…and this may present challenges for plans. We solicit comment on suggestions to address these challenges within the parameters of current law. http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Health-Plans/MedicareAdvtgSpecRateStats/Downloads/Advance2014.pdf And… Subject: Announcement of Calendar Year (CY)…
A message from Jeoffry Gordon, MD, MPH, a San Diego member of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) and California Physicians Alliance (CaPA):
…you may reply directly to Dr. Gordon at: paradocs2@home.com If you wish to have your comments considered for distribution to this list, send them to: mccanne1@home.com A couple of responses…
Victor Fuchs explains resistance to national health insurance
Government Payment for Health Care — Causes and Consequences
…the new plans will be to make young and healthy workers better off at the expense of their older, sicker colleagues. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200206063462314 Comment: By Don McCanne, MD In his 2002…
Society Scorns the Oldest, excludes the Youngest and takes individuality to extremes
…entre les assurances obligatoires et complémentaires”, Commission des comptes de la Sécurité sociale, Paris, July 2003. (13) Journal du Dimanche, Paris, 7 September 2003. (14) Health Data 2003, op cit….
Democrats’ hype about health care reform will hurt them
…is only the naked claim that a “public option” will “make the insurance companies compete” and that competition always leads to lower costs. Jacob Hacker is one of the very…
U.S.’s unique approach to health care pricing
…the U.S. were based on prices negotiated between private health plans and health care providers. http://www.ifhp.com/1404121 2013 Comparative Price Report: http://static.squarespace.com/static/518a3cfee4b0a77d03a62c98/t/534fc9ebe4b05a88e5fbab70/1397737963288/2013%20iFHP%20FINAL%204%2014%2014.pdf **** These 15 charts show our health care prices…
WFTU on business games related to the COVID-19 vaccine
WFTU Statement on business games related to the COVID-19 vaccine
…tricks of transnational corporations. What we do need to do is step up the fight for a patent-free coronavirus vaccine that is free, safe, free for all. That any business…
“42,000 Canadians come to the United States for care” – Really?
…to get treated. http://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Pipes.pdf **** Frasier Institute Reports: Leaving Canada for Medical Care 2010 Estimated number of patients receiving treatment outside Canada, 2010: 44,794 http://www.fraserinstitute.org/uploadedFiles/fraser-ca/Content/research-… Leaving Canada for Medical Care…
California Health Care Options Project
…http://www.healthcareoptions.ca.gov/Summaries_112601.pdf The comment sheet for providing feedback: http://www.healthcareoptions.ca.gov/webcomments.pdf The index to the entire HCOP document library, including preliminary full drafts of each proposal: http://www.healthcareoptions.ca.gov/doclib.asp Comment: You can be a part…
The Incidence of Diabetic Ketoacidosis During “Emerging Adulthood” in the USA and Canada: a Population-Based Study
…to diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Cross-national comparisons may inform efforts to avoid this complication. Objective: To compare DKA hospitalization rates in the US and Manitoba, Canada, during the vulnerable years known…
Libby Medicare for Flint
…1551 Email: nursenpo@aol.com www.facebook.com/unionsforsinglepayer ***** How Libby, Montana, Got Medicare for All By Kay Tillow Original article on FireDogLake.com, June 15, 2011 In 2009 when the Washington beltway was tied…
What would Martin Luther King, Jr. say?
…the Democratic Party for decades. We have the Affordable Care Act. Let’s make it work. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/18/us/politics/transcript-of-the-democratic-presidential-debate.html *** Health Reform Realities By Paul Krugman The New York Times, January 18, 2016…