…most of what we spend on health care. The administration’s plans for consumer-directed health care, then, are a diversion from meaningful health care reform, and will actually worsen our health…
Dissenting opinion, Canadian Supreme Court decision
…These provisions are based on the fear that the establishment of a private health care system would rob the public sector of a significant portion of the available health care…
The Case for A Non-Profit Single-Payer Healthcare System
…Complete Coverage, Dental, Home Health Care, Nursing Homes A non-profit single-payer system will also include dental care, home health care, nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities. Poor painful teeth lead…
Understanding The ‘Swiss Watch’ Function Of Switzerland’s Health System
…desperate over their ability to pay for health care before the idea of universal health care can take root here, if ever. And I am not alone in this view.”…
Understanding The 'Swiss Watch' Function Of Switzerland's Health System
…desperate over their ability to pay for health care before the idea of universal health care can take root here, if ever. And I am not alone in this view.”…
PNHP Newsletter: Fall 2021
…“The vaccine wave kept health care as profitable as ever,” Axios, 8/30/2021 back to table of contents Privatizing Medicare Medicare Advantage drives up Medicare spending. Medicare spending for enrollees on…
The Best Care Anywhere
Ten years ago, veterans hospitals were dangerous, dirty, and scandal-ridden. Today, they're producing the highest quality care in the country. Their turnaround points the way toward solving America's health-care crisis.
…far without much success, to get health-care providers to adopt information technology. Bush’s National Coordinator for Health Care Information Technology, Dr. David Brailer, estimates that if the U.S. health-care system…
Obamacare: The Neoliberal Model Comes Home to Roost in the United StatesāIf We Let It
…(2003): 768–75. 4. “Health Insurance CEO Pay Skyrockets in 2013,” Health Care-NOW!, May 5, 2014, http://healthcare-now.org. 5. “National Health Expenditure Projections 2012–2022,” Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, http://cms.gov. 6….
PNHP Newsletter: Fall 2022
…Adults Enrolled in Medicare Advantage Versus Traditional Medicare Fee-For-Service Plans: The Diabetes Collaborative Registry,” Diabetes Care, 7/6/2022 Blues expand their Medicare Advantage market: Health Care Service Corp. (HCSC) plans its…
PNHP Newsletter: Spring 2025
…improvement in care access. “Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cost-Related Barriers to Care Among Near-Poor Beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare,” The American Journal of Managed Care, October 23, 2024. Medicare…
“Hijacked, Stolen Health Care Reform” by Dr. John Geyman
…care “reform” this time around was intended to address these four basic system problems: (1) containing health care costs, (2) making health care more affordable, (3) increasing access to care,…
"Hijacked, Stolen Health Care Reform" by Dr. John Geyman
…care “reform” this time around was intended to address these four basic system problems: (1) containing health care costs, (2) making health care more affordable, (3) increasing access to care,…
