Author Frequently asked questions. 534 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 11 12 13 14 15 … 54 Older Bob Hess Sr. December 8, 2020 By Emilie Raguso Berkeleyside, December 5, 2020 Bob Hess Sr., an iconic figure in the world of Bay Area horse racing, died Saturday morning after being diagnosed in mid-November with COVID-19, Golden Gate Fields racetrack announced. Hess came down with COVID-19 amid a widespread outbreak at Golden Gate Fields that initially resulted in more than […] Quote of the Day What does the Becerra HHS nomination do for Medicare for All? December 7, 2020 By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Michael D. Shear The New York Times, December 6, 2020 President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has selected Xavier Becerra, the Democratic attorney general of California, as his nominee for secretary of health and human services, tapping a former congressman who would be the first Latino to run the department as […] Quote of the Day Fragmented health systems: The misalignment between global health security and universal health coverage December 4, 2020 By Arush Lal, M.Sc.; Ngozi A Erondu, Ph.D.; David L Heymann, M.D.; Githinji Gitahi, M.D.; Robert Yates, M.B.A. The Lancet, December 1, 2020 Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has placed enormous strain on countries around the world, exposing long-standing gaps in public health and exacerbating chronic inequities. Although research and analyses have attempted to draw important […] Quote of the Day 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 Posts pagination Newer 1 … 11 12 13 14 15 … 54 Older
