Author Frequently asked questions. 534 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 51 52 53 54 Older Victor Fuchs questions ethics of employer-sponsored plans May 14, 2019 By Victor R. Fuchs, Ph.D. JAMA, May 9, 2019 In the United States, the interests of high-income individuals dominate decisions about what medical care is offered and how it is financed. The result is a less efficient and less equitable medical care system than in other high-income countries. Employment-based insurance plays a key role in […] Quote of the Day Adam Gaffney explains hospital financing under Medicare for All May 13, 2019 Our goal shouldn’t be to lower hospitals’ prices, but to eliminate them entirely. Medicare for All is the way to achieve that. By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H. Jacobin, May 10, 2019 More than 24 million people require hospitalization annually in the United States, and many more see their doctors or other providers, or have tests […] Quote of the Day RAND: Private insurers pay hospitals excessive prices (but they left out why) May 10, 2019 By Chapin White and Christopher Whaley RAND, May 9, 2019 Large price discrepancies exist between what private health plans pay for hospital services and what Medicare pays. RAND Corporation researchers used data from three sources — self-insured employers, state-based all-payer claims databases, and health plans — to assess $13 billion in hospital spending in terms […] Quote of the Day Uninsured have plateaued; underinsured are increasing May 9, 2019 By Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D., Emily P. Terlizzi, M.P.H., and Michael E. Martinez, M.P.H., M.H.S.A. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, May 2019 In 2018, the percentage of persons of all ages who were uninsured at the time of interview was 9.4% (30.4 […] Quote of the Day Preventing diabetic ketoacidosis through health financing system design May 8, 2019 By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H. Washington Post, May 8, 2019 The blood sugar rises, and nausea and vomiting follow. The blood acidifies, the breath hastens, dehydration and then delirium ensue: That’s how ketoacidosis, a feared complication of diabetes, progresses. Diabetic ketoacidosis, which results in nearly 190,000 hospitalizations a year, is a condition I treat frequently […] Quote of the Day Private Medicare Advantage insurers sign up Medicare patients who have lower spending May 7, 2019 By Gretchen Jacobson, Tricia Neuman, and Anthony Damico Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief, May 2019 People on Medicare can choose coverage from either traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage plans, typically trading off broad access to providers for potentially lower premiums and out-of-pocket costs. Beneficiaries who choose Medicare Advantage may differ from those in traditional Medicare in […] Quote of the Day Soaring deductibles make health care unaffordable May 6, 2019 By Noam N. Levey Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2019 Soaring deductibles and medical bills are pushing millions of American families to the breaking point, fueling an affordability crisis that is pulling in middle-class households with health insurance as well as the poor and uninsured. In the last 12 years, annual deductibles in job-based health […] Quote of the Day Politics, not policy, is holding back the New York Health Act May 3, 2019 By Raina Lipsitz The Nation, May 2, 2019 The Albany machine is working to torpedo the New York Health Act—again. New York’s Democratic voters sent a new class of true-blue legislators to Albany in 2018. With the governor’s office and both houses of the state legislature firmly under Democratic control—and a raft of progressive bills […] Quote of the Day 137 million adults face medical financial hardship May 2, 2019 By K. Robin Yabroff, Jingxuan Zhao, Xuesong Han, Zhiyuan Zheng Journal of General Internal Medicine, May 1, 2019 Abstract Background High patient out-of-pocket (OOP) spending for medical care is associated with medical debt, distress about household finances, and forgoing medical care because of cost in the USA. Objective To examine the national prevalence of medical […] Quote of the Day CBO report on single payer design May 1, 2019 Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office, May 2019 At a Glance Some Members of Congress have proposed establishing a single-payer health care system in the United States to ensure that virtually everyone has health insurance. In a typical single-payer system, people enroll in a health plan operated by the government, and the receipts […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 51 52 53 54 Older
