…We’ve bolded major points. See the Comment for a summary of Rooke-Ley’s 3-part policy vision.] From the Executive Summary: A new wave of health care consolidation is underway. Health insurance…
Single Payer: A Universal Plan that Curbs Obscene Costs
…below to watch this fun and informative 4 minute YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvy9jew9dM.12 What Is the Current Status of Single-Payer at the State and Federal Levels? Many states have single-payer bills….
Tom Price, Trump’s pick for HHS head, opposed by NYC doctors
…of the action: WMBC-TV: News Video – Obamacare Debate https://www.youtube.com… NY1: City Doctors Urge Congress to ‘Do No Harm’ to Affordable Care Act http://www.ny1.com… CIR SEIU: Facebook Live Video https://www.facebook.com……
Medicare Advantage Is Under Fire. What It Means for Your Health—and Wallet.
…are limits. The maximum out-of-pocket allowed for 2024 is $13,300 for combined in- and out-of-network services. Many plans set lower limits, averaging from about $4,800 a year for in-network to…
Reminders that Private Insurers Use Shady Tactics to Manipulate and Deceive Us
“Free” preventive services that cost patients hundreds of dollars. A Medicare enrollment “choice” that defaults to Medicare Advantage. These are two newly highlighted devious maneuvers that favor benefits for shareholders over benefits for the public.
Opinion: Ouch. That ‘free’ annual checkup might cost you. Here’s why, Washington Post, January 24, 2024, by Elisabeth Rosenthal When Kristy Uddin, 49, went in for her annual mammogram in…
Restrictive provider networks
Some health networks drop elite hospitals
…spread among fewer employees. http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2010/04/17/some_health_networks_drop_elite_hospitals/?rss_id=Boston.com+–+Health+news Comment: By Don McCanne, MD Massachusetts intends to expand the use of limited provider networks in order to slow the rise in costs. The Patient…
Reinhardt and McCanne on Goodman's claim that free health care causes disparities
Why Are There Disparities In Health Care? Because It’s Free.
…so. For the entire article: http://healthblog.ncpa.org/why-are-there-disparities-in-health-care-because-its-free/ Comments on the Goodman blog: Don McCanne says: There are a great number of complex variables that result in disparities in health care, and…
Medical debts put patients at risk of financial collapse
…a catastrophic double whammy” for many patients, said Blair Horner, an American Cancer Society vice president, “bad news on their health and potentially catastrophic news for their finances.” Despite the…
Austerity and the Unraveling of European Universal Health Care
…from competing groups of providers. Overall, however, this was quite unpopular, and during the 1997 elections the Labour Party promised an end to managed competition and other Thatcherite reforms. Similar…
Small Towns Struggle to Find Dentists
…because Berlin – like hundreds of communities nationwide – has too few dentists. Home to 10,600 people – just two of them dentists – in far-northern New Hampshire, Berlin is…
States Intervene After [Medicare] Drug Plan Hits Snags
…numbers, concerns expressed by state officials and complaints from pharmacists suggest a widespread pattern of problems. At least four states – Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Vermont – acted…
Drug pricing a symptom of our sick health care financing system
Prescription Drugs May Cost More With Insurance Than Without It
…the consistency of its vision, but its deep incoherence. In the name of greater free-market competition, the legislation offers massive new subsidies to the pharmaceutical and insurance industries. In the…