun/mirror-mirror https://pnhp.org/blog/2013/07/24/why-does-u-s-health-care-cost-so-much-the-hidden-in-plain-sight-answer/ http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/why-markets-cant-cure-healthcare/?_r=0 www.pnhp.org/sites/default/files/Funding%20HR%20676_Friedman_7.31.13_proofed.pdf http://wvobserver.com/2015/05/affordable-insurance-or-affordable-healthcare/…
Canadian Physicians called to
…www.umanitoba.ca/centres/mchp/reports/pdfs/quality_wo.pdf (accessed 2005 Jun 20). 8. Medical Reform Group. Nearsighted physicians reject deal with government [media release]. Toronto: The Group; 2004 Nov 21. Available: www.hwcn.org/link/mrg/press.release.html#Nearsighted_Physicians_Reject_Deal_With (accessed 2005 Jun 20). 9….
How Trumpcare’s Failure Sets the Stage for Single-Payer
…this room needs free health care.” He gets it. Sanders gets it. It’s time everyone else did, too. Sarah Jones is the social media editor at The New Republic. https://newrepublic.com……
The true colors of the partisan divide on health care
…for a family of three), don’t pay more than the Medicare, Medi-Cal or worker’s compensation rate for treatment. A fact sheet on the bill is available at: http://www.health-access.org/ab232_fact_sheet.htm The text…
Role of regulation in value-based health care
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…new ideas, providing expert analysis, commentary, and recommendations, and working collaboratively to realize the promise of new physician-focused payment models (PFPMs). Considerations for Proposed Model Submissions Prior to PTAC beginning…
Republican rules threaten health care
Deficit Hypocrisy
…(33 pages): http://rules-republicans.house.gov/Media/PDF/112-Hres5-CP_xml.pdf Comment: By Don McCanne, MD Although long, the new Republican rules for the House of Representatives read somewhat like those jokes that are circulated around the Internet….
Republican rules threaten health care
…same time, the new rules bar the renewal of aid for low-income working families — extended temporarily in the recent tax-cut deal — unless it is fully paid for. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/opinion/30thu1.html…
Rudy Giuliani’s health care proposal
Rudy Giuliani Campaign Announces Health Care Advisors RUDY www.JoinRudy2008.com July 30, 2007 The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee today announced key advisors who have been providing input on Rudy Giuliani’s commitment…
Health Care Reform 2009: No Bill is Better Than a Bad Bill
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