Posts All of our commentary in one spot. You can also browse by topics or search. 414 posts in this category Posts pagination Newer 1 … 21 22 23 24 25 … 42 Older REACH Won’t Fix the Equity Harms of Value-Based Care July 13, 2022 Summary: A commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine by individuals consulting for huge health care companies argues that REACH, the new corporate-focused funding mechanism for traditional Medicare, will enhance equity. Their assertion is hype, with no evidence. Single payer would guarantee equity. “REACHing” for Equity—Moving from Regressive toward Progressive Value-Based PaymentNew England Journal […] US Health Insurance Cost-Sharing Benefits Insurers & Harms the Rest of Us July 11, 2022 Summary: A chief health officer and pediatrician at Indiana University speaks plain and powerful truth about growing insurance cost-sharing – it’s designed to reward insurers, to the health and financial detriment of the insured. What’s Wrong With Health Insurance? Deductibles Are Ridiculous, for StartersNew York TimesJuly 7, 2022By Aaron E. Carroll More than 100 million […] Oh So Many Problems with Medicare Advantage July 9, 2022 A news article reports on Congressional hearings on problems with Medicare Advantage. An academic article describes big challenges and valuable public benefits lost if traditional Medicare is replaced by Medicare Advantage. Our apologies for a longer-than-usual post … too many Medicare Advantage failings to review! Risk Adjustment Private Care Outsourcing in the UK Increases Mortality July 6, 2022 Summary: An important study in the United Kingdom finds that care contracting with for-profit companies sharply raises preventable mortality. Privatization with for-profit providers threatens health outcomes in the UK and, as we have argued before, in the US. Outsourcing health-care services to the private sector and treatable mortality rates in England, 2013–20: an observational study […] Freedom in Health Care July 4, 2022 Summary: Independence Day is about celebrating freedom. Let’s contemplate the freedoms we can achieve with universal health insurance. Comment by: Jim Kahn On this day in 1776 we declared independence from Great Britain. We asserted, and soon realized, our desire to be free of overseas control and exploitation – political, religious, and financial. Thus was […] Medical Debt – Inadequacy of Mainstream Policy Options from Our Best Policy Think Tanks (Or: Public Policy Think Tanks are Not Thinking) July 2, 2022 Summary: Today’s post by a visiting blogger reflects on recent policy think tank reports on medical debt, and bemoans the lack of attention to a much-needed major financing makeover. Comment by: Ana Malinow It always goes like this: excellent reporting and analysis from the best health policy think tanks detailing how the US health care […] Geographic Predictors of Medical Debt July 1, 2022 Summary: Recently we reported on a national survey of medical debt. A new report uses credit bureau data to describe which local factors predict high levels of medical debt in collections. They are: being in the South, % of population with 4 or more chronic medical conditions, % low birth weight, % uninsured, % Black, […] Radio Break June 29, 2022 Summary: Reflection seems the order of the day. US politics are in turmoil. Health insurance problems and the need for single payer are clearer than ever. How do we put it all together? Talk World Radio: James G. Kahn on 300,000 U.S. COVID Deaths from Lack of Universal Healthcare (and other issues)28 minutes Comment by: Jim […] The Demise of Roe v. Wade, Threats to Democracy, & Single Payer June 25, 2022 Summary: Yesterday the Supreme Court reversed 50 years of abortion rights established by Roe v. Wade. This attack on reproductive rights and health is an integral part of a broader half-century undermining of our democratic system. The fights to save democracy and provide universal healthcare are linked. Letters from an American, June 24, 2022By Heather […] REACH ACO Rules & Plunder of Public Funds June 23, 2022 Summary: CMS promised that the Medicare REACH ACO program, which supplants Direct Contracting Entities as a capitated replacement of fee-for-service Medicare, would prevent using diagnostic upcoding to drive up payment rates as seen with Medicare Advantage. However, scrutiny of recent guidance to contractors, combined with past CMS regulatory failures, suggest extreme skepticism. CMS REACH ACO […] Posts pagination Newer 1 … 21 22 23 24 25 … 42 Older
