Demystifying Single Payer

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Protests for Gun Safety … & Health Care JusticeFollowing another mass school shooting, a prominent GOP former governor calls for ongoing protests in the street to force real change. It worked in the Civil Rights Movement, and it can again. Let’s demand gun safety … and, while we’re out there, health care justice via Medicare for All.

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Half Measures Won’t Cure Health InsuranceOctober 23, 2024Two prominent health economists get the health insurance story half right: cost-sharing doesn’t control system costs and harms patients. But they miss the lesson that “very basic” coverage lacks a functional real-world version … what actually works (for equity, effectiveness, & efficiency) is universal comprehensive coverage.
ACA Open Enrollment = Confusion + ScamsOctober 15, 2024
Medicare Advantage Plans Protect High Profit ScamsOctober 10, 2024
Investors a Terrible Steward of Health CareOctober 3, 2024
Twenty Years of Failing Health System Report CardsSeptember 24, 2024

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Life Expenctancy vs. Per Capita Healthcare Expenditures (1999 – 2020)We spend a lot on healthcare in the U.S., but does it lead to longer lives?

Projected U.S. Hospital Spending, Current and Single Payer (2021-2030)How much do US hospitals spend per year? How much would that change with Single Payer?

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What’s the role of health insurers in single payer?There is no role for health insurers in providing the universal comprehensive insurance coverage.

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