Posts All of our commentary in one spot. You can also browse by topics or search. 420 posts in this category Posts pagination Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 42 Older Not-for-Profit Care Begets Profits July 29, 2024 In our profit-permeated health care system, even charitable care often covers for raking in massive profits and exorbitant CEO salaries. Medicare for All Prospects in a New Presidential Administration July 23, 2024 Medicare for All received partial and ambiguous endorsement in the past by one presidential candidate. The major challenge ahead is achieving overwhelming and irresistible public support for the pure single payer system we need. Three Crumbling Health Insurance Pillars July 19, 2024 Three recent stories remind us that fundamental pillars of successful health insurance – affordability, provider payment, and use of resources for care – are egregiously failing. Critiquing Project 2025: Medicare July 13, 2024 Project 2025 proposes building Medicare Advantage and value-based care, and an all-in focus on free market methods proven not to work in health care. It’s a recipe for increasing costs and maximizing profits for corporations. FTC: PBMs Inflate Drug Costs & Punish Local Pharmacies July 10, 2024 A landmark Federal Trade Commission report finds that pharmacy benefit managers – large corporations which control 90% of US prescriptions – routinely adopt aggressive business practices that increase costs for consumers and financially penalize local pharmacies. Critiquing Project 2025: Private Health Insurance July 7, 2024 Project 2025 proposes changes to private insurance that will remove important protections put in place by the Affordable Care Act. Critiquing Project 2025: Medicaid June 29, 2024 Project 2025 lays out a sweeping reform plan for Medicaid, couched in mysterious bureaucratic jargon. We reveal the true intent: cut health care for the poor. Critiquing Project 2025 June 26, 2024 Project 2025 proposes a deeply worrisome policy transformation. We will scrutinize these policies in coming weeks. Urgent Care Price Gaming June 18, 2024 A simple xray at a basic urgent care clinic is inexpensive, right? Not when owners exploit payment rules to charge sky-high hospital prices for a service delivered in the mall. Gaming the system is the name of the game for our current profit-obsessed health care system. Time to switch to single payer! Time, Supply, and Single Payer June 16, 2024 Expanding the supply of health care to increase competition will not control costs or cure our health system woes. Health care is unlike other economic markets. The solution is need-based expansion and efficient use of capacity to meet medical needs. Single payer and public ownership offer the tools. Posts pagination Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 42 Older
