Author Frequently asked questions. 528 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 53 Older 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 Temporary gifts to private insurance. That’s reform?! March 5, 2021 By Sarah Kliff The New York Times, March 5, 2021 Democrats spent much of the 2020 presidential primary debating the best way to expand public health insurance. They sparred over whether to enroll everyone in public coverage — the preferred policy of Senator Bernie Sanders — or to give everyone a choice to do so, […] Quote of the Day What are the trade-offs in public health insurance design? March 4, 2021 By Katherine Baicker, Ph.D. JAMA, March 2, 2021 The importance of access to health care and the financial protections that insurance should provide have never been more salient, and the potential consequences of the costs and gaps within the patchwork system in the US have never been more dire. Would the US population be better […] Quote of the Day Is there an incremental path to Medicare for All? March 3, 2021 We talked to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed about M4A and building a movement in the wake of Biden’s victory. By Natalie Shure The Nation, March 1, 2021 Even if the near-term dream of getting a Medicare for All (M4A) champion into the White House ended with the defeat of Senator Bernie Sanders’s 2020 primary campaign, the […] Quote of the Day Should we shop for health care prices? March 2, 2021 Re: Chernew M, Cooper Z, Larsen Hallock E, and Scott Morton F. “Physician Agency, Consumerism, and the Consumption of Lower-Limb MRI Scans.” Journal of Health Economics. (2021). National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM), March 2021 What This Study Found Patients often received their MRIs from higher-priced providers even when lower-priced options were available closer […] Quote of the Day President Biden’s health care tweaks will perpetuate expensive mediocrity March 1, 2021 The Biden administration is trying to make the health care law more generous and closer to its original design, but may disappoint progressive allies hoping for more. By Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz The New York Times, February 27, 2021 Tucked inside the stimulus bill that the House passed early on Saturday are a series […] Quote of the Day Jonathan Cohn: ‘The Ten Year War’ February 26, 2021 By Jonathan Cohn St. Martin’s Press, February 2021 Excerpts from the Conclusion – What Change Looks Like: The next great debate over health care reform might not happen for many years. Or it might happen right away. It depends to some extent on what else is happening in politics – and how the Supreme Court […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 53 Older
