…and explores the barriers they face in getting and keeping health care coverage. More importantly, these barriers significantly affect health outcomes and reveal a growing divide in health care access…
A PNHP response to recent criticisms of single payer, Medicare for All
…more public dollars per capita ($5,960 per capita in 2013) on health care than the citizens of other nations pay – including those with universal health systems – except Switzerland.…
8 facts that explain what’s wrong with American health care
…put it in its (insane) perspective: The US, which has a mostly private health-care system, manages to spend more on its public health-care system than countries where the health-care system is almost entirely…
A proposal for health care reform for the U. S.
…highest health care taxes in the world. In fact, our current health care taxes amount to more than total health care spending in France, Canada and Britain. And the care…
Redistribution of health care costs
Accounting for the burden and redistribution of health care costs: Who uses care and who pays for it
…obvious payment most people make for health care, the RAND study found it accounted for just 9.1% of health care costs. The vast bulk of health care costs are paid…
Point / Counterpoint: The State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2021
PNHP leaders weigh in on Rep. Ro Khanna's legislation and the push for state-based single payer
Point: Medicare for None: A Response to the State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2021 Proponents of a state-based universal healthcare approach believe states can be incubators for change, and…
Sick and Wrong
How Washington is screwing up health care reform — and why it may take a revolt to fix it
…Baucus, a right-leaning Democrat from Montana who has received $2,880,631 in campaign contributions from the health care industry. The game in health care reform has mostly come down to whether…
Why County Administrators Should Advocate for Single-Payer Health Care
…drug use. Health Aff 2008;27:1111-1119. In addition, Dixon A, Greene J, Hibbard J. Do consumer-directed health plans drive change in enrollees’ health care behavior? Health Aff 2008;27:1120-1131. Also Hoffman C,…
Physicians’ Proposal in the News
Beyond the Affordable Care Act Captures Renewed Enthusiasm for Single Payer, Makes Waves in National and Local Media
…– is the most effective way to drive true healthcare reform, according to a group known as Physicians for a National Health Program. Continue reading… 2,000 doctors endorse single-payer healthcare…
Harvard survey on beliefs about health insurance reform
Americans’ Values and Beliefs About National Health Insurance Reform
…government generally, the preferred role of government in health care, attitudes toward the current U.S. health care system, views on equal treatment in health care, personal experiences with health care,…
Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force fails to unify on Medicare for All
Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force Recommendations
…universal health care coverage; reduces prescription drug prices, premiums, and out-of-pocket costs; reins in overall health care expenses; and tackles the deep-seated inequities in our health care system. We will…
Data Update – Summer 2014 newsletter
…nations to go without health care, have trouble paying medical bills, and encounter time-consuming health insurance paperwork or disputes, or claims unexpectedly not paid. The other nations studied were Australia,…
