…Administration, Medicare is not a public health care system. It is public financing that relies on a joint public-private insurance arrangement. The rules are set by the Centers for Medicare…
Factors associated with racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19
Community-Level Factors Associated With Racial And Ethnic Disparities In COVID-19 Rates In Massachusetts
…(44.9%) and Asian individuals (30.7%). Furthermore, under the Trump Administration’s revised “Public Charge” Rule, which took effect in early 2020, lawfully present immigrants who use public benefits from local, state,…
Kitchen Table Campaign: Public Health Emergencies
Throughout 2020, PNHP will focus on a specific, concrete “kitchen table” issue that requires fundamental reform (like single payer), not minor tweaks (like a public option). See below for materials…
The Lancet: Fix the CDC by replacing the president
Reviving the US CDC
…that was the first point of contact for many national health authorities facing a public health threat become so ill-prepared to protect the public’s health? In the decades following its…
Use polls as a tool, not as a deterrent
Should Medicare for All be Democratsā top priority?
…polling responses shows that Democrats and the general public aren’t necessarily talking about the same thing. While Democrats are dedicated to making the health-care system more efficient overall, the public…
Dr. Jacqueline Davis on the fight to save Britainās NHS
…funded, publicly delivered and publicly accountable – in their sights for some time. They have acted together, beneath the radar, to turn the NHS from a cost-effective integrated public service…
Medicine's Middlemen
…get from the suppliers. “In a few cases, Premier or some of its officials have also received stock or options from companies with which Premier contracts. “Critics say such conflicts…
More Medicare Advantage audits reveal overcharges
Researchers say government secrecy thwarts efforts to fix payment scheme By Fred Schulte The Center for Public Integrity, July 10, 2015 Government audits just released as the result of a…
Health debate energizing Tucson ‘Medicare for All’ proponents
…publicly funded health care was considered for inclusion in the national Social Security Act. The public appears to be gaining a new understanding of what it means, says Dr. George…
Health policy experts versus everyone else: Why do the experts believe themselves?
…but when it comes to engaging the public, there is an astonishing lack of dialogue.” [p. 8] http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/14/1/7.full.pdf+html?sid=fa42b84d-5f51-458f-bde1-d42bcbd15855 The problem, said Yankelovich, is the public does not agree with…
Another Green Flag for Single Payer
…us might take pains to characterize the VA system as a publicly owned, publicly funded health system, analogous to the Scottish National Health Service, in order to distinguish it from…
The Health Care Monster Returns: Even Republicans acknowledge its ravages, but what’s the best way to slay the beast?
…private plans and a public plan. Along the same lines, but with a simpler design and more robust public component, Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker proposes that everyone not in…
