Posts All of our commentary in one spot. You can also browse by topics or search. 418 posts in this category Modern Medicare vs. Single Payer February 21, 2025 Sadly, Medicare has been twisted into a morass of complex choices and financial vulnerability. Coverage in other nations and with single payer is simple and effective. Let’s take that path! USAID Attacked February 3, 2025 Elon Musk and his team have been set loose by President Trump to illegally shut down the most powerful US government global humanitarian effort. The financial savings are piddling, the harm massive, the need for powerful response urgent. Trump Cripples US Foreign Health Aid February 1, 2025 The incoming administration’s abrupt suspension of foreign assistance means that life-saving health services are blocked. This is unprecedented and cruel. We must protest publicly, far and wide. Ambitious Reforms of Current System: A Path to Single Payer? January 24, 2025 Prominent health policy experts propose an ambitious set of reforms to improve coverage and affordability, streamline payment, bolster primary care, and reduce the corrosive influence of profits. But without fundamental reform, can these changes succeed? Can they lead us to single payer? Private Equity Harms Patients & Providers January 19, 2025 Profit-driven provider ownership compounds the harm from profit-driven insurance. We must pursue a 3-step action plan: educate the public; persuade legislators; and implement universal public insurance with community-orientated providers. Americans Angry about Flawed Health Insurance January 7, 2025 The progressive physician voice is essential in health reform. A long-time leader of Physicians for a National Health Program comments on how the US public’s reaction to the murder of an insurance executive highlights the terrible human cost of insurance shortfalls, and calls for a public, national health program. Shareholder Dreams or Health Justice? December 31, 2024 Corporate stock buybacks on top of hundreds of billions in profits favored by shareholders, versus government-run universal health insurance as favored by two in three adults. It’s time to be “politely stern” in favor of health care coverage for all. Estimated US Deaths Associated with Health Insurance / Access to Care December 28, 2024 The US has far higher mortality than other wealthy nations. Yet the fraction associated with health insurance issues and impaired access to care is difficult to estimate, due to elevated disease risk factors. This analysis estimates 200,000 annual deaths after adjustment for high-burden US diseases, potentially representing insurance-related mortality. The Flawed Corporate Health Care Model December 15, 2024 The CEO of UnitedHealth Group wants to fix our “flawed, patchwork” health system by partnering with others. But there’s a deep paradox here: how can the fundamental weakness of the system – for-profit corporate control – be at the center of a solution? Deaths due to Willful Systemic Failings are Violent, Too December 10, 2024 The shooting a few days ago of a UnitedHealthcare insurance CEO generated, predictably, horror at interpersonal violence. It also unleashed widespread rage at the pain and harm inflicted by private health insurer practices. More than just prior authorization denials, our corporate insurance approach constitutes systemic violence, annually killing tens of thousands. Posts pagination 1 2 3 … 42 Older
