…provide us with value. John Geyman is right. The insurance industry is in its death throes, and we should not attempt to resuscitate it. John Geyman, “Do Not Resuscitate:” http://www.commoncouragepress.com/index.cfm?action=book&bookid=396…
Health care legislation being shaped in secrecy
…public can’t react to a bill unless it gets a good look at it. It appears Republican leaders are trying not to let that happen. http://www.huffingtonpost.com… *** Comment: By Don…
Is NAIC agreement on medical loss ratios in patients’ interests?
…care and fight fraud,” AHIP president Karen Ignagni said in a statement. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41179.html NAIC approved reporting form (blank): http://www.naic.org/documents/index_health_reform_mlr_blanks_proposal.pdf Letter from AHIP’s Karen Ignagni: http://www.politico.com/static/PPM153_ahip_081510.html Comment: By Don McCanne, MD…
AHIP’s phony epiphany
…Health Insurance Plans, a trade group, and Billy Tauzin, president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, which represents drug companies. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/07/us/politics/07health.html?ref=washington Comment: By Don McCanne, MD In December,…
AFGE Endorses HR 676, National Single-Payer Bill
…All Unions Committee for Single Payer Health Care–HR 676 c/o Nurses Professional Organization (NPO) 1169 Eastern Parkway, Suite 2218 Louisville, KY 40217 (502) 636 1551 Email: nursenpo@aol.com http://unionsforsinglepayer.org https://www.facebook.com/unionsforsinglepayer…
Calif. health professional students rally for single payer
…care dollars more wisely, while providing universal coverage, supporters said. http://www.davisenterprise.com/health-news/health-care-students-demonstrate-for-single-payer-insurance/ *** Rally procession brings attention to health coverage By Kathy Robertson, Senior Staff Writer Sacramento Business Journal, Jan. 9,…
Comparing the presidential candidates’ views on health reform
…insurance companies. Despite abundant evidence to the contrary, Romney claims that increasing reliance on the free market will produce more competition and lower costs. His plan would force more seniors…
In Britain or France, my aging mother would have gotten better health care
…free and full medical and prescription drug coverage. In England, my mother’s $5,800 hearing aid would have been free. While Mum and Maman get house calls from their doctors and…
Health care reform: Is it ‘fair’?
A critique of the Affordable Care Act and a proposal for Maine
…justifies its failings, I now equate leaving 27 million Americans uninsured with having passed a law that freed but 90 percent of this nation’s slaves. I view the ACA as…
A Different Model — Medical Care in Cuba
…care system also seems unreal. There are too many doctors. Everybody has a family physician. Everything is free, totally free — and not after prior approval or some copay. The…
The moral hazard of preventive services
…is turnover of insured people from one insurance company to another. Shorn of technical language and complex mathematics, the fundamental goal of economic efficiency is to provide all services worth…
High deductibles less effective than previous interpretations of RAND HIE
…as patients stock up on care. http://www.nber.org… *** Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. At the risk of over-simplification, we can interpret this complex study to show us that previous conclusions…
