Topics Quote of the Day Short Definition Definition goes here. 499 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 50 Older Have high deductibles slowed spending growth? December 1, 2020 Post By Claudio Lucarelli, Molly Frean, Aliza S. Gordon, Lynn M. Hua, and Mark Pauly National Bureau of Economic Research, November 2020 Abstract The growth of health care spending has been a longstanding policy concern. Over the years, several innovations have been proposed to lower levels of health care spending; however, their impact has been limited […] Quote of the Day Message from PNHP President Susan Rogers on our vision for the future November 30, 2020 Post PNHP, November 30, 2020 Dear single-payer supporter, While the dust settles from the elections, many PNHP members are thinking about what the coming year means for Medicare for All. As your new national president, I want to share with you my top five priorities for 2021, both for PNHP as an organization and for our […] Quote of the Day Vermont Medical Society endorses single payer November 27, 2020 Post By Clare Fauke PNHP, November 23, 2020 The Vermont Medical Society (VMS) overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution supporting a single-payer national health program, also known as Medicare for All, at its annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 7. The VMS, which represents 2,400 Vermont physicians and physician assistants, is only the second state medical society in the […] Quote of the Day Fauci Awards: Special thanks on this Thanksgiving Day November 25, 2020 Post Video by Adam Westbrook and Emily Holzknecht The New York Times, November 25, 2020 The Fauci Awards (6 minute video): https://www.nytimes.com… Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. As a resident of Orange County, California, I want to give my special thanks to Dr. Nichole Quick, who appears in this video. Our home looks down on Dana […] Quote of the Day Current Affairs: Why Private Health Insurance Makes No Sense November 24, 2020 Post By Nathan J. Robinson Current Affairs, November 21, 2020 Everyone has health, everyone needs healthcare. It is in all of our interest to have as good of healthcare as possible, delivered as inexpensively as feasible. We should all want it to be easy to get the care we need, and for nobody to fret about […] Quote of the Day Will telemedicine improve acute care management? November 23, 2020 Post Momentum is gathering for telemedicine, which could alleviate a longstanding problem: wait times. By Austin Frakt The New York Times, November 23, 2020 The pandemic may present an opportunity to reshape the future of emergency medicine. The coronavirus has already prompted health care leaders to rethink how to deliver care to make the most of […] Quote of the Day AMA recognizes racism as a threat to public health November 20, 2020 Post The AMA and its House of Delegates overwhelmingly voted for the first time to adopt policies that name and act on racism as a public health threat. By Aletha Maybank Essence, November 18, 2020 Betsey, Lucy, and Anarcha. The names of three enslaved women were memorialized on screen during the third episode of the first […] Quote of the Day President Obama on trading off health policy for political victory November 19, 2020 Post The story behind the Obama Administration’s most enduring—and most contested—legacy: Reforming American health care By Barack Obama The New Yorker, October 26, 2020, Published November 2, 2020 When I think back to those early conversations, it’s hard to deny my overconfidence. I was convinced that the logic of health-care reform was so obvious that even […] Quote of the Day Patients delay care because of ‘liquidity sensitivity’ (i.e., no money in their pockets) November 18, 2020 Post By Tal Gross, Timothy Layton & Daniel Prinz National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2020 Abstract Some consumers lack the cash needed to pay for medical care. As a result, they either delay care until they can pay for it or they forgo the care altogether. To test for such a possibility, we study the […] Quote of the Day Employer-sponsored defined contribution health benefits are here! November 17, 2020 Post Willis Towers Watson, November 16, 2020 Individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs), a new employer-sponsored health care benefit program for active employees that became available this year, are drawing the attention of U.S. employers, particularly wholesale and retail employers and those in education and the public sector. This is according to new research by Willis […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 50 Older More questions about this topic?Chat with our Ai Bot!
