Author Frequently asked questions. 294 items Posts pagination Newer 1 2 3 4 … 30 Older Ady Barkan’s Alert on Medicare Advantage May 21, 2023 Mr. Barkan, a resolute and articulate advocate for single payer / Medicare for All, warns us about privatization of Medicare via Medicare Advantage. We must unite to battle the corporate takeover of our premier public insurance program. Life Expenctancy vs. Per Capita Healthcare Expenditures (1999 – 2020) May 18, 2023 We spend a lot on healthcare in the U.S., but does it lead to longer lives? Risk Adjustment Projected U.S. Hospital Spending, Current and Single Payer (2021-2030) May 18, 2023 How much do US hospitals spend per year? How much would that change with Single Payer? Risk Adjustment Primary Care Corporate Takeover a Challenge for Single Payer May 9, 2023 The large-scale corporate appropriation of primary care reflects and enables the profiteering that now dominates US health care. The doctor-patient relationship suffers. Single payer financing may falter if corporations own the vast majority of providers. What are our reform options? Call for a National Health System May 4, 2023 PNHP founders Woolhandler and Himmelstein propose that progressive health reform needs updating to respond to the widespread takeover of providers by for-profit corporations. The original vision of insurance reform should be expanded to include ownership of provider organizations. Oracle Health Data Profit Fantasies April 26, 2023 Oracle Health, acquired by Cerner, is pursuing a global cloud-based health records repository. Except that they can’t even succeed in five Veteran’s Administration hospitals. And their grand vision fails to address core healthcare financing challenges. When will we turn our attention from profit-seeking business models to health coverage basics? 2024 Payment Increase & Other Problems with Medicare Advantage April 8, 2023 CMS just finalized the 2024 payment rule for Medicare Advantage, weakening the draft rule. There remain massive overpayments and widespread barriers to care. These fundamental problems are inevitable with reliance on private insurer intermediaries. Excess Deaths in US in 2021: COVID + 400,000 April 6, 2023 New research finds that in 2021 the US had nearly 900,000 excess deaths compared with wealthy European countries. About half were due to COVID and half due to other factors, including health care financing and delivery. An Immodest Proposal (for Excellent Financing of Our Health Care System) April 1, 2023 A striking vision for how to pay for health care in our country. Protests for Gun Safety … & Health Care Justice March 29, 2023 Following another mass school shooting, a prominent GOP former governor calls for ongoing protests in the street to force real change. It worked in the Civil Rights Movement, and it can again. Let’s demand gun safety … and, while we’re out there, health care justice via Medicare for All. Posts pagination Newer 1 2 3 4 … 30 Older
