By Stephen B. Kemble, M.D. Honolulu Civil Beat, IDEAS, October 4, 2020 In 2009 Hawaii passed a law to create the Hawaii Health Authority, or HHA, and charged the group…
Stuart Butler has another proposal for us
Medicare Advantage for All, Perhaps?
…a Shell Game By Stephen Kemble, M.D., Physicians for a National Health Program JAMA Published Comment, July 31, 2020 A fundamental problem with competing private plans in health care is…
PNHP Slideshows
…and Mental Health by Steve Kemble, M.D., May 14, 2014 The Business Case for Single Payer by Steve Kemble, M.D., March 11, 2014 Women’s Access to Health Care: How the…
Hawaii Health Authority Appointed and Sworn In
By Steven Kemble The Hawaii Health Authority has been appointed and sworn in. the HHA “shall be responsible for overall health planning for the state and shall be responsible for…
Health reform and professional ethics
By Stephen B. Kemble, M.D. PNHP note: The following is the inaugural address that Dr. Kemble, president of the Hawaii Medical Association and single-payer advocate, delivered to the HMA at…
‘Value Transformation’ and health care reform
…Health Care Financing System. Health Affairs 2011; 30:1232-1241. http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/30/7/1232.full?sid=56ce15de-c1b1-4dcf-8ffb-a7b3a09871b6 4. Stephen Kemble. Why Competition Among Health Plans Can’t Help Us. OpEd News, November 17, 2011. http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-Competition-Among-Heal-by-Stephen-Kemble-111117-858.html 5. Jim Kronenberg. A…
‘Value-based’ payment a threat to Hawaii health care
By Stephen B. Kemble, M.D. Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Sept. 6, 2015 The architects of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) blamed high U.S. health costs on excessive and unnecessary care. We…
Accountable care faces major obstacles in private plans
By Stephen Kemble, M.D. Modern Healthcare, Letters, Feb. 16, 2015 Regarding the article “Where healthcare is on march to value-based care” (ModernHealthcare.com, Jan. 28), accountable care organizations for Medicare have…
Healthcare Pay-For-Performance Folly
By Stephen Kemble, M.D. Honolulu Star-Advertiser, July 9, 2014 Hawaii physicians are being offered contracts to join a “clinically integrated physician network” (CIPN) with Queen’s Medical Center through one of…
Universal coverage remains a big deal
By Philip Verhoef, MD, PhD and Stephen Kemble, MD KevinMD.com, March 16, 2014 Recently JAMA published a special theme issue on critical issues in U.S. health care. Among the contributors was Dr….
Hawaii Health Authority could reduce health costs, if empowered to do so
By Stephen B. Kemble, M.D. Honolulu Star-Advertiser, March 8, 2015 In 2009, the Hawaii Legislature passed a bill to create the Hawaii Health Authority, charged with designing a universal health…
Support reforms to cut administrative burdens on doctors
By Stephen B. Kemble, M.D. Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Nov. 6, 2014 Health care in the U.S. suffers from severe over-management. Recent studies have documented high administrative burdens for American doctors and…