Author Frequently asked questions. 534 items Posts pagination Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 54 Older 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 Quote of the Day interlude April 12, 2021 By Don McCanne, M.D. Quote of the Day will take a brief interlude. We are refining our approach to communicating information to educate and advocate for single payer and health care justice for all. See you soon. Stay informed! Visit www.pnhp.org/qotd to sign up for daily email updates. Quote of the Day More trouble: Drug industry consolidation April 8, 2021 Over 30 years, dramatic consolidation has meant higher prices, fewer treatment options and less incentive to innovate By Robin Feldman The Washington Post, April 6, 2021 In the past few decades, three waves of mergers have substantially increased concentration in the pharmaceutical industry. All told, between 1995 and 2015, the 60 leading pharmaceutical companies merged […] Quote of the Day Will mega-corporations trump Medicare for All? April 7, 2021 The merger between a subsidiary of UnitedHealth and Change Healthcare would create a vertically integrated, all-seeing giant. By Krista Brown, Olivia Webb The American Prospect, April 5, 2021 It’s not often that the American Hospital Association — known for fun lobbying tricks like hiring consultants to create studies showing the benefits of hospital mergers — […] Quote of the Day Charity care in government, nonprofit, and for-profit hospitals April 6, 2021 By Ge Bai, Hossein Zare, Matthew D. Eisenberg, Daniel Polsky, and Gerard F. Anderson Health Affairs, April 2021 Abstract The different tax treatment of government, nonprofit, and for-profit hospitals implies different charity care obligations, with the greatest obligation for government hospitals and the least for for-profit hospitals. Prior research has not examined charity care provision […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 54 Older
