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Employers’ response to health care costs

…digit health care cost increases, more interested than ever in consumer-driven plans and actively developing strategies and economic incentives to drive and enable better employee health care decisions, according to…

ACP’s position on single payer reform

…a comprehensive approach to improving access, quality, and efficiency of care. The first part describes health care in the United States. The second compares it to health care in other…

Labor’s Health Problem

…universal healthcare as something that would benefit someone else. The term “single payer” often draws blank stares [see David Corn, “Healthcare for All-Now,” January 6]. And the concept of a…

Kaiser poll suggests support Medicare-for-all is more than two-thirds

…(57%) say the same about “guaranteed universal health coverage.” Fewer have a positive reaction to “single payer health insurance system” (44%). http://kff.org/global-health-policy/press-release/public-split-on-what-to-do-about-the-health-care-system-though-more-support-building-on-aca-than-repealing-it-replacing-with-a-gop-alternative-or-creating-a-single-payer-plan/ Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: December 17, 2015 By…

That reform sure doesn’t go very far

…a strong health-care reform platform and criticizes DFLers who aren’t fully committed to universal care. “If the country had approached slavery like we have approached health care,” he says, “we’d…

Hospital Accounting: It’s Complicated

…Payer Health Care which considers health care a basic human right, “un-complicates” the system, and removes the profit motive. (1) Universal – because everyone would be covered regardless of race,…

Reducing personal medical debt

Unlike Medical Spending, Medical Bills In Collections Decrease With Patients’ Age

…has not kept us from spending the most on health care, and it has created unnecessary exposure to medical debt. We really can provide health care to everyone for free…

Are we getting enough bang for our healthcare buck? Hardly.

…founding board member of Maine AllCare, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group committed to making health care in Maine universal, accessible and affordable for all. He can be reached at pcpcaper21@gmail.com. http://bangordailynews.com/2014/07/17/health/are-we-getting-enough-bang-for-our-healthcare-buck-hardly/…