Author Jim Kahn Frequently asked questions. 84 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 6 7 8 9 Older The Hazards of Private Equity July 12, 2023 Summary: Dr. Glaucomflecken efficiently & amusingly skewers private equity. Plus a technical report … How to Ace Your Private Equity Interview(2-minute YouTube video)Dr. Glaucomflecken “rapid maximal extraction of wealth by any means necessary” Comment by: Jim Kahn Dr. Glaucomflecken, in his usual concise, elegant, and entertaining style, precisely captures how private equity ownership of provider […] Federal Actions Leave in Place a Flawed Health Insurance System July 10, 2023 Summary: The White House announced several actions to improve health care financial protections for consumers. Left in place is a fragmented and dysfunctional health insurance system which imposes massive burdens on consumers. Time for single payer! President Biden Announces New Actions to Lower Health Care Costs and Protect Consumers from Scam Insurance Plans and Junk […] Ah the Price of Dealing with Medical Insurance! July 7, 2023 Summary: We all spend too much time as patients wrangling medical billing. Here’s one creative approach to accounting for that. Disappears with single payer, of course. Billing the Hospital Billing DepartmentThe New YorkerJuly 3, 2023By Kendra Allenby Late-stage capitalism getting you down? Try this fun, D.I.Y. fix—sending your own personalized bill to the hospital billing […] Linking Democracy & Health Care for All July 4, 2023 Summary: Democracy and health intersect and interact. Threats to one are threats to both. On this July 4th, let’s recognize these links, and redouble efforts to strengthen democracy by strengthening our health system … with single payer. Health care for all, not for the few who stand to profit the most. Threats to Democracy Are […] Physicians as a Leading Force for Progressive Change July 2, 2023 Summary: Eric Reinhart brilliantly issues a call for physicians – long a conservative force in health care – to expand their political horizon from their own recent labor awakening to join the progressive movement to transform our desperately ailing health system. The Political Education of US PhysiciansJAMA Network OpenJune 27, 2023By Eric Reinhart Since the […] Subpar Consumer Experiences with Health Insurance June 27, 2023 Summary: Surprise, surprise – our fragmented, profit-driven, gap-permeated health insurance “system” leads to terrible consumer experiences accessing health care. It’s time, finally, to adopt a simple, efficient and generous solution – single payer. Survey of Consumer Experiences with Health InsuranceKFFJune 15, 2023By Karen Pollitz, et al. Key Findings * Most insured adults give their health […] Learning from Other Countries June 15, 2023 An excellent op-ed in the New York Times properly highlights lessons from other wealthy nations. Diving deeper into those examples reveals that single payer is the only plausible path to achieving efficient and equitable health care financing in the US. Efficiency Gone Astray in Health Care June 3, 2023 Our medical system defines efficiency as maximizing revenue-generating care. This compromises clinical interactions and indeed access to care, as highlighted in today’s excerpts. Single payer defines efficiency as eliminating wasteful non-clinical tasks and paying fair prices … to achieve universal access to high quality care. Medicare-for-All Legislation in the Senate & House May 18, 2023 Senator Bernie Sanders & Representative Pramila Jayapal re-introduced their Medicare-for-All bills on May 17th. Although prospects for passage are low this Congress, enthusiasm for organizing is high. By including everyone in health care, we save money. If only the Right and Left could unite on this eminently practical solution to our health care mess. Insane Drug Prices & Gaming = Huge Profits for Pharma & PBMs May 13, 2023 Two news items this week lay bare US drug cost problems. The underlying cause is prices several-fold higher than elsewhere. Exacerbating that is convoluted gaming – moving money around to boost and retain profits. Who wins? Pharma and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (partnered with insurers). And loses? The rest of us. Posts pagination Newer 1 … 6 7 8 9 Older
