…for their patients, not a politically directed decision. At 52:20 of video: https://www.youtube.com… Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. Bob Hess was a close friend of one of our sons. Sandy…
Presidential candidates on health care reform
…and Edwards: April 26 debate in South Carolina: http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/stories/wcnc-042607-krg-debate_part1.1023b3ba.html McCain: John McCain 2008 website: http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/4a3ab6fe-b025-42b1-815b-13c696a61908.htm Romney: Romney for President website: http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Health_Care Giuliani: The New York Observer, April 26: http://www.observer.com/2007/rudy-iraq-just-pre-rudy-ny Comment:…
U.S. hospitals will thrive under single payer Medicare for All
The Implications of “Medicare for All” for U.S. Hospitals
…hospital prices are one reason why. https://www.huffpost.com… Hospitals Will Do Fine Under Medicare for All By Matt Bruenig People’s Policy Project, April 22, 2019 The New York Times had coverage…
Pro-single-payer physicians call for defeat of Senate health bill
…the Senate bill proscribes any such new public institution. Instead, it channels vast new resources – including funds diverted from Medicare – into the very private insurers who caused today’s…
Is the window for reform really open?
Drop in Uninsured Unlikely to Influence Health Care Overhaul, Experts Say
…The report points out just how effective these programs are in catching people when they fall. It shows that the individual market alone doesn’t work.” http://www.commonwealthfund.org/healthpolicyweek/healthpolicyweek_show.htm?doc_id=704405 Comment: By Don McCanne,…
Hershey Workers Approve Contract
…exchange for a smaller wage increase. Bob Oakley, head negotiator of Chocolate Workers Local 464: “The people were adamant about it.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18413-2002Jun8.html Comment: Hershey workers made a decision to pay…
U.S. Health Plan Includes One With Catholic Tenets
By Milt Freudenheim The New York Times September 25, 2004 The Bush administration has broken new ground in its “faith-based” initiative, this time by offering federal employees a Catholic health…
Medicare coverage of new technology
…not pay for every treatment, regardless of its value, he says that some provision should be made to allow for innovation and experimentation. http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2005-04-20-medicare-cover_x.htm Comment: A common criticism of the…
Pace Poll: New Yorkers favor a government-run health insurance plan
This via the Brian Lehrer show on WNYC. A new poll by Pace University/New York Magazine/WCBS 2 News/WNYC asked New Yorkers to compare single-payer health insurance with an individual mandate…
Tory plans for NHS privatization revealed
…NHS institutions. At the same time, private sector and insurance friendly “new models of care” are being imposed in community settings, further undermining NHS hospitals. The ultimate intended outcomes of…
Health care reform driven by health plans, not physicians
…the performance of the limited number of doctors who have invested in the computerization and staffing required for success under new payment models. We urgently need a dialogue between policy…
Restructured health insurance for So. California grocery workers
Declining Health Coverage in the Southern California Grocery Industry
…Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and three major grocery chains signed a contract that significantly restructured health insurance coverage for grocery workers in Southern California. Among other provisions, the new…