Author Frequently asked questions. 528 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 39 40 41 42 43 … 53 Older Saez and Zucman: We can have health care and a pay raise October 25, 2019 Not only would universal healthcare reduce taxes for most people, it would also lead to the biggest take-home pay raise in a generation for most workers By Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman The Guardian, October 25, 2019 The debate about healthcare has been at the center of the Democratic primaries, yet it is hard to […] Quote of the Day Adam Gaffney: It’s the financing system, stupid. October 24, 2019 A decade ago, Harvard surgeon Atul Gawande helped popularize the idea that U.S. health care spending is high because we use too much medicine. He was wrong: it’s the prices, and who pays them. By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H. Boston Review, October 17, 2019 Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care […] Quote of the Day Republican Study Committee releases the RSC Health Care Plan October 23, 2019 Republican Study Committee, October 22, 2019 Today, the Republican Study Committee released The RSC Health Care Plan: A Framework for Personalized, Affordable Care (click here to download full report). Spearheaded by RSC Chairman Mike Johnson (LA-04), RSC Health Care Task Force Chairman Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS-01), and members of the RSC Health Task Force, the […] Quote of the Day Paul Krugman on Warren’s Medicare trap October 22, 2019 By Paul Krugman The New York Times, October 21, 2019 On Sunday, Elizabeth Warren said that she would soon release a plan explaining how she intends to pay for “Medicare for all.” Like many policy wonks, I’ll be waiting with bated breath; this could be a make or break moment for her campaign, and possibly […] Quote of the Day It’s not just the insurers who are causing sky-high surprise medical bills October 21, 2019 By Eileen Appelbaum CounterPunch, October 18, 2019 Most people assume that if they are treated at a hospital in their insurance network, the doctors they see will accept their insurance. But that’s not always the case. Since 2010, an increasing number of hospitals have outsourced their emergency rooms, radiology, anesthesiology, and other specialized services to […] Quote of the Day Urban Institute analysis, and new report on change in utilization October 17, 2019 By David U. Himmelstein, M.D., and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H. https://pnhp.org… The following comments are from a release by PNHP President Adam Gaffney: “A broad-based movement is demanding improved Medicare for All, and critics have lined up to take shots at single-payer reform. These include the usual suspects, such as the Koch-funded Mercatus Center and […] Quote of the Day Former insurance CEO describes market failure of the private insurance model October 16, 2019 By J.B. Silvers The New York Times, October 15, 2019 Much to the dismay of single-payer advocates, our current health insurance system is likely to end with a whimper, not a bang. The average person simply prefers what we know versus the bureaucracy we fear. But for entirely practical reasons, we might yet end up […] Quote of the Day Support for a public option is increasing as single payer sinks October 15, 2019 By Lunna Lopes, Liz Hamel, Audrey Kearney, and Mollyann Brodie KFF, October 15, 2019 Support for Medicare-for-all has narrowed in recent months, with 51% now saying they favor a national health plan and 47% opposed. At the same time, support for a public option has inched up since July, with 73% now saying they favor […] Quote of the Day UnitedHealthcare takes choice of Houston Methodist away from 100, 000 members October 14, 2019 By Jenny Deam Houston Chronicle, October 10, 2019 As many as 100,000 UnitedHealthcare plan members could lose in-network access to all eight Houston Methodist hospitals and dozens of its out-patient facilities on Dec. 31 after the insurer announced it was dropping the major hospital system from its network. The move would affect anyone with a […] Quote of the Day High deductibles impair access and financial security of COPD patients October 11, 2019 By Adam Gaffney, Alexander White, Laura Hawks, David Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, David C Christiani, and Danny McCormick Annals of the American Thoracic Society, October 10, 2019 Abstract Rationale: Medical treatment can improve quality of life and avert exacerbations for those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). High-deductible health plans (HDHPs) can increase exposure to medical […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 39 40 41 42 43 … 53 Older
