Topics Quote of the Day Short Definition Definition goes here. 499 items Posts navigation Newer 1 … 35 36 37 38 39 … 50 Older Influential chief executives of health systems are bringing us more managed care November 11, 2019 Post By Adam L. Logeman, MS, Oscar Ponce, MD, Neri Álvarez-Villalobos, MD, Victor M. Montori, MD, MSc Mayo Clinic Proceedings, November 2019 The health care system in the United States is capable of both health care excellence and pricing people out of care. Key individuals can exert influence on public and private discourse, policies, and actions […] Quote of the Day Half of Medicare beneficiaries with serious illness face financial hardship November 8, 2019 Post By Michael Anne Kyle, Robert J. Blendon, John M. Benson, Melinda K. Abrams, and Eric C. Schneider Health Affairs, November 2019 Abstract In a national survey, seriously ill Medicare beneficiaries described financial hardships resulting from their illness—despite high beneficiary satisfaction with Medicare overall and the fact that many have supplemental insurance. About half reported a […] Quote of the Day The Americanization of England’s NHS: HMOs, ACOs and all November 7, 2019 Post By John Furse London Review of Books, November 7, 2019 The Americanisation of the NHS is not something waiting for us in a post-Brexit future. It is already in full swing. Since 2017 Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) have been taking over the purchasing as well as the provision of NHS services in England, deciding who […] Quote of the Day The economic consequences of millennial health November 6, 2019 Post By Moody’s Analytics BlueCross BlueShield, November 6, 2019 In the course of the last several years, millennials have shown that they are very different from previous generations in a number of ways. Defined as the generation born from 1981 to 1996, they are the largest, most educated, and most connected generation the world has ever […] Quote of the Day Trump administration erects barriers to children’s health care November 5, 2019 Post By Lexi Churchill ProPublica, October 31, 2019 In early August, Elizabeth Petersen was home-schooling her children in the kitchen of their northern Idaho home when she got a call from Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, where her 4-year-old son, Paul, was set to have surgery a few weeks later. Since having a stroke around his […] Quote of the Day The myth of a physician exodus under Medicare for All November 4, 2019 Post By Aaron Carroll, M.D. JAMA Forum, October 30, 2019 As “Medicare for all” gains steam in the Democratic primary, many physicians are concerned about reduced revenues from the program compared with private insurance. Even an expansion of the program, as many candidates’ plans call for “Medicare for more,” causes angst. Inevitably, some physicians will threaten […] Quote of the Day Elizabeth Warren’s proposal for Medicare for All November 1, 2019 Post By Elizabeth Warren Medium, November 1, 2019 There are two absolute non-negotiables when it comes to health care: One: No American should ever, ever die or go bankrupt because of health care costs. No more GoFundMe campaigns to pay for care. No more rationing insulin. No more choosing between medicine and groceries. Two: Every American […] Quote of the Day Some employers now recognize the detrimental impact of high-deductible plans October 31, 2019 Post By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News, October 29, 2019 Everything old is new again. As open enrollment gets underway for next year’s job-based health insurance coverage, some employees are seeing traditional plans offered alongside or instead of the plans with sky-high deductibles that may have been their only choice in the past. Some employers say […] Quote of the Day Harvard survey on beliefs about health insurance reform October 30, 2019 Post The Commonwealth Fund, The New York Times, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, October 2019 Reforming the U.S. health insurance system has become a major issue in the upcoming presidential election, both in primaries and likely in the general election. There are a number of different health care reform proposals that have been put […] Quote of the Day CRFB’s irresponsible report on financing Medicare for All October 29, 2019 Post Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, October 28, 2019 In the coming months, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget will publish a detailed analysis describing numerous ways to finance Medicare for All and the consequences and trade-offs associated with each choice. This paper provides our preliminary estimates of the magnitude of each potential change […] Quote of the Day Posts navigation Newer 1 … 35 36 37 38 39 … 50 Older More questions about this topic?Chat with our Ai Bot!
