…Connector offers a choice of insurance plans from four different companies for those eligible for state subsidies (called Commonwealth Care), and from six companies for those who have to purchase…
Porter & Teisberg: Redefining competition in health care
…It matters.” http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/06/08/a_prescription_for_healthcare/? Harvard Business Review June 2004 Redefining Competition in Health Care The wrong kinds of competition have made a mess of the American health care system. The right…
Porter & Teisberg: Redefining competition in health care
…It matters.” http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2004/06/08/a_prescription_for_healthcare/? Harvard Business Review June 2004 Redefining Competition in Health Care The wrong kinds of competition have made a mess of the American health care system. The right…
The Feminist Case For Single Payer
It's time to take health care away from the power of bosses and spouses.
…All — with robust guarantees for tougher-to-access services like abortion and gender affirming care — would force American society as a whole to address the care disparities women face. https://www.jacobinmag.com……
Does the neoliberal label apply to our health care system?
…oppose the military and big business. Indeed, in our search for solutions that work, we have come to distrust all automatic responses, liberal or conservative. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/1983/8305_Neoliberalism.pdf The majority of Americans…
More of the Same Is Not Health Care Reform, It's a Placebo
…private insurance companies and will be forced to buy insurance of questionable value. Employer-based insurance will continue unchanged, with employers free to change coverage at any time, insurers free to…
Health-care control at issue in Prop. 101
Doctor seeking to keep gov't from taking over
…any type, for participation in any particular health-care system or plan. The yes side http://www.medicalchoiceforaz.com/ The no side http://www.stoptheprop101.com/ ● Contact reporter Stephanie Innes at 573-4134 or at sinnes@azstarnet.com. http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:UwqSEOiUyroJ:www.azstarnet.com/sn/printDS/263218+medical+choice+for+arizona+novack&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a…
Unraveling the Crisis in American Healthcare
…free-market commodity. They hold that because healthcare itself cannot obey the laws of supply and demand, it cannot be treated like a for-profit commodity. Common sense tells us that when…
In spite of ACA, affordability of care is being undermined for too many
Trends in Unmet Need for Physician and Preventive Services in the United States, 1998-2017
…escalated; Medicaid enrollment has risen sharply; accountable care organizations and pay-for-performance incentives have become commonplace; many private insurers have implemented new cost containment measures and narrowed their provider networks; and,…
Indiana’s impending health care crisis calls for action throughout the entire U.S.
…Stone, M.D., of Bloomington, a practicing physician and director of Hoosiers for a Commonsense Health Plan. Did anyone see the news release from the Indiana Attorney General’s office on…
AMA 2011 Insurer Report Card
…press release: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/news/news/ama-health-insurer-report-card.page 2011 National Health Insurer Report Card: http://www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/psa/2011-nhirc-results.pdf Methodology: http://www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/psa/2011-nhirc-methodology.pdf The private health insurance industry’s primary product that they are selling us is administrative services. How well are…
Steve Burd's magic elixir
…changing the plan design, Burd said. But even if the company manages to keep spending flat, Burd noted, Safeway will remain ahead of the trend. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/11/BUG02O20R81.DTL And… Mr. Burd Goes…
