…be the pathway to Congress finding consensus on Medicare changes in the future. Reader response: Don McCanne Before you come to any conclusions, read the actual bill. Google “S.1932 –…
New Health Affairs article on administrative waste
Saving Billions Of Dollars — And Physicians’ Time — By Streamlining Billing Practices
…No specific direction!? The single payer advocates have been vociferous in showing the direction in which we must head! Google “health care administrative costs.” There are over 45 million results,…
The American College of Physicians’ Endorsement of Single-Payer Reform: A Sea Change for the Medical Profession
…a de facto high-risk pool, despite regulations banning cherry picking and lemon dropping. Enforcement of those regulations, already overmatched by insurers’ stratagems, will surely become harder. Google, part owner of…
Charity Doesn’t Fill the Health Care Void
…works for all of us, where we live? We certainly have enough funds. We merely need to establish an equitable, single payer, Medicare for All system. Google “Charity.” The first…
Lack of health care killed 2,266 US veterans last year: study
…to offer government health insurance. Himmelstein warns that congressional proposals could still leave veterans uncovered and favors a national health care program similar to those in Britain and Canada. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iXSJa5eFMuXF2Uxwptns_JOxRcMA…
Joe Biden Is Quietly Pursuing the Creeping Privatization of Medicare
The Biden administration has quietly decided to continue a Trump administration scheme whose ultimate goal is the privatization of Medicare. Americans would be outraged — if anyone knew about it.
…administrators Richard Gilfillan and Donald M. Berwick wrote last year. That includes companies like Aetna, Alignment Health, Humana, and Clover Health, backed by Google parent company Alphabet. This isn’t the…
Value-Based Care Will Bring Value to Shareholders
…Google, Walgreens, and Amazon. If you don’t think value-based care is all about privatization, think again. As Tillow writes, this “upcoming corporate extravaganza” will sink us for good. Instead of…
How UnitedHealth harnesses its physician empire to squeeze profits out of patients
Investigation: Health Care’s Colossus
…is remember this mnemonic device: treatment, assessment, monitor, plan, evaluation, and referral — or TAMPER. Hundreds of people across the country have taken to Yelp and Google to gripe about…
Will the Market Cure Our Health Care System?
What does AI tell us about the competing theories of free-marketism and a leading government role in paying for health care? An exploration of the philosophies of Kenneth Arrow, Milton Friedman, Elon Musk, and Bernie Sanders.
…a market – government financing distorts incentives. Part II Next, I turned to Gemini (Google’s AI) to explore the contrasting views of a modern free-marketeer and a democratic socialist. The…
Kitchen Table Campaign: Mental Health Care
…available HERE as a Keynote and Google Slides compatible deck) Webinar: Chris Cai on mental health care for all Podcast: Dr. Claire Cohen on meeting the mental health needs of…
As it was, and how it needs to be
Putting Health First: Two South County doctor brothers who serve mostly Latinos aren’t concerned about clients’ papers or pocketbooks.
…century ago, but one of our sons stumbled on it yesterday through Google, and he sent it to us. So what is the story behind this story? Simply, we believed…
Partisan differences in acceptability of coronavirus deaths
More than 176,000 in US have died of COVID-19. 57% of Republicans polled say that is 'acceptable.'
…Conservative 57% Acceptable 43% Unacceptable Democrat 10% Acceptable 90% Unacceptable Independent 33% Acceptable 67% Unacceptable Republican 57% Acceptable 43% Unacceptable https://drive.google.com… The White House, Press Briefing, March 23, 2020 President…
