Author Frequently asked questions. 528 items Posts pagination Newer 1 2 3 4 5 … 53 Older Failure to Address Homelessness Harms Health February 23, 2024 Finland is effectively addressing issues of homelessness, says a new report. Being unhoused is associated with health problems and high medical costs. Yet homelessness is growing in the US, despite our massive resources. We must seriously address this problem. Reversing the Corporate Practice of Medicine February 12, 2024 A new organization, Take Medicine Back, is sounding the alarm about the corporate acquisition of medicine, which disrupts clinical care – harming both patients and doctors. The solution: enforce existing laws, create new laws, align physician organizations against corporate control, and unionize physicians. Wealth Inequality Drives Health Inequality February 1, 2024 This study reveals that US wealth inequality, at historic highs, creates large health inequality: a lifespan difference of 13 years between the richest and poorest. Rectifying these economic differences would raise overall longevity to levels achieved in other wealthy countries. Growing Job-Based Insurance Premiums Exacerbate Income Inequality January 20, 2024 For employers, labor costs include both wages and benefits. So when insurance premiums rise rapidly, wages stagnate. A new study finds that this phenomenon reduced total worker income from 1988-2019 by 5%. Lower paid workers and people of color were hit hardest, amplifying income disparities. Most Medical Debt Now from the Insured January 18, 2024 Over the past 5 years, the proportion of US medical debt represented by insured individuals grew from 11% to 58%. Modern health insurance is failing to serve its purpose of assuring financial access to care. UK Doctor Strike Reveals Need to Resist Conservative Politics & Corporate Predation January 7, 2024 A physician strike in the UK National Health Service reflects how British politicians have betrayed the NHS through austerity funding and support for corporate grabs in health care. In the US we face similar barriers. We must preserve democracy at the ballot box, and build community control. Private Equity Hospital Purchase Raises Risks for Patients December 29, 2023 A new study in JAMA of 5 million hospitalizations over 10 years at 300 US hospitals found that private equity acquisition was associated with a 25% rise in serious adverse clinical events, likely due to fewer employees. Private equity strategies in health put patients at risk. Thoughts & Prayers Do Not Protect Our Children December 24, 2023 Unintentional firearm deaths require action. This is an especially appropriate reminder during the holiday season, with its focus on family. Implosion of Commercial Health Insurance December 7, 2023 Commercial health insurance, on a decades-long decline in affordability, dipped to a new low. Family insurance is unaffordable at small firms, children with commercial insurance are inadequately covered, and three-quarters of consumers can’t promptly pay medical bills. John Geyman: The Medical-Industrial Complex…plus exciting changes at qotd April 28, 2021 “America’s Mighty Medical-Industrial Complex: Negative Impacts and Positive Solutions” By John Geyman This book has three goals: (1) to bring an historical perspective to how medicine and health care have evolved over the last 100 years, including the transformation of their original ethic of service with a moral purpose and how that ethic has been […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 2 3 4 5 … 53 Older
