…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…
Should a single payer system include complementary and alternative therapies?
Studying Complementary and Alternative Therapies
…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 Comment: By Don McCanne, MD Complementary and alternative medicine…
Hospitals abusing electronic patient data
Hospitals criticized over offers to earn or save money by sharing electronic patient data
…it into a Google search box. The first item that comes up in the Google search is likely a selection that lists the same title, with a WSJ link. Click…
Projected costs of single payer in the United States
Projected costs of single-payer healthcare financing in the United States: A systematic review of economic analyses
…included studies. We surveyed an expert panel and searched PubMed, Google, Google Scholar, and preexisting lists for formal economic studies of the projected costs of single-payer plans for the US…
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,…
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…
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…
