Posts All of our commentary in one spot. You can also browse by topics or search. 431 posts in this category Posts pagination Newer 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 44 Older May Day 2028 National Strike: Focus on Medicare for All April 5, 2024 Prominent labor leader Shawn Fain has proposed a national strike of unionized workers four years from now, to highlight and advance the needs of workers and their families. This riveting vision will be super-charged with a focus on unified public funding of health care. MAGA Mike Johnson Explores Medicare for All April 1, 2024 GOP Representative Mike Johnson, aiming to gain Dem support for his threatened position as Speaker, told a reporter he is willing to consider Medicare for All. He said that universal public insurance works well in countries with robust market economies and even conservative governments. In Health Care, Fake Good News Beats Disaster March 27, 2024 The Affordable Care Act is far from perfect, we hear again. That’s true. But health insurance with the GOP in power would be far worse, and would cut off the potential for truly effective comprehensive health care financing reform. Private Equity Takeover of Emergency Care = Moral Injury March 21, 2024 Three activist physicians fighting to wrest the harmful control of emergency departments from private equity offer their heartfelt perspectives in this excellent short video. The Burdens of Prior Authorization March 15, 2024 The NY Times posted a powerful video editorial on the major distraction, high cost, doctor-frustrating, and patient-harming effects of rising prior authorization requirements by private health insurers. Private Equity vs. Health Care March 11, 2024 Private equity in health care is causing widespread problems. Regulation is not the solution. Comprehensive reform with a lead public role is. Medicare Advantage Worsens Coverage March 6, 2024 A national survey of Medicare beneficiaries quantifies the coverage experience. Bottom line: Medicare Advantage (MA) underperforms traditional Medicare for most metrics. MA has more care delays and financial barriers, and similar care coordination burden, despite massive overpayment of MA plans. Medicare Advantage: How Private Insurers Exploit Medicare March 2, 2024 An excellent interview with the former head of CMS, which oversees Medicare, lays out how Medicare Advantage insurers manipulate costs and quality, grabbing massive profits from public funds with no clinical benefits for patients. He wants its growth stopped and its problems fixed. Veterans Care Under Attack February 26, 2024 An article in the American Prospect lays out how the Veterans Health Administration public approach to care – effective & efficient – is under siege, pushed at great cost to privatization. Not only by the proposed GOP/MAGA gutting, but by a complicit current administration. Failure to Address Homelessness Harms Health February 23, 2024 Finland is effectively addressing issues of homelessness, says a new report. Being unhoused is associated with health problems and high medical costs. Yet homelessness is growing in the US, despite our massive resources. We must seriously address this problem. Posts pagination Newer 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 44 Older
