Author Frequently asked questions. 531 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 22 23 24 25 26 … 54 Older John Geyman: Profiteering, Corruption and Fraud in U.S. Health Care June 30, 2020 Profiteering, Corruption and Fraud in U.S. Health Care By John Geyman, M.D. From the Preface We have to raise, and answer, who is health care for – for corrupt and fraudulent scammers or patients and their families? This book has four parts: (1) to bring historical perspective to the changes that have transformed U.S. health […] Quote of the Day ACA has not and will not resolve key health care issues June 29, 2020 By Sayeh Nikpay, India Pungarcher, Austin Frakt Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, Vol. 45, No. 5, October 2020 Published online June 19, 2020 Abstract Through the 2000s, high health care spending and growing numbers of uninsured were widely viewed as public policy crises. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) attempts to address both. At […] Quote of the Day Private equity in the medical-industrial complex June 26, 2020 By Isaac Arnsdorf ProPublica, June 12, 2020 In 2017, TeamHealth, the nation’s largest staffing firm for ER doctors, sued a small insurance company in Texas over a few million dollars of disputed bills. Over 2 1/2 years of litigation, the case has provided a rare look inside TeamHealth’s own operations at a time when the […] Quote of the Day Resistance to admitting failure of alternative payment models June 25, 2020 By Amol S. Navathe, M.D., Ph.D.; Connor W. Boyle, B.A.; Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D. JAMA, June 22, 2020 The US health care system requires major changes to make health care more affordable and higher quality. In the decade since passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), alternative payment models have become […] Quote of the Day Health care is drowning in transparent neoliberalism June 24, 2020 By John E. McDonough The Milbank Quarterly, June 24, 2020 For some years I’ve pondered a Commonwealth Fund chart showing the growth in gross domestic product (GDP) for health care comparing the United States with 10 other high income nations, starting in 1980 and ending in 2018. It shows that 40 years ago, US spending […] Quote of the Day Americans want the option of a government-regulated and -subsidized health plan June 23, 2020 Commonwealth Fund Health Care Poll: COVID-19, May–June 2020 By Sara R. Collins, Munira Z. Gunja, Gabriella N. Aboulafia, Erin Czyzewicz, Christian H. Kline, Robyn Rapoport, and Sarah Glancey The Commonwealth Fund, June 23, 2020 What do Americans think of providing people who have employer coverage with a new option to buy insurance on their own? […] Quote of the Day Hannity’s downplaying of COVID-19 threat increased deaths June 22, 2020 By Leonardo Bursztyn, Aakaash Rao, Christopher P. Roth, David H. Yanagizawa-Drott National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2020 Abstract We study the effects of COVID-19 coverage early in the pandemic by the two most widely-viewed cable news shows in the United States – Hannity and Tucker Carlson Tonight, both on Fox News – on downstream […] Quote of the Day Let’s take money transactions out of the health care delivery setting June 19, 2020 By Douglas Barthold, Anirban Basu Health Affairs Blog, June 18, 2020 High-deductible health plans (HDHPs) covered more than 30 percent of enrollees in employer-sponsored plans in the United States in 2019, up from 4 percent in 2006. The growth of HDHPs is driven by the pursuit of reduced health care spending and premiums for both […] Quote of the Day Himmelstein and Himmelstein on capital investments and socioeconomic and racial inequities June 18, 2020 By Gracie Himmelstein, M.A., Kathryn EW Himmelstein, M.S.Ed., M.D. International Journal of Health Services, In Press (Posted June 18, 2020) Abstract Racial inequities in health outcomes are widely acknowledged. This study seeks to determine whether hospitals serving people of color in the United States have lesser physical assets than other hospitals. With data on 4,476 […] Quote of the Day What will be the legacy of Barbara Starfield? June 17, 2020 By James M. Perrin The Milbank Quarterly, June 2020 Barbara Starfield built the field of primary care research and galvanized research and policy documenting the central importance of primary care in health and health care delivery. Her work spanned decades, showing how primary care improves population health and lowers health care expenditures. It guided many […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 22 23 24 25 26 … 54 Older
