Author Jim Kahn Frequently asked questions. 81 items Posts pagination Newer 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 Older Bernie on Medicare for All May 25, 2024 Bernie Sanders is the best-known advocate for Medicare for All. In this video, he eloquently summarizes the case for single payer: myriad serious failings of current insurance, vs. a system that provides health care for all, saving money in the process. Human rights over profits. Reversing Vertical Merger-Mania in Health Care May 15, 2024 Insurer ownership of clinical practices distorts US health care, enabling profit-taking from government funds, patients, and independent providers. A new report outlines policy and regulatory actions to reverse these trends, consistent with progressive Biden administration anti-trust philosophy and with single payer. News Flash: Other Wealthy Nations Have Better Health Coverage Than US May 8, 2024 Aaron Carroll, a prominent health policy analyst, blogs that “All other high-income countries have … a system of universal coverage” and discusses how they do it. Excellent start. We note the key shared features that smooth system functioning for patients and providers. Cutting Back Medicare & Medicaid Would Kill Tens of Thousands May 1, 2024 Analysis by a team based at Yale University finds that proposals to delay Medicare eligibility, undo COVID Medicaid growth, and impose work requirements on Medicaid would result in an estimated 25,000 – 33,000 additional deaths in coming years, as well as increasing morbidity for hundreds of thousands. 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. Posts pagination Newer 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 Older
