…Center for American Progress, July 8, 2011 Download this report (pdf) Download the introduction and summary (pdf) Read the full report in your web browser For more than a decade…
A PNHP response to recent criticisms of single payer, Medicare for All
…Comprehensive (coverage for “all necessary health services”), Portable (from province to province), Accessible (“reasonable access to health facilities” and “reasonable compensation” for providers, and Public Administration. Every provincial health plan…
NAIC consumers’ report on ACA’s private insurance reforms
…State-Mandated Benefits Actuarial Value, Limitations on Cost-Sharing, and Catastrophic Coverage Stop Loss and Self-Insurance Limited Medical Benefit Plans Risk Adjustment Reinsurance Risk Corridors http://www.naic.org/documents/committees_conliaison_1208_consumer_recs_aca.pdf Comment: By Don McCanne, MD You…
Insurers, not insured, in driver’s seat
…similar guaranteed health care model, adding to a long list of studies commissioned by states that find similar savings. Guaranteed health care will improve the quality of care, control costs…
EMERGENCY! The MIPS stake is plunging into the heart of traditional Medicare
…GPO pdf of H.R. 1470: https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1470/BILLS-114hr1470ih.pdf **** Comment: By Don McCanne, MD It is URGENT that everyone who cares about the future of Medicare understands what is happening here. H.R….
Who should own the results of publicly-funded medical research?
…are asking, that anyone can download medical nonsense from the Web for free, but citizens must pay to see the results of carefully conducted biomedical research that was financed by…
Hospital bills — but with interest
…to patients in several pilot programs around the country. There are many pluses to the new cards. The primary benefit is that patients can more easily obtain procedures and tests…
It's back – H.R. 5808 – the public option
…create a low-cost plan without compromising quality or access to care. http://thomas.loc.gov/ And… Letter from Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director To: Honorable Fortney Pete Stark, Chairman, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on…
It’s back – H.R. 5808 – the public option
…create a low-cost plan without compromising quality or access to care. http://thomas.loc.gov/ And… Letter from Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director To: Honorable Fortney Pete Stark, Chairman, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on…
It's back – H.R. 5808 – the public option
H.R. 5808 - To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option.
…$11 billion increase in costs for providing tax credits to small employers. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/116xx/doc11689/Stark_Letter-HR_5808-07-22.pdf Comment: By Don McCanne, MD So here is the stand-alone bill for the public insurance option that…
“American Values” — A Smoke Screen in the Debate on Health Care Reform
…News Today. Sen. Baucus hopes to introduce comprehensive health reform legislation this summer. March 5, 2009. (Accessed July 10, 2009, at http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/141193.php.) 4. Garson A Jr, Engelhard CL. Health care…
"American Values" — A Smoke Screen in the Debate on Health Care Reform
…News Today. Sen. Baucus hopes to introduce comprehensive health reform legislation this summer. March 5, 2009. (Accessed July 10, 2009, at http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/141193.php.) 4. Garson A Jr, Engelhard CL. Health care…
