…traditional, public Medicare program.” Table 1. Sources Kaiser Family Foundation Medicare Advantage Enrollment Update 2013; Google Finance April 1 to April 5, 2013; Medicare Trustees Report 2012; Washington Post, April…
Emergency department closures can be lethal
…hospital, including the emergency department. It is now surrounded by a chain-link fence. According to Google, the additional time required to travel to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo is 13…
Hospitals abusing electronic patient dat
…Cut the precise title of the article and paste it into a Google search box. The first item that comes up in the Google search is likely a selection that…
Should a single payer system include complementary and alternative therapies?
…on a plaque is his motto: “The world is made up of two kinds of people – dem that takes and dem that gets took.” http://books.google.com/books?id=Pk8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA125&dq=Harry+Hoxsey&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Harry%20Hoxsey&f=false Complementary and alternative medicine…
Medicaid News Noise
Summary: Scanning the Google news feed about Medicaid on any random day reveals scores of articles on a wide range of topics: from fraud to waitlists, from eligibility to funding,…
The public option ain't what it used to be
There's almost nothing left to give away in a healthcare compromise
…citizens. According to the CBO, it would attract no more than 4 million Americans. It’s a token public option, an ersatz public option, a fleeting gesture toward the idea of…
Paul Starr and Steffie Woolhandler on the public option
…rise, and it loses its appeal to the public at large. Creating a fair system of public-private competition — giving the public plan just enough power to offset its likely…
A public option is not enough – Maine needs universal coverage
A single state health plan would have greater bargaining power, control costs and improve Mainers' health.
…a public option. From my perspective as a physician who has advocated for universal coverage, a public option is not enough. First, a public option will never cover everyone, and…
The public option ain’t what it used to be
…in the House bill is to have a mere public option, open only to the 6 million Americans not otherwise covered. The Congressional Budget Office warns this shrunken public option…
Public Provisioning of Services: Adjunct to Single Payer
Public financing of health care (single payer) is a long-standing progressive goal. Public provisioning of services is a well-established practice in the US, largely fallen out of favor – and a perfect complement to public financing.
…local public investment to support health centers. Yet the expansion of public health centers is constrained by the 5% cap set by Congress. To build out this “public-public” delivery model,…
Paul Starr and Steffie Woolhandler on the public option
Perils of the Public Plan
…appeal to the public at large. Creating a fair system of public-private competition — giving the public plan just enough power to offset its likely higher risks — wouldn’t be…
Uwe Reinhardt on the public option
…comment by Don McCanne, MD: The brouhaha over the public option is more than just symbolic. The accusation is correct: the public option was perceived as a means to move…
