…who are the majority, a campaign was developed around a promised “compromise,” the public option, and given tens of millions of dollars for organizing and advertising. The public option succeeded…
Oliver Fein, of Physicians for a National Health Program, at St. Kate’s: Give single-payer a chance
…entirely. Private insurance companies have denounced the public option, fearing that they could not compete with a lower-cost public option plan. Both Fein and Frost assert that single-payer has not…
Doctor dreams of single payer health care — and so can you
…single payer, Medicare for all, “public option” was attempted by Senate Democrats, it quickly evaporated when then-Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) threatened to quash the bill via televised threats of a…
New Health Affairs article on administrative waste
Saving Billions Of Dollars — And Physicians’ Time — By Streamlining Billing Practices
…we need is a single billing form and a single set of rules, thereby obviating the need to switch to a single payer model of health care financing. The authors…
New Health Affairs article on administrative waste
…a disservice by perpetuating the myth that all we need is a single billing form and a single set of rules, thereby obviating the need to switch to a single…
How UnitedHealth harnesses its physician empire to squeeze profits out of patients
Investigation: Health Care’s Colossus
…system gave the option to deny the codes, but that was more labor-intensive because it required an explanation for why the codes were wrong, he said. UnitedHealth would regularly host…
Single-payer health care, not public option, is the solution
…words, it was the old lie that the market will provide. The public option was a shadow puppet, a political posture. Its proponents talked about the need for a public…
Frontline Disguises Single-Payer Advocates as Public-Option Promoters
…refers to the public option– since no other option had been mentioned. That voice was actually MSNBC host Ed Schultz–a supporter of single-payer. His full quote (5/7/09) would have made that…
The rhetorical abuse of ‘Mandatory Medicare for All’
NPR Mara Liasson Mandatory Medicare for All and the Ramped Up Attack on Single Payer
…approaches as the public option.” Former insurance industry public relations executive Wendell Potter, who is currently with Business for Medicare for All, says this was the first time he’s seen…
Health care: The uncivil rights movement
…that said the best way to have advanced a reasonable public option would have been to have the Democratic leadership come out strong for single-payer. Then the public option would…
COVID-19 and Medicare for All
…Case for Medicare for All,” by Eagan Kemp, Public Citizen, March 16, 2021. (Public Citizen press release here.) “Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness Among Teachers and Adults Living With School-Aged…
The Health Reform We Need & Are Not Getting
…that are their income. The President no longer insists that people under sixty-five whose income is too high for Medicaid should have the option of buying public insurance, although that…
