Author Frequently asked questions. 531 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 11 12 13 14 15 … 54 Older Why have a policy that excludes same-sex spouses from coverage? December 3, 2020 By Lindsey Dawson, Matthew Rae, and Jennifer Kates KFF, November 30, 2020 Background The legal and policy landscape regarding protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity in health care and other areas has shifted markedly in the last decade. Most recently, on June 15, 2020 in Bostock vs. Clayton County, the Supreme Court of […] Quote of the Day We can do better than international reference pricing for drugs December 2, 2020 By Anirban Basu, Peter J. Neumann, Sean Sullivan Health Affairs Blog, December 2, 2020 Pharmaceutical pricing is a perpetually contentious policy issue. Branded drug list prices grew annually by 9.1 percent over the last decade. The growth rate in net prices (reflecting discounts and rebates) was lower, at around 4.5 percent, but still much higher […] Quote of the Day Have high deductibles slowed spending growth? December 1, 2020 By Claudio Lucarelli, Molly Frean, Aliza S. Gordon, Lynn M. Hua, and Mark Pauly National Bureau of Economic Research, November 2020 Abstract The growth of health care spending has been a longstanding policy concern. Over the years, several innovations have been proposed to lower levels of health care spending; however, their impact has been limited […] Quote of the Day Message from PNHP President Susan Rogers on our vision for the future November 30, 2020 PNHP, November 30, 2020 Dear single-payer supporter, While the dust settles from the elections, many PNHP members are thinking about what the coming year means for Medicare for All. As your new national president, I want to share with you my top five priorities for 2021, both for PNHP as an organization and for our […] Quote of the Day Vermont Medical Society endorses single payer November 27, 2020 By Clare Fauke PNHP, November 23, 2020 The Vermont Medical Society (VMS) overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution supporting a single-payer national health program, also known as Medicare for All, at its annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 7. The VMS, which represents 2,400 Vermont physicians and physician assistants, is only the second state medical society in the […] Quote of the Day Fauci Awards: Special thanks on this Thanksgiving Day November 25, 2020 Video by Adam Westbrook and Emily Holzknecht The New York Times, November 25, 2020 The Fauci Awards (6 minute video): https://www.nytimes.com… Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. As a resident of Orange County, California, I want to give my special thanks to Dr. Nichole Quick, who appears in this video. Our home looks down on Dana […] Quote of the Day Current Affairs: Why Private Health Insurance Makes No Sense November 24, 2020 By Nathan J. Robinson Current Affairs, November 21, 2020 Everyone has health, everyone needs healthcare. It is in all of our interest to have as good of healthcare as possible, delivered as inexpensively as feasible. We should all want it to be easy to get the care we need, and for nobody to fret about […] Quote of the Day Will telemedicine improve acute care management? November 23, 2020 Momentum is gathering for telemedicine, which could alleviate a longstanding problem: wait times. By Austin Frakt The New York Times, November 23, 2020 The pandemic may present an opportunity to reshape the future of emergency medicine. The coronavirus has already prompted health care leaders to rethink how to deliver care to make the most of […] Quote of the Day AMA recognizes racism as a threat to public health November 20, 2020 The AMA and its House of Delegates overwhelmingly voted for the first time to adopt policies that name and act on racism as a public health threat. By Aletha Maybank Essence, November 18, 2020 Betsey, Lucy, and Anarcha. The names of three enslaved women were memorialized on screen during the third episode of the first […] Quote of the Day President Obama on trading off health policy for political victory November 19, 2020 The story behind the Obama Administration’s most enduring—and most contested—legacy: Reforming American health care By Barack Obama The New Yorker, October 26, 2020, Published November 2, 2020 When I think back to those early conversations, it’s hard to deny my overconfidence. I was convinced that the logic of health-care reform was so obvious that even […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 11 12 13 14 15 … 54 Older
