…pass. Won’t pass and shouldn’t pass. What this bill does is not only permit the commercial insurance industry to remain in place, but it actually expands and cements their position…
Get sick now; Insurer fee waivers for COVID-19 treatment may expire by June 1
Insurers’ Offers of Free Care for Coronavirus Are Often Confusing and Limited
…the community’s overall health and ability to obtain needed care. Lawmakers and some insurers were right to move in the direction of free care for coronavirus, but stopping there would…
Senate committee on single payer lessons for the U.S.
…Tsung-Mei Cheng (28 pages): http://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Cheng.pdf Video of the hearing and links to statements of all participants: http://www.help.senate.gov//hearings/hearing/?id=8acab996-5056-a032-522e-e39ca45fcfbe Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. Sen. Bernie Sanders chaired a Senate committee hearing…
Montana government clinic: Maybe single payer is aiming too low
Montana's State-Run Free Clinic Sees Early Success
…state employee health clinic in Billings, the state’s largest city. Others are in the works. http://www.npr.org/2013/07/30/206654000/montanas-state-run-free-clinic-sees-early-success Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. Let’s see. This Montana state-run free clinic is government…
Poor Patients Eligible for Free Care Pursued for Payment
…aggressively pursue payment. Result: debt, debt collectors, & financial hardship. Profits over Patients: They Were Entitled to Free Care. Hospitals Hounded Them to Pay. The New York Times, September 24,…
Improved and expanded Medicare for all: The single-payer option we need
Improved and expanded Medicare for all: The single-payer option we need
…Lives. June 16, 2014. http://www.commonwealthfund.org… 10. H.R. 676 Expanded and Improved Medicare For All Act 115th Congress (2017-2018) Cosponsors https://www.congress.gov… 11. Carroll A, Ackerman R, Support for National Health Insurance…
Comments by Himmelstein and Woolhandler on Hsiao draft report "Achieving Affordable Universal Health Care in Vermont"
…hospital costs between the U.S. and Canada, far larger than the roughly 2% that you estimate could be saved under your options 1 or 3 (http://www.masscare.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/PNHPAdminCosts.pdf). Our studies of the…
Burnout is wearing doctors down. Could Medicare for All help?
…What was the last place you worked? Leibowitz: The Palo Alto Medical Clinic in Palo Alto. It’s part of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Q: So what do you see…
BC/BS of Minnesota dumps broad networks
…buy those plans with other carriers, immediately benefiting the Blues’ bottom line while redirecting the insurance risk elsewhere. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160624/NEWS/160629943 *** Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. The individual insurance market has…
BC/BS of Minnesota dumps broad networks
…buy those plans with other carriers, immediately benefiting the Blues’ bottom line while redirecting the insurance risk elsewhere. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160624/NEWS/160629943 The individual insurance market has always been unstable. The struggles insurers…
U.S. health system is already predominantly taxpayer funded
…of the magnitude of government funding might encourage more explicit, appropriate, and equitable targeting of these expenditures as components of a total health budget. http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302997 *** Comment: By Don McCanne,…
FAQs
…download FAQ Supplemental: Coverage & Choice download FAQ Supplemental: Runaway Health Care Costs download What is single-payer health reform? Universal coverage for all medically necessary care – health care that’s…