Friday, July 28, 2017
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
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Saturday, July 22, 2017
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Thursday, July 20, 2017
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Doctor’s Tip: How insurers resist improving health care | PostIndependent.com
Doctor’s Tip: How insurers resist improving health care | PostIndependent.com
"Insurance companies see their job not as improving our health but as improving their bottom line, making CEOs rich and investors happy."
"Insurance companies see their job not as improving our health but as improving their bottom line, making CEOs rich and investors happy."
Monday, July 17, 2017
Bruce Montplaisir: Presidential values | Local | winonadailynews.com
Bruce Montplaisir: Presidential values | Local | winonadailynews.com
Love this statement:
"What’s wrong with a health plan where if you get sick or injured your medical needs get addressed, without you having to guess which illness or which injury you are going to have so you get a policy that will cover your unknown future needs? Does that sound like a single-payer system? The people Congress consulted with on health care are insurance companies who are in business to make money not provide health care."
Love this statement:
"What’s wrong with a health plan where if you get sick or injured your medical needs get addressed, without you having to guess which illness or which injury you are going to have so you get a policy that will cover your unknown future needs? Does that sound like a single-payer system? The people Congress consulted with on health care are insurance companies who are in business to make money not provide health care."
Sunday, July 16, 2017
Friday, July 14, 2017
Want National Health Insurance? Dump the Term ‘Single Payer’—and ‘Medicare for All’ Too | The Nation
Want National Health Insurance? Dump the Term ‘Single Payer’—and ‘Medicare for All’ Too | The
Nation
".....no one I’ve ever interviewed in another country talks about their health systems in such narrow, self-interested terms as Americans do.
Changing the narrative won’t be easy. Americans don’t want their money used to pay for someone else’s insurance, although that kind of cross-subsidization is central to Medicare, a point that has never been made clear to beneficiaries or the general public.
....Half don’t want to pay for other people’s health care.
....changing the discourse around health insurance. Shifting the language to “guaranteed lifetime coverage for all” can’t help but push that change along."
Nation
".....no one I’ve ever interviewed in another country talks about their health systems in such narrow, self-interested terms as Americans do.
Changing the narrative won’t be easy. Americans don’t want their money used to pay for someone else’s insurance, although that kind of cross-subsidization is central to Medicare, a point that has never been made clear to beneficiaries or the general public.
....Half don’t want to pay for other people’s health care.
....changing the discourse around health insurance. Shifting the language to “guaranteed lifetime coverage for all” can’t help but push that change along."
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Don’t Leave Health Care to a Free Market - The New York Times
Don’t Leave Health Care to a Free Market - The New York Times
Great message! So obvious but all too often hidden from our public views.
Great message! So obvious but all too often hidden from our public views.
Monday, July 10, 2017
How Much Is a Dead Poor Person Worth to the Wealthy? $3 Million
How Much Is a Dead Poor Person Worth to the Wealthy? $3 Million
"There is a cost in lives for a lack of healthcare. How many additional people die a year is up for some debate by experts. Numbers range from 18,000 to almost 45,000, and that's at current population levels. But they agree that more people die when healthcare isn't available.
So, assume the population won't go up and that the estimated number who will die is on the low end of the spectrum. The repeal or delay of taxes is expected to be $541 billion over ten years, or an average $54.1 billion a year. Divide that by 18,000 and you get about $3 million a person. Each person will be allowed to die so that taxes can decrease and that the wealthiest can collectively retain that much money."
Saturday, July 8, 2017
Attack of the Republican Decepticons - The New York Times
Attack of the Republican Decepticons - The New York Times
"The main story here is very simple: In order to free up money for tax cuts,
G.O.P. plans would drastically cut Medicaid spending relative to current law, and they would also cut insurance subsidies, making private insurance unaffordable for many people not eligible for Medicaid."
"The main story here is very simple: In order to free up money for tax cuts,
G.O.P. plans would drastically cut Medicaid spending relative to current law, and they would also cut insurance subsidies, making private insurance unaffordable for many people not eligible for Medicaid."
The dumbest criticism of single payer health care - The Washington Post
The dumbest criticism of single payer health care - The Washington Post
"Most people....aren’t hoping for some glorious Randian future where the noble rich get health coverage and the weak and sick are left to their own devices. That may be Paul Ryan’s fantasy, but for most people, it’s a nightmare."
"Most people....aren’t hoping for some glorious Randian future where the noble rich get health coverage and the weak and sick are left to their own devices. That may be Paul Ryan’s fantasy, but for most people, it’s a nightmare."
Friday, July 7, 2017
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Tale of Two Nations: The Way Ahead | Medpage Today
Tale of Two Nations: The Way Ahead | Medpage Today
This is the last of a five part series. The links to 1-4 are at the bottom of that page.
If you want to read all five and have it available off line or to print, check out this:
Tale of Two Nations Series
This is the last of a five part series. The links to 1-4 are at the bottom of that page.
If you want to read all five and have it available off line or to print, check out this:
Tale of Two Nations Series
'Single-Payer' Healthcare Isn't Necessary -- But Single Pricing Is
'Single-Payer' Healthcare Isn't Necessary -- But Single Pricing Is
Talks about how to achieve universal health coverage via single pricing. Interesting take on the issues.
Talks about how to achieve universal health coverage via single pricing. Interesting take on the issues.
Monday, July 3, 2017
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Saturday, July 1, 2017
State Single Payer And Medicaid Buy-In: A Look At California, New York, And Nevada
State Single Payer And Medicaid Buy-In: A Look At California, New York, And Nevada
The media does not
dig into this enough to know just how ingrained private for profit
companies are in the current Medicare and Medicaid systems and how
they are hidden in the proposals outlined here. Those corporations
currently make profits off of Medicare and Medicaid. The programs
originally were intended to be public with government setting rates
and paying vendors who agreed to sign up. Now the hidden system
(unaccountable as to finances as well) is that the government pays
the insurance company a per person fee who in turn is the one to pay
the vendors in their network for the covered services. My point is
that the politicians are being paid millions to keep the private for
profit insurance companies in the game and doing so even in the
proposals. For example, in CA Kaiser Permanente will stand to make
out like a bandit with their proposal for single payer.
dig into this enough to know just how ingrained private for profit
companies are in the current Medicare and Medicaid systems and how
they are hidden in the proposals outlined here. Those corporations
currently make profits off of Medicare and Medicaid. The programs
originally were intended to be public with government setting rates
and paying vendors who agreed to sign up. Now the hidden system
(unaccountable as to finances as well) is that the government pays
the insurance company a per person fee who in turn is the one to pay
the vendors in their network for the covered services. My point is
that the politicians are being paid millions to keep the private for
profit insurance companies in the game and doing so even in the
proposals. For example, in CA Kaiser Permanente will stand to make
out like a bandit with their proposal for single payer.
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