Author Frequently asked questions. 531 items Posts pagination Newer 1 2 3 4 … 54 Older Medicare for All Prospects in a New Presidential Administration July 23, 2024 Medicare for All received partial and ambiguous endorsement in the past by one presidential candidate. The major challenge ahead is achieving overwhelming and irresistible public support for the pure single payer system we need. Urgent Care Price Gaming June 18, 2024 A simple xray at a basic urgent care clinic is inexpensive, right? Not when owners exploit payment rules to charge sky-high hospital prices for a service delivered in the mall. Gaming the system is the name of the game for our current profit-obsessed health care system. Time to switch to single payer! Medical Debt, US Pandemic June 13, 2024 Medical debt is widespread in the US. This video reviews causes and consequences. And considers solutions. Single payer would end medical debt. Health Care Cost Burden for Privately Insured June 3, 2024 Among the privately insured, the average costs of health care – premiums and out-of-pocket – are rising, and for low-income families represent more than a quarter of income not dedicated to food. So much for financial protection. Surgeon General Misses the Diagnosis: Terminally Ill Insurance Structure May 22, 2024 Saddled with a massive bill for an emergency room visit, a former US Surgeon General (under Trump) calls for tweaks to our market-model skin-in-the-game insurance. Sadly, he misses the diagnosis: our insurance morass is moribund, can’t be saved. Only a complete reboot can achieve universal protection. That’s what a Surgeon General should be fighting for. Insured Percent Up; Care Affordability Plunging May 18, 2024 The Affordable Care Act raised insured rates. But … at the expense (pun intended!) of sharply rising, burdensome, and worrisome out-of-pocket costs: massive deductibles and copays, inflated prices for drugs, and denied services. Our fragmented profit-extracting insurance model is fixable only with a structural makeover – single payer. The Synergy of Clinical and Social Care in the US May 11, 2024 Eric Reinhart, a thoughtful commentator on the need for patient-oriented transformation of our health care system, now broadens his (and our) view to the critical need to also address fundamental social-economic needs. Philip R. Lee’s 1986 Call for National Health Insurance May 4, 2024 A UCSF and US titan of health policy, Philip R. Lee, nearly 40 years ago described our health insurance options, and wisely preferred national health insurance. Our country chose differently, relying heavily on private insurers and incremental fixes that missed the opportunity for efficiency and heath justice. We must fight for Dr. Lee’s choice. Political Party Split vs Concurrence on Government Guarantee of Health Care April 15, 2024 The Dem and GOP party split is nearly equal. Yet, we largely concur on worries about health care availability and affordability, and on a government role to assure we all have health care. Medicare for All / single payer is the path. Latest Corporate Intermediary Scam, For Out-of-Network Charges April 8, 2024 Here’s the latest corporate innovation to extract resources from health care, by creating yet another inefficient but highly profitable intermediary. This time it’s for out-of-network charges. Who pays more? Patients. Posts pagination Newer 1 2 3 4 … 54 Older
