…of public subsidy. And the pharmaceutical industry, similarly, would be getting more money – again, much of it from the public treasury. So those industries would be financially stronger. PNHP:…
America’s Affordable Health Choices Act Implementation Timeline
…comparison shop for standardized health packages. It facilitates enrollment and administers affordability credits so that people of all incomes can obtain affordable coverage. PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE OPTION: Creates a new…
Obama’s Doctor: President’s Vision For Health Care Bound To Fail
…further that the pharmaceutical industry is not being asked to make “any kind of significant sacrifices” in the current round of reform negotiations. As for a public health care option,…
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,…
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…
FRONTLINE’s “Sick Around America”
…of the Democrats in Congress and in The White House to build reform based on private health plans. A publicly-administered and publicly-financed program would require a total restart on the…
CBO’s deficient report on analyzing health insurance proposals
…Plan Medicare-for-All Many of the considerations that arise in designing a new option for individuals to enroll in Medicare would also affect the analysis of proposals to establish a single-payer…
Will businesses drop their health benefit programs?
…tax system, while providing significantly greater value in health care purchasing for all of us through a publicly-owned, publicly-administered, beneficent monopsony – an improved Medicare for all. We can still…
Medicare-for-All: Why We Should Say Yes, Not “Yes But”
…Medicare-for-All’s economies. The Edwards and Obama plans required a Medicare-like plan as one option. Krugman argued that such a plan’s lower cost will eventually crowd out more expensive private plans….
Health care activists lament single-payer snub
…the House, who was in China, to back single-payer legislation and give its supporters a seat at the table of the health reform debate. The public appeals were part of…
Jonathan Oberlander on the prospect for single payer
…this “public option” couldn’t clear the Senate. Even with a Democratic president and large Democratic congressional majorities, a narrow remnant of single payer failed to pass. Nevertheless, the single-payer approach…
New patient? What insurance do you have?
…decline because of the doctor being excluded from the networks, patients will probably still choose private plans as being their best option. It’s just that they will have to shop…
