Author Frequently asked questions. 534 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 37 38 39 40 41 … 54 Older The public option won’t fix our system December 3, 2019 By Margot Sanger-Katz The New York Times, December 3, 2019 The single-payer health plans proposed by Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are often assailed as being too disruptive. A government plan for everyone, the argument goes, would mean that tens of millions of Americans would have to give up health insurance they like. Democratic […] Quote of the Day China to step in on drug prices December 2, 2019 By Roxanne Liu and Brenda Goh Physician’s Weekly, Reuters, November 30, 2019 China will use its national drug bulk-buy scheme to lower the price of drugs currently sold at higher prices compared with other markets, it said in an official statement. The move could force international drugmakers to further cut prices and enable copycat medicines […] Quote of the Day Robert Reich explains the real deal with Medicare for All November 29, 2019 By Robert Reich November 19, 2019 Republicans and even some Democrats are out to scare you about Medicare for All. They say it’s going to dismantle health care as we know it and it will cost way too much. Rubbish. If you’re a typical American, you’re already paying far more for health insurance than people […] Quote of the Day Hospital executives are beginning to think ‘single payer’ November 27, 2019 By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey Boston Globe, November 26, 2019 When Senator Elizabeth Warren released her detailed Medicare for All plan this month, a coalition of insurers, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies denounced it as an unaffordable government takeover that would force Americans to pay more and wait longer for medical care. But Dr. Eric W. Dickson […] Quote of the Day William Hsiao has wise words for us on paying for health care November 26, 2019 William Hsiao knows more about single payer systems than pretty much any other American. What does he think about ‘Medicare for All’? By Maura Reynolds POLITICO, November 25, 2019 Plenty of Americans have opinions about single-payer health systems like “Medicare for All,” and some have even studied them closely. But vanishingly few individuals in the […] Quote of the Day Jeffrey Sachs explains why Democratic naysayers are wrong on Medicare for All November 25, 2019 By Jeffrey D. Sachs Common Dreams, November 20, 2019 The American political debate over health care is absurd. Americans pay twice as much as any other nation for health care, and then are told daily that they “can’t afford” to switch to a lower-cost system very similar to those of Canada and Europe. If President […] Quote of the Day Why the neoliberals can’t fix health care November 22, 2019 By John E. McDonough The Milbank Quarterly, November 2019 August 19, 2019 was a big day for The Business Roundtable (TBR), the Washington, DC non-profit association of chief executive officers of major US companies. The organization released a new “Statement on the Purpose of the Corporation” signed by 183 CEOs declaring that the interests of […] Quote of the Day Workers health insurance costs outpace incomes November 21, 2019 By Sara R. Collins, David C. Radley, and Jesse C. Baumgartner The Commonwealth Fund, November 21, 2019 Abstract Issue: With 2020 elections coming up, some Democratic presidential candidates and members of Congress have suggested ways to reduce costs of insurance and care, including proposals for employer plans, which cover roughly half the population of the […] Quote of the Day What about the surge in health care from implementing Medicare for All? November 20, 2019 By Adam Gaffney, Steffie Woolhandler, and David Himmelstein Journal of General Internal Medicine, Online November 19, 2019 Abstract Most analysts project that a reform like Medicare-for-All that lowers financial barriers to care would cause a surge in the utilization of services, raising costs despite stable or even reduced prices. However, the finite supply of physicians […] Quote of the Day Experts question whether one Medicare should fit all November 19, 2019 By Mark Shepard, Katherine Baicker, and Jonathan S. Skinner National Bureau of Economic Research, November 2019 Abstract There is increasing interest in expanding Medicare health insurance coverage in the U.S., but it is not clear whether the current program is the right foundation on which to build. Traditional Medicare covers a uniform set of benefits […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 37 38 39 40 41 … 54 Older
