Author Frequently asked questions. 534 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 54 Older Private equity is taking over March 22, 2021 By Jane M. Zhu, M.D., M.P.P., M.S.H.P., and Daniel Polsky, Ph.D., M.P.P. The New England Journal of Medicine, March 18, 2021 The ecosystem of physician-owned medical practices has been inundated with larger forces that are driving health care toward consolidation, corporatization, and administrative management. Between July 2016 and January 2018, hospitals and health systems acquired […] Quote of the Day Families USA/Hart poll shows that voters want reform NOW! March 19, 2021 Families USA, March 17, 2021 The realities of the COVID-19 pandemic have made health and health care reform front burner issues for all of us, no matter our political party, race, location, or background No one in this country should have to worry that they can’t afford the health care they need or have to […] Quote of the Day Policy community hung up on ‘volume to value’ March 18, 2021 By Rachel M. Werner, M.D., Ph.D., Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., Hoangmai H. Pham, M.D., M.P.H., Amol S. Navathe, M.D., Ph.D. Penn, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, February 2021 Executive Summary A decade after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the vision of moving the U.S. health care system “from volume to value” has […] Quote of the Day ACP’s policy paper on ethics and professionalism March 17, 2021 By Matthew DeCamp, M.D., Ph.D., Lois Snyder Sulmasy, J.D., for the American College of Physicians Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee Annals of Internal Medicine, March 16, 2021 Abstract The environment in which physicians practice and patients receive care continues to change. Increasing employment of physicians, changing practice models, new regulatory requirements, and market dynamics […] Quote of the Day Fraud is rampant in Medicare Advantage March 16, 2021 By David Engel, J.D., Gary Azorsky, J.D., Jeanne Markey, J.D., and Ray Sarola, J.D. MedPage Today, March 13, 2021 Can a patient have and not have diabetes at the same time? According to private insurers participating in the Medicare Advantage program, the answer is yes. The data architecture of Medicare Advantage is vulnerable to fraud […] Quote of the Day Ralph Nader calls for an end to the corporate takeover of Medicare March 15, 2021 Where is the outcry among Democratic politicians to reverse completely the corporate takeover of Medicare? By Ralph Nader Do you remember the promises made by the Democratic Party’s presidential and Congressional candidates on universal health insurance? You can forget their pledges and somber convictions now that your votes put the Democrats in charge of the […] Quote of the Day Why are we celebrating the pending demise of Medicare for All? March 12, 2021 We need a system that is truly universal—everybody in, nobody out. Biden’s proposal will add more participants to the current program, but still leave millions out. By F. Douglas Stephenson Common Dreams, March 11, 2021 President Biden, the Democratic Party and America’s neoliberal vision of world order is rooted in an economic philosophy of privatization […] Quote of the Day Medicare Advantage For All? Not So Fast March 11, 2021 By Ken Terry, David Muhlestein Health Affairs Blog, March 11, 2021 Recently, a number of health policy experts have suggested that the best route to universal coverage might be to expand Medicare Advantage (MA) rather than enact Medicare for All—in other words, a private-sector instead of a government solution. What We Know About Medicare Advantage […] Quote of the Day Compounding health care issues with financial harm March 10, 2021 Bad news for one unlucky patient is also a stark example of how dysfunctional U.S. health coverage can be. By Sarah Kliff The New York Times, March 10, 2021 John Druschitz spent five days in a Texas hospital last April with fever and shortness of breath. It was still the early days of the pandemic, […] Quote of the Day Potential divergent paths on health care reform March 8, 2021 Insights From Public Opinion Polls By Robert J. Blendon, Sc.D.; John M. Benson, M.A.; Eric C. Schneider, M.D. JAMA Network, March 5, 2021 As a result of the 2020 election, Democrats now have control of 3 bodies of national government: the presidency and both houses of Congress. But their margins in the Senate and House […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 54 Older
