Author Jim Kahn Frequently asked questions. 57 items Medicare for All Individual Cost Calculator April 27, 2024 Medicare for All saves money overall … but what will it mean financially for specific individuals and families? That’s the question this new calculator answers for national M4A, in just a few minutes. The Tragicomedy of Medicaid April 21, 2024 Millions have been disenrolled from Medicaid, nominally due to the “unwinding” of COVID eligibility rules … but also due to administrative glitches. Lots of other problems with Medicaid. It’s a crisis, worthy of the deep scrutiny and biting wit of John Oliver. Cross-National Insurance Contrasts in Amusing 1-minute Videos April 10, 2024 Two entertaining YouTube shorts highlight how the US lags on health insurance. Unaffordable premiums if you lose your job, and outrageous cost-sharing to give birth. May Day 2028 National Strike: Focus on Medicare for All April 5, 2024 Prominent labor leader Shawn Fain has proposed a national strike of unionized workers four years from now, to highlight and advance the needs of workers and their families. This riveting vision will be super-charged with a focus on unified public funding of health care. MAGA Mike Johnson Explores Medicare for All April 1, 2024 GOP Representative Mike Johnson, aiming to gain Dem support for his threatened position as Speaker, told a reporter he is willing to consider Medicare for All. He said that universal public insurance works well in countries with robust market economies and even conservative governments. The Burdens of Prior Authorization March 15, 2024 The NY Times posted a powerful video editorial on the major distraction, high cost, doctor-frustrating, and patient-harming effects of rising prior authorization requirements by private health insurers. Medicare Advantage Worsens Coverage March 6, 2024 A national survey of Medicare beneficiaries quantifies the coverage experience. Bottom line: Medicare Advantage (MA) underperforms traditional Medicare for most metrics. MA has more care delays and financial barriers, and similar care coordination burden, despite massive overpayment of MA plans. Medicare Advantage: How Private Insurers Exploit Medicare March 2, 2024 An excellent interview with the former head of CMS, which oversees Medicare, lays out how Medicare Advantage insurers manipulate costs and quality, grabbing massive profits from public funds with no clinical benefits for patients. He wants its growth stopped and its problems fixed. Veterans Care Under Attack February 26, 2024 An article in the American Prospect lays out how the Veterans Health Administration public approach to care – effective & efficient – is under siege, pushed at great cost to privatization. Not only by the proposed GOP/MAGA gutting, but by a complicit current administration. Presidential Leadership in US Health Reform February 19, 2024 President’s Day is an opportune moment to reflect on the great moral potential of the presidency. Lincoln’s fine example, told by a historian, looms large. The role of presidents in health care reform, summarized by ChatGPT, is impressive but piecemeal, shy of the ultimate moral and practical victory of universal comprehensive insurance. Posts navigation 1 2 3 … 6 Older
