…vice president of the Citizens Budget Commission, a watchdog group in New York, said she did not know if the critics’ “dire predictions” would come true. “If governments find out…
Celebrate New York's victory, but get back to work!
…to veto the measure. It takes 34 votes to override a mayoral veto. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/17/AR2005081701892.html Comment: The New York City Council should be commended for passing this beneficial measure. Advocates of…
The Labor Movement Must Fight for Medicare for All — Not Employer-Based Plans
Unions have been at the forefront of almost every progressive policy advance for a century. So why are AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka and American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten denouncing Medicare for All by parroting talking points crafted by health care industry lobbyists?
…at that level). In New York, a single-payer-style state bill — NY Health — has twice passed the State Assembly and is edging toward passage in the State Senate backed…
Is "Moral Hazard" Inefficient? The Policy Implications of a New Theory
…the ill is efficient and increases the welfare of society. Thus, the new theory identifies efficiency as a new justification for adopting some form of national health insurance. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/23/5/194 Comment:…
Richard Gottfried’s response to insurers cheating on out-of-network payments
…Gottfried of Manhattan is chairman of the state Assembly Committee on Health.) http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Let-New-York-Health-help-pay-the-bills-3451653.php Comment: By Don McCanne, MD Yesterday’s Quote of the Day message explained how, in a legal settlement,…
How Big Pharma makes a killing on patients’ suffering
…Brenda Gazzar. This time on Code WACK! Why are some cancer drugs so incredibly expensive? How do some drug companies and health insurance companies choose profit over patients? To find…
Dr. Adam Gaffney on ‘The Real News’
Public “Medicare for All” Saves U.S. Taxpayers 1.5 Trillion Dollars
By Sharmini Peries The Real News Network, February 18, 2019 Contrary to Michael Bloomberg and former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz (both potential 2020 presidential candidates), a completely public health care…
A New Health Plan May Raise Expenses for Sickest Workers
…dubious social policy.” http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/05/business/05CARE.html Comment: These new health plans represent a convergence of ideas. Employers want lower health care costs and now are quite willing to shift those costs to…
The next big health care crisis is now. HEALTH SCARE
…insurance companies are introducing these plans suggests that, unlike medical savings accounts–a related idea hatched in right-wing think tanks that never really took off commercially–this new scheme has market appeal….
PNHP’s New Blog
…across the United States. To contact a physician-spokesperson in your area, contact info@pnhp.org or call (312) 782-6006. PNHP: https://www.pnhp.org/ PNHP’s Blog: https://www.pnhp.org/blog/ Comment: By Don McCanne, MD It’s your turn…
Medicare For All: If Not Now, When?
…https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/400929 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM198312083092305 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1107913 https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0654 https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2716078/high-deductible-insurance-delay-care-macrovascular-complications-diabetes https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29382660 https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05026?journalCode=hlthaff https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28736929 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28736929 Medicare for All — unlike other reforms — would alleviate such widespread and unnecessary suffering not merely by covering the uninsured,…
Why a Single-payer Health Care System Would Be Good for Counties
…available at www.rd.com/healthcare, accessed September 24, 2007. A lower estimate of nearly 16 million people ages 19-64 underinsured in 2003 is given by the Commonwealth Fund: Schoen C, Doty MM,…