…bring US health care expenditures in line with those of single-payer countries. But so what? It doesn’t need to. International examples strongly indicate that, at the very least, single payer…
Single payer: a powerful tool for better care, better health and reduced costs
…doing. Where did the money go? How is our quality? It’s very hard to get that information, across time and space, in a fragmented, multi-payer system. A single-payer system provides…
Single payer news, WellPoint resolution, new slides
…the Year” in a national contest sponsored by Our Bodies, Ourselves. Congratulations, Dr. Flowers! 3. New slides and resources for single-payer activists, including activists working on state single-payer bills Dr….
Private plans pay so little for so many
National Health Care? We're Halfway There
…two-fifths of all Americans with insurance in 2005. But that’s not the full extent of government and taxpayer involvement. Employer-provided health insurance premiums are a form of compensation, yet are…
Lessons From Vermont
…gubernatorial election] if the Democratic candidate supported single-payer health care” — such work helped contribute to the election of pro-single-payer Democrat Peter Shumlin in 2010, followed by the passage of Act 48 in 2011….
Critical condition: Single-payer plan gains steam as cure for health care system
…they’re willing to pay more taxes to do so. 2. What — exactly — is a single-payer system? What would it look like? Single-payer national health insurance is a system…
The Case for A Non-Profit Single-Payer Healthcare System
…up-to-date examples, and criticisms of earlier editions are dealt with. Non-Profit Single-Payer is NOT Socialized Medicine A non-profit single-payer system is NOT socialized medicine. It is Medicare for All. Delivery…
Adam Gaffney responds to NYT’s Margot Sanger-Katz on cost of single payer
…http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/upshot/why-single-payer-health-care-would-probably-still-be-expensive.html *** Blog Post: What’s Wrong with Margot Sanger-Katz’s Single Payer Analysis By Adam Gaffney The Progressive Physician, May 17, 2016 Yesterday, New York Times health care reporter Margot Sanger-Katz,…
Adam Gaffney responds to NYT’s Margot Sanger-Katz on cost of single payer
…http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/upshot/why-single-payer-health-care-would-probably-still-be-expensive.html *** Blog Post: What’s Wrong with Margot Sanger-Katz’s Single Payer Analysis By Adam Gaffney The Progressive Physician, May 17, 2016 Yesterday, New York Times health care reporter Margot Sanger-Katz,…
Aligning House And Senate Single-Payer Bills
Removing Medicare's Profiteering Incentives Is Key
…the divergence between the House and Senate versions of single-payer reform is of little consequence. No bill will be enacted under the current administration. Yet with support for single payer…
What tradeoffs warrant rejection of the single payer model?
Taming The Paper Tiger
…systems involve the least administrative expense, perhaps two-thirds below the US level. Many single-payer systems involve very little documentation. Of course, single payer involves many other tradeoffs that may not…
PNHP Newsletter: Summer 2023
…& Medicaid Issues Pharma Health Inequities Coverage Matters Profiteers in Health Care Studies and analysis of interest to single-payer advocates PNHP Chapter Reports California Maine New York North Carolina Oregon…
