Author Frequently asked questions. 294 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 30 Older Racism in the Inflation Reduction Act: No Medicaid Expansion August 17, 2022 Summary: As noted in HJM yesterday, the IRA contains historic advances, including first-ever drug cost controls. Unfortunately, it also perpetuates historic injustices inflicted on people of color by omitting social benefit categories most used by them; in this instance, Medicaid. Single payer would end such discrimination and harm. The health care coverage concessions made to […] Medicare Drug Features in the Inflation Reduction Act: Hints of Single Payer August 16, 2022 Summary: The Inflation Reduction Act, the scaled-down version of “Building Back Better” now headed for presidential signature, has large health insurance provisions. These include multiple first-ever mechanisms for Medicare to control drug costs for CMS and beneficiaries. Let’s use this exciting set of gains as a stepping stone to single payer. The Inflation Reduction Act […] AMA President-Elect Must Engage with Single Payer August 12, 2022 Summary: The newly elected president of the American Medical Association is an accomplished physician, both civilian and military, a philanthropic leader, and a gay parent. He also has a history of opposing even consideration of single payer within the AMA. It behooves him to open his perspective to single payer, just as society has opened […] Social Democracy vs. No Democracy August 11, 2022 Summary: Western Europe and other wealthy countries are thriving with social democracy. The US is struggling with social problems and threats to our democratic integrity. A critical part of the difference is the approach to health coverage. State Legislatures Are Torching DemocracyThe New YorkerAugust 6, 2022By Jane Mayer The vast majority of Ohio residents clearly […] British Columbia Reaffirms Canadian Single Payer August 5, 2022 Summary: Canada’s “Medicare” financing system is a leading example for the US of what single payer can accomplish. Yet there are recurring challenges to the law by a few physicians eager to privatize medical care payment. Last month, the BC Court of Appeals dismissed the latest legal challenge, thereby affirming the public financing system and […] Single Payer Household Cost Calculator August 2, 2022 Check out how improved Medicare for All with progressive financing will affect your household medical costs. This translates the recent Healthy California for All Commission findings into a net cost for households. Spoiler alert: The vast majority of families will save money. This is because the tax plan (which replaces premiums and out-of-pocket costs) protects […] “I was wrong” A Health Economist Acknowledges How Financing Experiments Failed Our Health System July 28, 2022 Summary: Imagine … A mainstream health economist apologizes for decades of promoting incremental health care financing reforms, each one failing as system performance deteriorated. He bemoans his repeated assurances that the latest nostrum could fix our broadly dysfunctional health insurance system. He endorses single payer. Value-based payment has produced little value. It needs a time-outSTAT […] Saving a Global Environment Conducive to Human Life is Job #1 July 26, 2022 Summary: Our human world faces two existential threats: nuclear war and global warming. Yet the public and elected officials fail to take climate devastation seriously. Health justice through financing reform has no meaning in the context of a destroyed world environment. Thus, job #1 is electing dedicated stewards of a human-amenable planet. Noam Chomsky: Humanity […] Dr. Glaucomflecken Doctor Visit in Another Country July 22, 2022 Summary: The unique tragedy of an expensive and ineffective US health system is summed up in a quick, hilarious sketch. Brilliant! Humor for social change is so powerful. Share widely. An American Experiences Universal HealthcareDr. GlaucomfleckenTwitterJuly 12, 2022 (2 minute video) Comment by: Jim Kahn So funny! I smile each time I listen. And, so […] Medicaid Coverage Does Not Assure Access to Care July 20, 2022 Summary: Coverage with Medicaid – health insurance for the poor – increased in recent years. But as a new study reveals for cancer, coverage does not guarantee access to cancer centers, due to low reimbursement rates, clunky administration, and narrow provider networks. These operational flaws are well-known and politically tolerated in Medicaid, despite the more […] Posts pagination Newer 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 30 Older
