…long? Health care is nothing like a market There are many reasons why the health care issue is one of the gnarliest the country has faced in the last half…
Data Update – Summer 2014 newsletter
UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED
…the ACA, did not solve the problem of unaffordable health care costs. In 2012, more than one-third (38.7 percent) of insured Massachusetts adults reported problems with health care costs. The…
PNHP DATA UPDATE – September 2000
…Healthcare, 3/20/00). Medicare HMOs HHS investigators uncovered $4.7 million in “questionable administrative costs” at nine Medicare HMOs. One insurer charged Medicare for $249,283 on food, gifts, and alcohol; four HMOs…
Faith groups: health care is a moral right
…a Congressional Town Hall forum in support of a single-payer health care system that would provide health care to all Americans regardless of the economic or employment status. The forum…
Health reform and professional ethics
…health care financing is not AMA policy, I want to thank all of you who have supported me in advocating for truly cost-effective, universal health care that puts the needs…
Conflating patient primacy with the patient-as-a-consumer metaphor
Patient-Centered Care, Yes; Patients As Consumers, No
…consumers. In this article we call for greater vigilance in distinguishing patient-centered care from the concept of consumer-driven health care. Too often consumer-driven health care is used as if it…
Why we Should Celebrate Medicareās 57th Birthday by Enacting Medicare for All
…resources towards improving equity and justice in health care/health insurance. Covered are all medically necessary services, including primary care, medically approved diet and nutrition services, inpatient care, outpatient care, emergency…
Questions and Answers about benefits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
…new law allows the government to control my health care? Response: Your health care will continue to be provided by private medical providers, just as it is now. What the…
Getting the Facts Right: Why Hillarycare Failed
…still within the framework of managed care competition (with budget constraints); health insurers and health care providers could be integrated in the same organization, or Health Plans. While managed care…
Getting the Facts Right: Why Hillarycare Failed
…within the framework of managed care competition (with budget constraints); health insurers and health care providers could be integrated in the same organization, or Health Plans. While managed care competition…
State and national single-payer news, plus how to strengthen Medicare
…our health care dollar. Health care costs, which are rising 2.5 percent faster than our GDP, are a leading driver of our financial deficit. In fact, if our health care…
Three Vermonters respond to Gov. Shumlinās decision on health reform
…for $27.85. And Vermont Health Connect, the health care exchange, mandated by Obamacare, doesn’t go nearly far enough to make health care truly accessible and affordable for low and middle-income…
