…Director Douglas Elmendorf discussed considerations for expanding coverage, and considerations and options for controlling costs and improving efficiency, including a discussion of options under consideration that might not be effective…
CBO's Elmendorf on single payer, and a Medicare-like option
Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs for Health Care
…and options for controlling costs and improving efficiency, including a discussion of options under consideration that might not be effective in controlling spending. Most of his comments were confined to…
Ryan's proposals — Pay attention to insurers behind the curtain
…reached President Obama in March 2010, the public option had been stripped out, and public support for reform was well below 50 percent. As a testament to the success of…
AHIP seeks reversal of "any willing provider" clauses
Insurers seek limited insurance exchange plan networks
…prohibit patients from having that right? It has to do with their current strategy of switching to narrow network plans – plans that have fewer choices of health care professionals….
For Michael Moore, Controversy Is Marketing
…into a public debate before the movie opens. The question is whether his new film’s subject material — health care and insurance — will deliver the kind of heat that…
Advocates reject privatized coverage
…2006 to bait the trap, but it’s a good bet the timing is explained by the enactment of a Massachusetts law last April that its advocates claim will halve that…
Sacramento Bee attacks Schwartzenegger on "Socialized" Bogeyman
…viewpoints suddenly emerge when the same solution is discussed for working Americans and their children? Our problem with SB 840 was how the Democrats dangled it as veto bait from…
Why Seniors Like Me Are Fighting Against Medicare Direct Contracting and ACO REACH
I learned the hard way that if privatization prevails and Wall Street firms are allowed to make decisions about your health care, their profits will always come first.
…on out-of-pocket expenses. I took the bait and signed up for MA, but soon discovered this was a big mistake. A few years passed with no issues, but an old…
Was your $100 in drug marketing worth it?
A Decade of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs
…evidence of the superiority of the new product. When a physician uses drug samples to start a patient on a treatment program, he/she has taken the pharmaceutical firm’s bait. And…
Does Ezra Klein really think "managed care didn’t kill anyone”?
…that diminished the quality of care without lowering costs. Managed care was to the 1990s what the “public option” has been to this decade – an excuse for “yes but”…
Is public health no longer relevant?
…people are responsible for their own health while also taking public health action that changes default choices to make it easier for people to stay healthy. Key public health actions…
Resistance to Attacks on Universal Health Care Mounts in Canada
…1997. It did not indicate public approval for downsizing Medicare. Although Forum literature suggested to Canadians, for the first time, that public-private partnerships and a role for the private sector…
