Author Frequently asked questions. 534 items Private Equity Harms Patients & Providers January 19, 2025 Profit-driven provider ownership compounds the harm from profit-driven insurance. We must pursue a 3-step action plan: educate the public; persuade legislators; and implement universal public insurance with community-orientated providers. Americans Angry about Flawed Health Insurance January 7, 2025 The progressive physician voice is essential in health reform. A long-time leader of Physicians for a National Health Program comments on how the US public’s reaction to the murder of an insurance executive highlights the terrible human cost of insurance shortfalls, and calls for a public, national health program. Shareholder Dreams or Health Justice? December 31, 2024 Corporate stock buybacks on top of hundreds of billions in profits favored by shareholders, versus government-run universal health insurance as favored by two in three adults. It’s time to be “politely stern” in favor of health care coverage for all. The Flawed Corporate Health Care Model December 15, 2024 The CEO of UnitedHealth Group wants to fix our “flawed, patchwork” health system by partnering with others. But there’s a deep paradox here: how can the fundamental weakness of the system – for-profit corporate control – be at the center of a solution? Choice Among Private Insurance Options Isn’t Real Choice November 27, 2024 The new Commonwealth survey of health insurance reveals persistent failings in coverage and access. The myth of “choice” in health insurance should be ended, in favor of real choice – of providers, enabled by excellent universal public insurance. New Government: Time to Revisit Single Payer? November 21, 2024 Our fragmented, predominantly private health insurance serves corporations and shareholders, at the expense of financial affordability for patients. This is nothing new, but it’s worsening. What’s new is the shake-up of politics. Let’s insist on shaking up our failed insurance. The Single Solution for a Myriad of Health Care Challenges October 31, 2024 Esteemed medical academics are adept at documenting and debating the failings of our health care system. Yet they fail to focus on the technically superior insurance solution used around the world. Our job is to bring US public discussion and policy action to single payer. ACA Open Enrollment = Confusion + Scams October 15, 2024 It’s ACA enrollment season again! Another opportunity to contemplate / navigate complex insurance plan changes and choices, and try to avoid come-ons for non-ACA products that provide minimal coverage -- scams. Ah, if we just had universal coverage with identical comprehensive benefits, durable from year to year, indeed lifelong. Single payer. Investors a Terrible Steward of Health Care October 3, 2024 The US Senate placed in contempt the CEO of bankrupt Steward Health Care when he refused to testify about the abusive finances that left investors enriched and the provider organization in financial tatters. Health care should not be driven by investor profit motives. UK National Health Service Resuscitation Implications for the US September 19, 2024 In the United Kingdom, the first Labor government in 14 years must deal with Conservative fiscal and policy neglect of the National Health Service. This serves as a tough reminder of the US need for a durable social consensus on a public solution to our health care crisis. Posts pagination 1 2 3 … 54 Older
