Author Frequently asked questions. 531 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 39 40 41 42 43 … 54 Older Harvard survey on beliefs about health insurance reform October 30, 2019 The Commonwealth Fund, The New York Times, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, October 2019 Reforming the U.S. health insurance system has become a major issue in the upcoming presidential election, both in primaries and likely in the general election. There are a number of different health care reform proposals that have been put […] Quote of the Day CRFB’s irresponsible report on financing Medicare for All October 29, 2019 Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, October 28, 2019 In the coming months, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget will publish a detailed analysis describing numerous ways to finance Medicare for All and the consequences and trade-offs associated with each choice. This paper provides our preliminary estimates of the magnitude of each potential change […] Quote of the Day Saez and Zucman: The Triumph of Injustice October 28, 2019 By Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman From Chapter 9: A World of Possibility Private Health Insurance: A Huge Poll Tax The other specificity of the United States compared to other advanced economies is that public health insurance is far from universal in America. About half of all health care spending (10% out of 20% of […] Quote of the Day 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 Posts pagination Newer 1 … 39 40 41 42 43 … 54 Older
