…the Medicare beneficiaries. According to the Congressional Budget Office, by 2030 two-thirds of the costs would be paid by the beneficiary, and only one-third paid by the government. In almost…
Medicare for All would offer Americans better health care
…I-Vt., and numerous Democratic senators. A majority of the American people support federal government involvement in the delivery of health care to all Americans. The federal government already pays for…
Gallup: ‘Support for Government-Run Health System Edges Up’
…Know Enough to Have Opinion on “Medicare for All,” Single-Payer Health System Question asked: As you may know, some senators have proposed a “Medicare-for-all,” single-payer health insurance program that would…
How should we use the CMS National Health Expenditures projection?
CMS Office of the Actuary releases 2017-2026 Projections of National Health Expenditures
…A well designed single payer national health program does precisely that, but it requires the implementation of an effective public (government) program. Can the private sector accomplish the transfer in…
After a Hospital Stay, People are More Likely to Go Bankrupt
By Kate Sheridan Newsweek, March 21, 2018 The effect that unexpected hospital bills have on Americans’ decisions to declare bankruptcy may be overstated, an article published Wednesday in the New…
Why You Should Vote Yes for Amendment 69, the ColoradoCare Health Plan
…the insurance industry fears — getting a national, single-payer system. (Click to read more about the history of health care in Canada.) To clarify, we’re not single-payer. Because Medicare still…
Shameful racial disparities in health and health care
…been accompanied by smaller postponements in disability, and the proportion of remaining life to be spent active has remained stable — about two-thirds at age sixty-five and one-third at age…
Ten Million Americans Could Bring H.R. 676 into Reality LandāRelief for Anxiety, Dread and Fear
Medicare for all is what the Pentagon does. It is what President Harry Truman wanted from Congress back in the nineteen forties. It is time.
…Improved Medicare for All Act’—is now supported by 121 House Democrats—two thirds of all the Democrats in the House of Representatives. So that’s a good start. H.R. 676 has been…
Can the out-of-network problem be repaired with patches?
…charges and billing. Modeling of health care financing systems has shown that the least expensive and most efficient are the national health service and single payer models. Considering our public…
Corporate Mergers of Health Care Giants: CEOs and Wall Street Win, Patients Lose
…care, together with 35 urgent care centers and 6 outpatient surgery centers. Its longer-term goal is to provide primary care and ambulatory services in 75 markets, representing about two-thirds of…
Obamacare’s big overhead costs to top $270B
…Woolhandler, like Himmelstein, is a proponent of a single-payer health system that would have the federal government insure all Americans. Both are co-founders of a leading advocacy group for that…
U.S. Study: 1 in 5 Lost Health Insurance in Past Year
…in the year prior to the survey, while 31.9 million — or nearly 11 percent — did not have insurance for more than a year. Two-thirds of those who did…
