…of purchasing a government-sponsored plan through the proposed insurance exchanges – the so-called “public option.” Since Congressman Alan Grayson introduced the “Public Option Act” or “Medicare You Can Buy Into…
Grayson’s “Public Option Act” or “Medicare You Can Buy Into Act”
…of purchasing a government-sponsored plan through the proposed insurance exchanges – the so-called “public option.” Since Congressman Alan Grayson introduced the “Public Option Act” or “Medicare You Can Buy Into…
Dr. Martin Donohoeās New Book Cites Major Advances in Public Health
His website, Phsj.org, has gotten 575,000 hits since its inception in 2007, and focuses on public health and social justice issues
By Raymond Rendleman The Lund Report (Portland, Ore.), Nov. 23, 2012 When you Google “public health and social justice,” the first thing that comes up is Portland Dr. Martin Donohoe’s…
"Probably not a panacea"? Not even an placebo!
…were consistent with the content of the paper, Holahan and Blumberg would have said of the public plan option: “not even a placebo!” They begin by citing sound research for…
CBO report on the public option
Preliminary Analysis of the Affordable Health Care for America Act
…the ingots. (NB: Do not assume that this message is a plea for a “robust” public option. Adding a robust option to our dysfunctional, fragmented system of health care financing…
CBO report on the public option
…private insurers walk away with the ingots. (NB: Do not assume that this message is a plea for a “robust” public option. Adding a robust option to our dysfunctional, fragmented…
Exchanges, Co-Ops And Cop-Outs On Health Care Reform
…ensure that everyone can purchase quality, affordable health insurance coverage”. It would do so by creating a not-for-profit public option to compete with private insurers in an attempt to “keep…
Profusion of single payer responses to Supreme Court deliberations
…“public option” that was so controversial during the debates over the Affordable Care Act, or to move entirely to a single-payer system, eschewing markets. http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2012/03/29/renee-landers-on-the-individual-mandate-towards-a-single-payer-system-or-public-option/ **** A stronger prescription for…
Profusion of single payer responses to Supreme Court deliberations
…“public option” that was so controversial during the debates over the Affordable Care Act, or to move entirely to a single-payer system, eschewing markets. http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2012/03/29/renee-landers-on-the-individual-mandate-towards-a-single-payer-system-or-public-option/ **** A stronger prescription for…
Important RAND study of single payer and other options for Oregon
…percent of poverty. Enrollees could purchase private supplemental insurance to cover cost sharing and additional benefits. The third proposal, a so-called public option, would create a state-run health plan to…
The public insurance option and AHIP’s battle against it
…once the doors close, they have made it very clear that a public option will never be approved. Hacker tells us why the public option is absolutely essential in the…
The public insurance option and AHIP's battle against it
…have made it very clear that a public option will never be approved. Hacker tells us why the public option is absolutely essential in the multi-payer model, but AHIP and…
