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Two Memes that Undercut Medicare-for-All: Managed Care and Competition

…extending Medicare to all Americans, nor even lowering Medicare’s eligibility age below 65. This pattern persisted even during those periods when national health insurance was at the top of the…

With Hippocratic Oath, doctors pledge allegiance to patients, not profits

…topic of health care reform, would you prefer to make improvements in the current public/private system (or) a single-payer system, such as a ‘Medicare-for-all’ approach?” In 2008, 52.3 percent favored…

The bureaucratic waste of ACA quantified

…in universal single payer systems like Taiwan’s or Canada’s. Yet traditional Medicare is a bargain compared to the ACA strategy of filtering most of the new dollars through private insurers…

Luis Lang case sparks wrong questions

…decisions. Yet, most of us do not have exemplary lifestyles. Like Lang, 18 percent of U.S. adults smoke. And two-thirds are overweight or obese. A doctor’s words can affect detrimental…

‘Subsidies upheld, but health needs still unmet’: doctors group

…a more fundamental, rational single-payer national health program. Contrary to the claims of those who say we are “unrealistic,” a single-payer system is within practical reach. The most rapid way…

Use Medicare as model for all health insurance

…has the highest rate of patient satisfaction. Surveys show two-thirds of the public support a Medicare for all approach guaranteeing universal health care. Under the Affordable Care Act, 53 million…

At 50 years, time to improve Medicare

…plans are overpriced, partly because they consume 20% of the premiums for administration. Plus they add administrative complexity for the providers because of having to interact with two payers –…

Importance of Medicaid in public health emergencies

…in addressing the immediate and long-term effects of public health crises. Medicaid is by far the nation’s biggest single source of health care financing for dealing with critical public health…

Congressional politics moving towards single payer policy

Left wants a vote on single-payer bill in new Congress

…used Medicare for all — otherwise known as single-payer — as a leading area of attack on Democrats during the 2018 midterm elections. They touted a recent cost estimate by…

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