How to choose a Medicare plan: Is no monthly premium really better?

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Privatization of Medicare and Medicaid is costing us in money and in access.

Do Democrats Have A Health Care Plan?

Do Democrats Have A Health Care Plan?: Nancy Pelosi says there are three reasons the Democrats took back the House: “Health care, health care and health care.” She may be right. Half the Democratic TV ads were on health care. By one estimate, Democratic candidates spent a reported $90 million on health care ads alone.

Help us improve the Medicare-for-All bills in the House and Senate

Help us improve the Medicare-for-All bills in the House and Senate

Trump administration's plea to health care industry surprises experts - StarTribune.com

Trump administration's plea to health care industry surprises experts - StarTribune.com: It has asked for recommendations to relax rules that prohibit kickbacks and other payments intended to influence care for people on Medicare or Medicaid.

Catherine Rampell: Arkansas' Medicaid experiment has proved disastrous | Columnists | lacrossetribune.com

Catherine Rampell: Arkansas' Medicaid experiment has proved disastrous | Columnists | lacrossetribune.com: BENTONVILLE, Ark. — This summer, Arkansas became the first state to require poor people to prove they’re employed to receive Medicaid.

When Hospitals Merge to Save Money, Patients Often Pay More - The New York Times

When Hospitals Merge to Save Money, Patients Often Pay More - The New York Times: Rapid consolidation has created powerful groups of hospitals, with organizations dictating prices and fueling health spending in some areas of the country.

Koch Machine Suffers Major Losses on Its Health Care Agenda - EXPOSEDbyCMD

Koch Machine Suffers Major Losses on Its Health Care Agenda - EXPOSEDbyCMD: Koch network groups failed to stop Medicaid expansion measure in three states and lost many of its health care allies.

Lobbyist Documents Reveal Health Care Industry Battle Plan Against “Medicare for All”

Lobbyist Documents Reveal Health Care Industry Battle Plan Against “Medicare for All”: Industry groups are reprising an old strategy to take down new enthusiasm for universal health care.

Iowa Medicaid cost increases nearly triple under managed care

Iowa Medicaid cost increases nearly triple under managed care: Per-member Medicaid costs climbed an average of 1.5 percent a year before private managers took over, but 4.4 percent since then, state figures show.

Opinion | Democrats, Don’t Procrastinate on America’s Health - The New York Times

Opinion | Democrats, Don’t Procrastinate on America’s Health - The New York Times: If lawmakers hope to build on the Affordable Care Act and fix its flaws, they have to get to work now.

Doctors Are Fed Up With Being Turned Into Debt Collectors - Bloomberg

Doctors Are Fed Up With Being Turned Into Debt Collectors - Bloomberg: Physicians, hospitals and medical labs are grappling with the rise in high-deductible insurance

Single-payer health care is better than ObamaCare | TheHill

Single-payer health care is better than ObamaCare | TheHill: Single-payer is simply the most efficient and most humane way to cover everyone, including those with pre-existing conditions, which many people have through no fault of their own.

Five lessons from Canada on single-payer health care - Chicago Tribune

Five lessons from Canada on single-payer health care - Chicago Tribune: Look to Canada for lessons on health care.

Tony Evers could bring significant changes to health care in Wisconsin

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This is why access to health care means more than just covering pre-existing conditions - MarketWatch

This is why access to health care means more than just covering pre-existing conditions - MarketWatch

Obama's health insurance overhaul a winner in midterms

Obama's health insurance overhaul a winner in midterms: WASHINGTON (AP) — The personality looming over the 2018 midterms was President Donald Trump. The issue was health care, the top concern for voters as they decided how to cast their ballots. This week's election showed a nation increasingly — if belatedly — in step with former President Barack Obama's approach to it. Health care was the top issue for about one-fourth of voters, ahead of immigration and jobs and the economy, according to VoteCast, a nationwide survey of more than 115,000 voters and about 22,000 nonvoters conducted for The Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago.

Our Broken Healthcare System: How Scared Should We Be? | Medpage Today

Our Broken Healthcare System: How Scared Should We Be? | Medpage Today: Toxic political atmosphere, entrenched status quo discourage serious discussion

What’s the difference between Medicare-for-all and single-payer?

What’s the difference between Medicare-for-all and single-payer?: Across the country, catchphrases such as "single-payer" and "universal health care" are sweeping political races as Democrats tap into voter anger about GOP efforts to kill the Affordable Care Act.

Sales of ‘Ruinous’ Health Insurance Plans - The New York Times

Sales of ‘Ruinous’ Health Insurance Plans - The New York Times: The Federal Trade Commission said a Florida enterprise collected millions with a deceptive marketing scheme aimed at Americans searching for health coverage.

It's Not Just About Pre-Existing Conditions -- Medicaid Is On The Ballot Too | HuffPost

It's Not Just About Pre-Existing Conditions -- Medicaid Is On The Ballot Too | HuffPost: Health insurance for literally millions depends on what happens in the midterm elections.

Rep. Gordon Hintz: Wisconsin Republicans are lying about pre-existing conditions | Column | madison.com

Rep. Gordon Hintz: Wisconsin Republicans are lying about pre-existing conditions | Column | madison.com: No last-minute TV ad can make up for Gov. Walker’s track record on undermining health care coverage.

Insurance is Not Care

Health Insurance is Not Health Care

That is actually an Oxymoron.

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Opinion | A Voter’s Guide to Health Care - The New York Times

Opinion | A Voter’s Guide to Health Care - The New York Times: Get the facts before Election Day.