Topics Quote of the Day Short Definition Definition goes here. 499 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 15 16 17 18 19 … 50 Older Choice and competition in the insurance marketplace is not an effective alternative to single payer August 21, 2020 Post By Brian J. Miller Robert E. Moffit Health Affairs Blog, August 20, 2020 The renewed national health care debate represents a conflict of visions of how to create better value: government central planning versus patient-centered, consumer-driven competition. Market-driven approaches based upon defined-contribution financing (premium support), the states as insurance laboratories, and addressing the employer-sponsored insurance […] Quote of the Day ACOs fail their math test August 20, 2020 Post McKinsey & Company, August 19, 2020 This article is a collaboration by Nikhil R. Sahni, a partner in McKinsey’s Boston office; Rachel Groh, a consultant in the Boston office; David Nuzum, a senior partner in the New York office; and Michael Chernew, a professor at Harvard Medical School and the Chair of Medicare Payment Advisory […] Quote of the Day Crisis in health insurance coverage and its affordability August 19, 2020 Post By Sara R. Collins, Munira Z. Gunja, and Gabriella N. Aboulafia The Commonwealth Fund, August 19, 2020 The survey began on January 14, 2020 — just before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. We interviewed a nationally representative sample of 4,272 adults ages 19 to 64 about their health insurance coverage […] Quote of the Day Bruce Bartlett on the strawman of socialism August 18, 2020 Post The ideology that Republicans love to hate is woven through the fabric of the country. By Bruce Bartlett The New Republic, August 17, 2020 The essence of the Republican attack is to lie about the nature of socialism, grossly exaggerating its negative excesses while completely ignoring its positive effects. When they are forced to concede […] Quote of the Day Tsung-Mei Cheng brings us lessons from Taiwan August 17, 2020 Post By Tsung-Mei Cheng New York Daily News, August 14, 2020 U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar was in Taiwan this week for what was the highest-level meeting between the U.S. and Taiwan in decades. A focus of his trip was to highlight Taiwan’s success in combating COVID-19 and “cooperate with the U.S. to […] Quote of the Day Society of General Internal Medicine joins the cause August 14, 2020 Post Society of General Internal Medicine recommends U.S. implement universal health coverage, a sign of the medical profession’s growing support for Medicare-for-All reform Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) today applauded the Society of General Internal Medicine’s (SGIM) endorsement of Medicare-for-All reform. SGIM is an internal medical association representing more than 3,300 of the world’s […] Quote of the Day Trump’s expansion of short-term plans is criminal August 13, 2020 Post Committee on Energy and Commerce, Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. Subcommittee on Health, Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Chair Diana DeGette U.S. House of Representatives, Democratic Staff Report, June 2020 Executive Summary (excerpts) The Committee’s investigation finds that the Trump Administration’s policy of expanding these dangerous, unregulated plans presents a threat to […] Quote of the Day Rationale of the ‘Make Billionaires Pay Act’: It’s good for our health August 12, 2020 Post By Bernie Sanders The Guardian, August 11, 2020 We are in the middle of an extraordinary moment in American history: a public health crisis, the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, the existential threat of climate change and a president who is moving our country in an authoritarian direction. In the midst of all […] Quote of the Day Financial integration is not associated with better quality August 11, 2020 Post By Elliott S. Fisher, Stephen M. Shortell, A. James O’Malley, Taressa K. Fraze, Andrew Wood, Marisha Palm, Carrie H. Colla, Meredith B. Rosenthal, Hector P. Rodriguez, Valerie A. Lewis, Steven Woloshin, Nilay Shah, and Ellen Meara Health Affairs, August 2020 Abstract Health systems continue to grow in size. Financial integration—the ownership of hospitals or physician […] Quote of the Day John Geyman explains the ‘new normal’ we urgently need in health care August 10, 2020 Post Foundation of a ‘New Normal’ In U.S. Health Care By John Geyman, M.D. Note to the Reader: In his famous pamphlet, Common Sense, written for the people of the Thirteen Colonies in 1775-1776, Thomas Paine made a strong case – based on simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense – to gain independence from England. […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 15 16 17 18 19 … 50 Older More questions about this topic?Chat with our Ai Bot!
