Topics Quote of the Day Short Definition Definition goes here. 499 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 28 29 30 31 32 … 50 Older Gov. Newsom on homelessness and health February 20, 2020 Post Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom, February 19, 2020 The California Dream is for all. To that end, there are 1.6 million fewer Californians living in poverty today than in 2011—a full quarter of the nation’s decrease. But no amount of progress can camouflage the most pernicious crisis in our midst, the ultimate manifestation of […] Quote of the Day Publicly traded health insurers have taken over February 19, 2020 Post By Shelby Livingston Modern Healthcare, February 18, 2020 The largest publicly traded health insurers grew profits by a combined 66% in 2019, driven by the massive mergers and acquisitions several of them completed the year before. Those deals boosted the group of seven companies’ collective net income to $35.6 billion, according to Modern Healthcare’s analysis […] Quote of the Day Locked out of trading in your Medicare Advantage plan for a Medigap plan February 18, 2020 Post By Cheryl Clark MedPage Today, December 3, 2019 Like many of the 22 million seniors now enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, Tom Mills belatedly discovered its dirty little secret. Also called Part C, these plans can cover a broad array of health services at low cost — that is, until one gets sick, at […] Quote of the Day 13% reduction in health care costs projected for Sanders Medicare-for-All Act February 17, 2020 Post By Alison Galvani, Alyssa Parpia, Eric Foster, Burton Singer, and Meagan Fitzpatrick Lancet, February 15, 2020 Abstract … Efforts are ongoing to repeal the Affordable Care Act which would exacerbate health-care inequities. By contrast, a universal system, such as that proposed in the Medicare for All Act, has the potential to transform the availability and […] Quote of the Day Americans agree on reforming health care but undecided on how February 14, 2020 Post Public Agenda, February 5, 2020 The main findings from this research are: 1. Americans across political affiliations are calling for substantial changes to the health care system, including those who are satisfied with their current insurance. 2. Americans across the political spectrum share many of the same goals for health care, beginning with making it […] Quote of the Day Nevada’s Culinary Union opposes Medicare for All to the detriment of their members February 13, 2020 Post By Kate Sullivan CNN, February 12, 2020 The influential Culinary Union distributed a flier that says Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would “End Culinary Healthcare” if elected president of the United States. The flier, obtained by CNN on Tuesday, outlines where the leading 2020 Democratic candidates stand on health care, immigration and “Good Jobs.” It singles […] Quote of the Day Medicare for All could also provide pay increases for workers February 12, 2020 Post Financing Medicare for All By Gabriel Zucman January 24, 2020 Full private funding of health care is impossible because of its high costs Premiums for employer-sponsored plans are a privatized poll tax A tax because it’s mandatory (over 50 employees) and reduces wages A poll tax because all pay the same regardless of income A […] Quote of the Day The rhetorical abuse of ‘Mandatory Medicare for All’ February 11, 2020 Post Corporate Crime Reporter, February 10, 2020 National Public Radio’s Mara Liasson this weekend entered a new term into the corporate liberal establishment’s attack on single payer healthcare. Mandatory Medicare for All. As in — do you want Bernie Sanders’ Mandatory Medicare for All — or Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s Voluntary Medicare for Those Who Want It? […] Quote of the Day UCSF Symposium at Berkeley: “Medicare-for-All: How to Do it Right” – Videos and ppt February 10, 2020 Post UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences UC Berkeley, January 24, 2020 In this colloquium, we gather leaders in Medicare-for-All design from the U.S. along with international health system experts. The discussion will review current plans in Congress and from candidates, and will highlight the best approaches and trickiest issues in implementing Medicare-for-All. Program and Speakers: […] Quote of the Day Medicare Advantage revenues are 30 percent higher than their health care spending! February 7, 2020 Post By Vilsa Curto, Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, Jonathan Levin, Jay Bhattacharya American Economic Association, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, April 2019 Abstract We compare health care spending in public and private Medicare using newly available claims data from Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers. MA insurer revenues are 30 percent higher than their health care spending. Adjusting […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 28 29 30 31 32 … 50 Older More questions about this topic?Chat with our Ai Bot!
