…U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler are Distinguished Professors of Public Health at the City University of New York at Hunter College, and co-founded Physicians for a National Health Program. https://www.thenation.com……
Critiquing Project 2025: Private Health Insurance
Project 2025 proposes changes to private insurance that will remove important protections put in place by the Affordable Care Act.
…these efforts could deliver considerable savings for consumers. HJM comment: Dreaming. The posting of prices has not worked, with most hospitals not complying and the posted lists so complicated as…
Health reform devolves into ‘unaffordable under-insurance’
…emergence of a disastrous new stage in America’s downward slide on health care. “‘Unaffordable under-insurance’ is rapidly becoming the new standard in the United States,” Dr. Don McCanne, senior health…
AHIP explains why private insurance is a bad deal
The Value of Provider Networks and the Role of Out-of-Network Provider Charges in Rising Health Care Costs
…maintain the option to go out-of-network if they choose. Report: http://www.ahipresearch.org/PDFs/ValueSurvey/AllStatesReport.pdf And… New Report Examines Out-of-Network Charges by Some Physicians AHIP August 12, 2009 While the issue of how much…
Banned in Boston: Access to psychiatric care
…patients with health insurance. Until such time as we have a truly universal health system providing comprehensive care, we need to ensure that insurance companies reimburse psychiatric care adequately. Until…
Global push to guarantee health coverage leaves U.S. behind
China, Mexico and other countries far less affluent are working to provide medical insurance for all citizens. It's viewed as an economic investment.
…Dr. Jeanette Vega, a former vice minister of health in Chile who is now managing director of the New York-based Rockefeller Foundation. noam.levey@latimes.com Copyright © 2012, Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-global-health-reform-20120512,0,4695600.story…
17 Held in Protest Outside Health Insurer’s Offices
…issues. “We’re going to be in Chicago next week and L.A. the week after that,” Ms. Robbins said. “We’re timing this around the legislative efforts of Congress.” Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqP8bEyFRAo http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/17-held-in-protest-outside-health-insurers-offices/…
What Has Obama Done for Poor People?
…doesn’t have to negotiate.” Cynthia Gordy is The Root’s Washington reporter. http://www.theroot.com/views/pathways-progress-opinion-roundup?page=0,0 The Root is the leading online source of news and commentary from an African-American perspective. Founded in 2008…
Plan ignores 'free market' failure of health care costs
…cost controls through the program’s purchasing power. Medicare, whose 48th birthday is July 30, works. It is time to make it truly universal. Dr. Christopher Stack resides in Indianapolis. http://www.indystar.com/article/20130723/OPINION10/307230078/Shabazz-plan-ignores-free-market-failure-health-care-costs…
Free-Market Medicine: A Personal Account
…the Few, 9th ed. (Wadsworth); The Assassination of Julius Caesar (New Press); Superpatriotism (City Lights); and The Culture Struggle (Seven Stories Press). For further information, visit his website: www.michaelparenti.org. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/27-0…
Private Finance Initiative Costs British NHS Billions
This great free-market experiment is more like a corporate welfare scheme
…reduced its lending rate to the commercial banks, while the Bundesbank organised a €3.5bn rescue of the lending company IKB. This happens whenever the banks suffer the consequences of the…
Universal Free Insurance? Yes! Stripped Down? No!
…be completely free to the patient. If not, the lesson is clear: we’ll end up back in the same mess of trying – and not fully succeeding – to come…
