Author Frequently asked questions. 531 items Posts pagination Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 54 Older 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 Why do 45 million Americans feel compelled to donate to medical crowdfunding sites? April 5, 2021 About 1 in 5 American adults reported donating to a crowdfunding campaign to help raise money for a medical bill or treatment over the last year. NORC at the University of Chicago, April 1, 2021 Eighteen percent of adults in America report having donated to a crowdfunding campaign to pay for medical bills or treatment […] Quote of the Day Health care remains unaffordable for about one-fifth of U.S. adults April 2, 2021 By Dan Witters Gallup, March 31, 2021 Nearly one-in-five U.S. adults — 18%, about 46 million people — report that if they needed access to quality healthcare today, they would be unable to pay for it. These results are based on a new study conducted by West Health and Gallup. This current measure of healthcare […] Quote of the Day Californians support health care coverage for undocumented immigrants April 1, 2021 By George Skelton Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2021 It was a breakthrough event befitting Cesar Chavez Day: A major poll showed that California voters support providing tax-paid healthcare for immigrants living here illegally. In all the polling by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California over many years, it had never before found support […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 54 Older
