Posts All of our commentary in one spot. You can also browse by topics or search. 410 posts in this category Posts pagination Newer 1 … 33 34 35 36 37 … 41 Older Allowing For-Profit Hospice: The Worst Health Policy Idea Ever? September 20, 2021 Summary: For-profit ownership has reached two-thirds of hospice agencies. Yet for-profit status is associated with fewer services, less clinically skilled staff, more formal complaints, more discharges of sicker patients, and more hospital and emergency department use. Removing for-profit ownership is part of health reform. Hospice Tax Status and Ownership Matters for Patients and Families(behind a […] Crowdsource ideas on government role in single payer September 16, 2021 Summary: Today is an experiment: crowdsource day at Health Justice Monitor! We know that HJM readers think about healthcare reform and discuss it with family and friends, and we’d like to learn from that – garner the most persuasive arguments. Please share your ideas. If this works well, we’ll incorporate it regularly. Comment by: Jim […] Am I a Single Payer Zealot? September 15, 2021 Summary: Yes, proudly. Health Care Unions Defending Newsom From Recall Will Want Single-Payer PaybackKHN (Kaiser Health News)September 13, 2021By Angela Hart Bob Ross, president and CEO of the California Endowment, a nonprofit that works to expand health care access, is on Newsom’s single-payer commission. He said it will work through “tension” in the coming months […] A public option would perpetuate our highly dysfunctional financing system September 14, 2021 Summary: Jacob Hacker proposes Public Option 2.0 as part of Medicare and integrated into ACA marketplaces. He says it would pave the way for Medicare for All. But would it? History teaches us that it might well derail the drive for Medicare for All. Medicare for More — Why We Still Need a Public Option […] American College of Physicians on For-Profit Medicine; Mortality from For-Profit Dialysis September 13, 2021 Summary: Investor-owned care, with a focus on profit, has permeated U.S. health care. The American College of Physicians critiques this trend, but avoids a clear opposing position. Meantime, evidence accumulates of its deleterious effects on health. Financial Profit in Medicine: Position Paper from American College of PhysiciansAnnals of Internal MedicineSep 7, 2021By R Crowley et […] Remembering 9/11 and Social Cohesion September 11, 2021 Comment by: Jim Kahn Today is the 20th anniversary of the airborne terrorist attacks on the NYC Twin Towers and other US targets. The terrible events of that day brought our country together in sympathy and support for the hurt and the families of the deceased. A new era of American solidarity seemed to be […] “But can the government afford it?”: The wrong question for Medicare for All September 9, 2021 Summary: Modern Monetary Theory establishes the principles that can — indeed must — guide the federal government’s spending on essential population needs, like universal health care. The government’s fiscal tools enable these commitments, even beyond what taxes can cover. The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s EconomyBy Stephanie KeltonProfessor of […] Driving Physician Burnout: Corporate Takeover & Value-Based Care September 7, 2021 Summary: A survey of 700 US primary care physicians found burnout much less likely in solo and physician-owned (non-corporate) practices and much more likely with ACOs and other value-based care. Lesson: current health system trends are hazardous to the health of doctors … and thus harm patient care. Cultural and Structural Features of Zero-Burnout Primary […] Texas Bans Nearly All Abortions September 4, 2021 Summary: Texas passed a ban on all abortions after 6 weeks, enlisting citizens to enforce it. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court let the law stand without hearing arguments. Roe v. Wade took a huge hit. So did health care justice. Supreme Court, Breaking Silence, Won’t Block Texas Abortion LawNew York TimesSeptember 1, 2021August 23, […] Reminder from Med Students & Residents: Academic Medical Centers are Mostly AWOL in the Fight Against Racism September 3, 2021 Summary: This extensive report card about 26 medical schools found widespread deficiencies in the pursuit of racial justice in training, clinical care, policing, worker relations, and research. Despite increasing recognition of these problems, attempts to address them remain far short of vigorous. Racial Justice Report Card, 2020-2021. September 1, 2021. White Coats for Black Lives […] Posts pagination Newer 1 … 33 34 35 36 37 … 41 Older
