…everyone is covered and can receive care in any province; and that health care is administered by a nonprofit public agency. As a result, CanadaÕs version of national public health…
For vaccines, underinsurance worse than no insurance
Gaps in Vaccine Financing for Underinsured Children in the United States
…innovative methods of not paying for health care. Vaccines for children are so important that we have in place public policies that ensure that children covered by public insurance programs…
William Hsiao has wise words for us on paying for health care
“There’s a Fear Factor, a Fear of Change.”
…change like this, you need to educate the public. You need to sharpen the issues and sharpen the key points. Right now, there’s a lot of confusion in the public’s…
Poems to the Editor
…lives that too soon end. Obama wants to fix the system, bring everyone to the table The one option’s not included, is the only one that’s able To cover everyone,…
Hillary Clinton’s “American Health Choices Plan”
…the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program (FEHBP), which includes numerous, high-quality private health insurance options. 3) A Choice of a Public Plan Option: In addition to the array of private…
Virtual colonoscopy as a proxy for high-tech excesses
…would warrant it being included as a screening option. The conservatives/libertarians would substitute for rational decision making by our public stewards, a chaotic health-business marketplace that would prevent the majority…
250,000 FEHBP-eligible federal employees uninsured
…public plan to be offered as an option to private plans within the insurance exchange, senators are currently advocating for the compromise of a separate exchange of private plans modeled…
Health care reform: time for an end run
…with a public option. But weak as the public option has became (link to Blog # 21), he still won’t draw a line in the sand in its defense, calling…
Fiscal Conservatism And Health Care Reform: A Bipartisan No-Brainer?
…of health insurance and care. A weak and small public option won’t do the job. Here are some of the things that will: • force a favorable vote on the…
Bill Moyers on "The Select Few"
…the White House health reform director, served on the boards of several major health care corporations. President Obama has pushed hard for a public option but many fear he’s wavering,…
Sen. Baucus respects our views
…of the audience and of all Americans who feel deeply about health care reform, especially those who are worried about single pay system, public option, who really do fervently believe…
David Himmelstein's testimony
…on bureaucracy can only be achieved through a single payer reform. A health reform plan that includes a public plan option might realize some savings on insurance overhead. However, as…
