PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM The answer to our health care crisis is clear. We propose a publicly financed, non-profit single-payer national health program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans. THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT OF 2021 The Medicare for All Act of 2021. On March 17, 2021, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976), a landmark piece of legislation that would establish a single-payer national health program in the United States. PNHP has endorsed this bill and urges Congress to move quickly to address

decades

STRUCTURAL RACISM IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC The COVID-19 pandemic gives a face to decades of segregation, racism and structural discrimination. It forces us to look to the generations of especially Blacks/AAs, Latinxs and AI/ANs that have often endured mistreatment in all aspects of life—from limited educational and employment opportunities to high levels of poverty and environmental MARCIA ANGELL: CORONAVIRUS REINFORCES MORAL BASIS FOR The coronavirus pandemic powerfully underscores the need for a coherent national health system, in which we all pull together. Marcia Angell is a member of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and a former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. She will soon be a resident of Santa Fe. FRAUD IS RAMPANT IN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE According to private insurers participating in the Medicare Advantage program, the answer is yes. The data architecture of Medicare Advantage is vulnerable to fraud perpetrated by the Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) who administer Medicare Advantage plans. These MAOs stand to collect inflated profits if they determine that their

HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

An excerpt from correspondent T.R. Reid's book on international health care, titled "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care." There are about 200 countries on our planet, and each country devises its own set of arrangements for meeting the three basic goals of a health care system: keeping people healthy, treating the sick, and protecting families WHY AMERICANS CAN’T AFFORD HEALTH CARE: THE HISTORY Health insurance simply didn’t exist in the U.S. As we developed new treatments and standards, the quality of medical care increased, but so did the costs. Blue Cross first sold health insurance as a nonprofit in 1929. Their plan cost 50 cents a month and only covered inpatient hospital care. By 1940, only 9% of Americans had health

insurance.

WHAT IS A 'PUBLIC OPTION'? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? The existence of a public option would drive the insurance companies to compete by limiting their premiums and improving coverage. Were the public option to be successful, proponents believe it would evolve to a single-payer system. Medicare for All advocates see otherwise. WHY INSULIN IS OVERPRICED Reasons for the High Cost of Insulin. The number 1 reason for the high cost of insulin is the presence of a vulnerable population that needs insulin to survive. Second, there is virtual monopoly on insulin that has been sustained for decades. Third, there is the problem of patent

evergreening.

IS COMPETITION REALLY GOOD FOR HEALTH CARE? Clearly, the business model — competition and making a profit — is not always appropriate. The competitive model for health care is a terrible idea — inefficient, immoral, and colossally expensive. A recent study estimated that a single-payer system would save $592 billion in administrative and pharmaceutical costs. PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM The answer to our health care crisis is clear. We propose a publicly financed, non-profit single-payer national health program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans. THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT OF 2021 The Medicare for All Act of 2021. On March 17, 2021, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976), a landmark piece of legislation that would establish a single-payer national health program in the United States. PNHP has endorsed this bill and urges Congress to move quickly to address

decades

STRUCTURAL RACISM IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC The COVID-19 pandemic gives a face to decades of segregation, racism and structural discrimination. It forces us to look to the generations of especially Blacks/AAs, Latinxs and AI/ANs that have often endured mistreatment in all aspects of life—from limited educational and employment opportunities to high levels of poverty and environmental MARCIA ANGELL: CORONAVIRUS REINFORCES MORAL BASIS FOR The coronavirus pandemic powerfully underscores the need for a coherent national health system, in which we all pull together. Marcia Angell is a member of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and a former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. She will soon be a resident of Santa Fe. FRAUD IS RAMPANT IN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE According to private insurers participating in the Medicare Advantage program, the answer is yes. The data architecture of Medicare Advantage is vulnerable to fraud perpetrated by the Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) who administer Medicare Advantage plans. These MAOs stand to collect inflated profits if they determine that their

HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

An excerpt from correspondent T.R. Reid's book on international health care, titled "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care." There are about 200 countries on our planet, and each country devises its own set of arrangements for meeting the three basic goals of a health care system: keeping people healthy, treating the sick, and protecting families WHY AMERICANS CAN’T AFFORD HEALTH CARE: THE HISTORY Health insurance simply didn’t exist in the U.S. As we developed new treatments and standards, the quality of medical care increased, but so did the costs. Blue Cross first sold health insurance as a nonprofit in 1929. Their plan cost 50 cents a month and only covered inpatient hospital care. By 1940, only 9% of Americans had health

insurance.

WHAT IS A 'PUBLIC OPTION'? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? The existence of a public option would drive the insurance companies to compete by limiting their premiums and improving coverage. Were the public option to be successful, proponents believe it would evolve to a single-payer system. Medicare for All advocates see otherwise. WHY INSULIN IS OVERPRICED Reasons for the High Cost of Insulin. The number 1 reason for the high cost of insulin is the presence of a vulnerable population that needs insulin to survive. Second, there is virtual monopoly on insulin that has been sustained for decades. Third, there is the problem of patent

evergreening.

IS COMPETITION REALLY GOOD FOR HEALTH CARE? Clearly, the business model — competition and making a profit — is not always appropriate. The competitive model for health care is a terrible idea — inefficient, immoral, and colossally expensive. A recent study estimated that a single-payer system would save $592 billion in administrative and pharmaceutical costs. PNHP NEWSLETTER SUMMER 2021 About PNHP. Mission Statement; Board and Staff; Speakers Bureau; Local Chapters; Students for a National Health Program; Contact Us; Privacy

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POINT / COUNTERPOINT: THE STATE-BASED UNIVERSAL HEALTH Point: Medicare for None: A Response to the State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2021 Proponents of a state-based universal healthcare approach believe states can be incubators for change, and that ultimately, once one state shows the way, all states will

HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

An excerpt from correspondent T.R. Reid's book on international health care, titled "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care." There are about 200 countries on our planet, and each country devises its own set of arrangements for meeting the three basic goals of a health care system: keeping people healthy, treating the sick, and protecting families COVID PAYMENT BURDENS ECHO HOW U.S. HEALTH SYSTEM Insurers and Congress wrote rules to protect coronavirus patients, but the bills came anyway, leaving some mired in debt. “People think there is some relief program for medical bills for coronavirus patients,” said Jennifer Miller, a psychologist near Milwaukee who is working with a lawyer to challenge thousands in outstanding debt from two emergency room visits last year. LET’S NOT MOURN THE DEATH OF THE PUBLIC OPTION “A decade later, Joe Biden campaigned on making the public option a reality, but so far, he’s done little to get Congress to enact one. Instead of outrage, influential progressives seem to be OK watching the promise go unfilled, preferring to pursue universal health care through other means, like expanding Medicare eligibility. INSURERS THAT SQUEEZE CARE ARE KILLING THOUSANDS OF Comment: By David Himmelstein, M.D. and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H. A simple message emerges from this complex econometric analysis: insurers that skimp on paying for care (as measured by a low medical-loss ratio – the share of premiums devoted to patient care) or provide highly restrictive drug coverage, are killing their

enrollees.

TIME TO TAKE TO THE STREETS TO DEMAND MEDICARE FOR ALL! Single payer activists want Medicare for All front and center in Congress. But Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal have put the issue on the back burner. PUBLIC INSURERS PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS, FINANCIAL Access to Care, Cost of Care, and Satisfaction With Care Among Adults With Private and Public Health Insurance in the US, JAMA Network Open,

June 1, 2021, by

TIME TO ABANDON PAY FOR PERFORMANCE Comment: By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H. Pay-for-performance (P4P) is an increasingly central part of the American healthcare landscape. The Affordable Care Act added a multitude of new P4P programs to Medicare, including the Hospital Readmissions Reductions Program (HRRP) and the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program (HVBP). THE BUFFETT-BEZOS-DIMON-GAWANDE INSURANCE FAIL? A POWERFUL Was it a press release, or a declaration of war? How else to explain the media and market frenzy that followed the announcement, issued on Jan. 30, 2018, that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase — three of the nation’s largest, most high-profile, and best-run companies, then with some $534 billion in revenues between them — were teaming up to take on the ever-more-expensive THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT OF 2021 The Medicare for All Act of 2021. On March 17, 2021, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976), a landmark piece of legislation that would establish a single-payer national health program in the United States. PNHP has endorsed this bill and urges Congress to move quickly to address

decades

MARCIA ANGELL: CORONAVIRUS REINFORCES MORAL BASIS FOR The coronavirus pandemic powerfully underscores the need for a coherent national health system, in which we all pull together. Marcia Angell is a member of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and a former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. She will soon be a resident of Santa Fe. THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND SINGLE PAYER By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D.WestView News (New York City), June 2013By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D. | WestView News (New York City) The Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes referred to as Obamacare, will affect us. It is a complex area of law with many pieces. In 2010, it passed Congress with many compromises, and mostly survived a Supreme Court challenge. Here are a few of its major provisions. IMPACT OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ON PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS Those who claim that the managed care burden is diminishing should note that 86 percent of physicians report that the prior authorization burden has increased over the past five years – since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. That is a burden for both patients and their health care professionals that we need to dump. WHY AMERICANS CAN’T AFFORD HEALTH CARE: THE HISTORY Health insurance simply didn’t exist in the U.S. As we developed new treatments and standards, the quality of medical care increased, but so did the costs. Blue Cross first sold health insurance as a nonprofit in 1929. Their plan cost 50 cents a month and only covered inpatient hospital care. By 1940, only 9% of Americans had health

insurance.

IMPACT OF ACA ON EMPLOYERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES 2015 Employer-Sponsored Health Care: ACA’s ImpactInternational Foundation of Employee Benefit PlansOn March 26, 2015, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans deployed its sixth survey in a series on how single employer plans are being affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).From the Key Findings:Health Insurance ExchangesThis is yet one more highly credible report WHAT IS A 'PUBLIC OPTION'? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? The existence of a public option would drive the insurance companies to compete by limiting their premiums and improving coverage. Were the public option to be successful, proponents believe it would evolve to a single-payer system. Medicare for All advocates see otherwise. WHY INSULIN IS OVERPRICED Reasons for the High Cost of Insulin. The number 1 reason for the high cost of insulin is the presence of a vulnerable population that needs insulin to survive. Second, there is virtual monopoly on insulin that has been sustained for decades. Third, there is the problem of patent

evergreening.

IS COMPETITION REALLY GOOD FOR HEALTH CARE? Clearly, the business model — competition and making a profit — is not always appropriate. The competitive model for health care is a terrible idea — inefficient, immoral, and colossally expensive. A recent study estimated that a single-payer system would save $592 billion in administrative and pharmaceutical costs. COLORADO INFORMATION Chapter Organization. As of early 2018, Colorado has a newly chartered statewide chapter, PNHP-CO.We believe that we have the best chance in decades to pass national single-payer health care reforms, and that Colorado physicians advocating for a true single payer system can play a key role in making that happen. THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT OF 2021 The Medicare for All Act of 2021. On March 17, 2021, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976), a landmark piece of legislation that would establish a single-payer national health program in the United States. PNHP has endorsed this bill and urges Congress to move quickly to address

decades

MARCIA ANGELL: CORONAVIRUS REINFORCES MORAL BASIS FOR The coronavirus pandemic powerfully underscores the need for a coherent national health system, in which we all pull together. Marcia Angell is a member of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and a former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. She will soon be a resident of Santa Fe. THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND SINGLE PAYER By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D.WestView News (New York City), June 2013By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D. | WestView News (New York City) The Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes referred to as Obamacare, will affect us. It is a complex area of law with many pieces. In 2010, it passed Congress with many compromises, and mostly survived a Supreme Court challenge. Here are a few of its major provisions. IMPACT OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ON PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS Those who claim that the managed care burden is diminishing should note that 86 percent of physicians report that the prior authorization burden has increased over the past five years – since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. That is a burden for both patients and their health care professionals that we need to dump. WHY AMERICANS CAN’T AFFORD HEALTH CARE: THE HISTORY Health insurance simply didn’t exist in the U.S. As we developed new treatments and standards, the quality of medical care increased, but so did the costs. Blue Cross first sold health insurance as a nonprofit in 1929. Their plan cost 50 cents a month and only covered inpatient hospital care. By 1940, only 9% of Americans had health

insurance.

IMPACT OF ACA ON EMPLOYERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES 2015 Employer-Sponsored Health Care: ACA’s ImpactInternational Foundation of Employee Benefit PlansOn March 26, 2015, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans deployed its sixth survey in a series on how single employer plans are being affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).From the Key Findings:Health Insurance ExchangesThis is yet one more highly credible report WHAT IS A 'PUBLIC OPTION'? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? The existence of a public option would drive the insurance companies to compete by limiting their premiums and improving coverage. Were the public option to be successful, proponents believe it would evolve to a single-payer system. Medicare for All advocates see otherwise. WHY INSULIN IS OVERPRICED Reasons for the High Cost of Insulin. The number 1 reason for the high cost of insulin is the presence of a vulnerable population that needs insulin to survive. Second, there is virtual monopoly on insulin that has been sustained for decades. Third, there is the problem of patent

evergreening.

IS COMPETITION REALLY GOOD FOR HEALTH CARE? Clearly, the business model — competition and making a profit — is not always appropriate. The competitive model for health care is a terrible idea — inefficient, immoral, and colossally expensive. A recent study estimated that a single-payer system would save $592 billion in administrative and pharmaceutical costs. COLORADO INFORMATION Chapter Organization. As of early 2018, Colorado has a newly chartered statewide chapter, PNHP-CO.We believe that we have the best chance in decades to pass national single-payer health care reforms, and that Colorado physicians advocating for a true single payer system can play a key role in making that happen. PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM The answer to our health care crisis is clear. We propose a publicly financed, non-profit single-payer national health program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans. POINT / COUNTERPOINT: THE STATE-BASED UNIVERSAL HEALTH Point: Medicare for None: A Response to the State-Based Universal Health Care Act of 2021 Proponents of a state-based universal healthcare approach believe states can be incubators for change, and that ultimately, once one state shows the way, all states will ACA MARKETPLACE 2021 ENROLLMENT RISE IN NONEXPANSION Comment: By Isabel Ostrer, M.D. Over one million Americans have newly enrolled in Affordable Care Act marketplace plans this year. This was facilitated by President Biden expanding the enrollment period as a response to Covid-19 pandemic-caused mass unemployment and ongoing health fears for many Americans. COVID PAYMENT BURDENS ECHO HOW U.S. HEALTH SYSTEM Insurers and Congress wrote rules to protect coronavirus patients, but the bills came anyway, leaving some mired in debt. “People think there is some relief program for medical bills for coronavirus patients,” said Jennifer Miller, a psychologist near Milwaukee who is working with a lawyer to challenge thousands in outstanding debt from two emergency room visits last year. LET’S NOT MOURN THE DEATH OF THE PUBLIC OPTION “A decade later, Joe Biden campaigned on making the public option a reality, but so far, he’s done little to get Congress to enact one. Instead of outrage, influential progressives seem to be OK watching the promise go unfilled, preferring to pursue universal health care through other means, like expanding Medicare eligibility. TIME TO TAKE TO THE STREETS TO DEMAND MEDICARE FOR ALL! Single payer activists want Medicare for All front and center in Congress. But Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal have put the issue on the back burner. PUBLIC INSURERS PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS, FINANCIAL Access to Care, Cost of Care, and Satisfaction With Care Among Adults With Private and Public Health Insurance in the US, JAMA Network Open,

June 1, 2021, by

GUARANTEE COVERAGE FOR ALL MEDICALLY NECESSARY SERVICES “The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review a restrictive Mississippi law that provides a clear path to diminish Roe v. Wade’s guarantee of a woman’s right to choose an abortion. INSURERS THAT SQUEEZE CARE ARE KILLING THOUSANDS OF Comment: By David Himmelstein, M.D. and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H. A simple message emerges from this complex econometric analysis: insurers that skimp on paying for care (as measured by a low medical-loss ratio – the share of premiums devoted to patient care) or provide highly restrictive drug coverage, are killing their

enrollees.

TIME TO ABANDON PAY FOR PERFORMANCE Comment: By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H. Pay-for-performance (P4P) is an increasingly central part of the American healthcare landscape. The Affordable Care Act added a multitude of new P4P programs to Medicare, including the Hospital Readmissions Reductions Program (HRRP) and the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program (HVBP). PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM The answer to our health care crisis is clear. We propose a publicly financed, non-profit single-payer national health program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans. THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT OF 2021 The Medicare for All Act of 2021. On March 17, 2021, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976), a landmark piece of legislation that would establish a single-payer national health program in the United States. PNHP has endorsed this bill and urges Congress to move quickly to address

decades

HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

An excerpt from correspondent T.R. Reid's book on international health care, titled "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care." There are about 200 countries on our planet, and each country devises its own set of arrangements for meeting the three basic goals of a health care system: keeping people healthy, treating the sick, and protecting families MARCIA ANGELL: CORONAVIRUS REINFORCES MORAL BASIS FOR The coronavirus pandemic powerfully underscores the need for a coherent national health system, in which we all pull together. Marcia Angell is a member of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and a former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. She will soon be a resident of Santa Fe. FRAUD IS RAMPANT IN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE According to private insurers participating in the Medicare Advantage program, the answer is yes. The data architecture of Medicare Advantage is vulnerable to fraud perpetrated by the Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) who administer Medicare Advantage plans. These MAOs stand to collect inflated profits if they determine that their THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND SINGLE PAYER By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D.WestView News (New York City), June 2013By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D. | WestView News (New York City) The Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes referred to as Obamacare, will affect us. It is a complex area of law with many pieces. In 2010, it passed Congress with many compromises, and mostly survived a Supreme Court challenge. Here are a few of its major provisions. IMPACT OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ON PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS Those who claim that the managed care burden is diminishing should note that 86 percent of physicians report that the prior authorization burden has increased over the past five years – since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. That is a burden for both patients and their health care professionals that we need to dump. WHAT IS A 'PUBLIC OPTION'? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? The existence of a public option would drive the insurance companies to compete by limiting their premiums and improving coverage. Were the public option to be successful, proponents believe it would evolve to a single-payer system. Medicare for All advocates see otherwise. WHY INSULIN IS OVERPRICED Reasons for the High Cost of Insulin. The number 1 reason for the high cost of insulin is the presence of a vulnerable population that needs insulin to survive. Second, there is virtual monopoly on insulin that has been sustained for decades. Third, there is the problem of patent

evergreening.

MEDICAL BANKRUPTCY: STILL COMMON DESPITE THE AFFORDABLE bankruptcy. As part of their bankruptcyproceedings,allofour respondentshadrecentlyprepared detailed documentation of their assets, debts, and current finances, PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM The answer to our health care crisis is clear. We propose a publicly financed, non-profit single-payer national health program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans. THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT OF 2021 The Medicare for All Act of 2021. On March 17, 2021, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976), a landmark piece of legislation that would establish a single-payer national health program in the United States. PNHP has endorsed this bill and urges Congress to move quickly to address

decades

HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

An excerpt from correspondent T.R. Reid's book on international health care, titled "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care." There are about 200 countries on our planet, and each country devises its own set of arrangements for meeting the three basic goals of a health care system: keeping people healthy, treating the sick, and protecting families MARCIA ANGELL: CORONAVIRUS REINFORCES MORAL BASIS FOR The coronavirus pandemic powerfully underscores the need for a coherent national health system, in which we all pull together. Marcia Angell is a member of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and a former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. She will soon be a resident of Santa Fe. FRAUD IS RAMPANT IN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE According to private insurers participating in the Medicare Advantage program, the answer is yes. The data architecture of Medicare Advantage is vulnerable to fraud perpetrated by the Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) who administer Medicare Advantage plans. These MAOs stand to collect inflated profits if they determine that their THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND SINGLE PAYER By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D.WestView News (New York City), June 2013By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D. | WestView News (New York City) The Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes referred to as Obamacare, will affect us. It is a complex area of law with many pieces. In 2010, it passed Congress with many compromises, and mostly survived a Supreme Court challenge. Here are a few of its major provisions. IMPACT OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ON PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS Those who claim that the managed care burden is diminishing should note that 86 percent of physicians report that the prior authorization burden has increased over the past five years – since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. That is a burden for both patients and their health care professionals that we need to dump. WHAT IS A 'PUBLIC OPTION'? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? The existence of a public option would drive the insurance companies to compete by limiting their premiums and improving coverage. Were the public option to be successful, proponents believe it would evolve to a single-payer system. Medicare for All advocates see otherwise. WHY INSULIN IS OVERPRICED Reasons for the High Cost of Insulin. The number 1 reason for the high cost of insulin is the presence of a vulnerable population that needs insulin to survive. Second, there is virtual monopoly on insulin that has been sustained for decades. Third, there is the problem of patent

evergreening.

MEDICAL BANKRUPTCY: STILL COMMON DESPITE THE AFFORDABLE bankruptcy. As part of their bankruptcyproceedings,allofour respondentshadrecentlyprepared detailed documentation of their assets, debts, and current finances, ACA MARKETPLACE 2021 ENROLLMENT RISE IN NONEXPANSION Comment: By Isabel Ostrer, M.D. Over one million Americans have newly enrolled in Affordable Care Act marketplace plans this year. This was facilitated by President Biden expanding the enrollment period as a response to Covid-19 pandemic-caused mass unemployment and ongoing health fears for many Americans. INTRODUCING THE MCCANNE HEALTH JUSTICE MONITOR We are excited to bring you the first HJM blog post. Please read on to learn about our mission and (we hope) support us in the fight for achieving health justice.The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the inequities, inefficiencies, and fragility of U.S. health care

financing.

COVID PAYMENT BURDENS ECHO HOW U.S. HEALTH SYSTEM Insurers and Congress wrote rules to protect coronavirus patients, but the bills came anyway, leaving some mired in debt. “People think there is some relief program for medical bills for coronavirus patients,” said Jennifer Miller, a psychologist near Milwaukee who is working with a lawyer to challenge thousands in outstanding debt from two emergency room visits last year. LET’S NOT MOURN THE DEATH OF THE PUBLIC OPTION “A decade later, Joe Biden campaigned on making the public option a reality, but so far, he’s done little to get Congress to enact one. Instead of outrage, influential progressives seem to be OK watching the promise go unfilled, preferring to pursue universal health care through other means, like expanding Medicare eligibility. TIME TO TAKE TO THE STREETS TO DEMAND MEDICARE FOR ALL! Single payer activists want Medicare for All front and center in Congress. But Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal have put the issue on the back burner. GUARANTEE COVERAGE FOR ALL MEDICALLY NECESSARY SERVICES “The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review a restrictive Mississippi law that provides a clear path to diminish Roe v. Wade’s guarantee of a woman’s right to choose an abortion. OVERUSE AND UNDERUSE OF HEALTH CARE Right Care SeriesThe Lancet, January 8, 2017Considering the amount of money we spend on health care in the United States, we should be making special efforts to see that we spend it right. This Lancet series, “Right Care,” is helpful because it defines for us where we are not providing enough care (underuse), leaving too many with unmet health care needs, and where we are providing excess INSURERS THAT SQUEEZE CARE ARE KILLING THOUSANDS OF Comment: By David Himmelstein, M.D. and Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H. A simple message emerges from this complex econometric analysis: insurers that skimp on paying for care (as measured by a low medical-loss ratio – the share of premiums devoted to patient care) or provide highly restrictive drug coverage, are killing their

enrollees.

TIME TO ABANDON PAY FOR PERFORMANCE Comment: By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H. Pay-for-performance (P4P) is an increasingly central part of the American healthcare landscape. The Affordable Care Act added a multitude of new P4P programs to Medicare, including the Hospital Readmissions Reductions Program (HRRP) and the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program (HVBP). SINGLE PAYER MUST INCLUDE RATIONAL & COMPASSIONATE LONG Background: Persons with dementia need much care, but what care is used and how the burden of financing is divided between persons with dementia, caregivers, and THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT OF 2021 The Medicare for All Act of 2021. On March 17, 2021, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976), a landmark piece of legislation that would establish a single-payer national health program in the United States. PNHP has endorsed this bill and urges Congress to move quickly to address

decades

ARUNDHATI ROY: 'THE PANDEMIC IS A PORTAL' Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’. But unlike the flow of capital, this virus seeks proliferation, not profit, and has, therefore, inadvertently, to some extent, reversed the direction of the flow. It has mocked immigration controls, biometrics, digital surveillance and every other kind of data analytics, and struck

hardest — thus

MARCIA ANGELL: CORONAVIRUS REINFORCES MORAL BASIS FOR The coronavirus pandemic powerfully underscores the need for a coherent national health system, in which we all pull together. Marcia Angell is a member of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and a former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. She will soon be a resident of Santa Fe. WHAT IS A 'PUBLIC OPTION'? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? The existence of a public option would drive the insurance companies to compete by limiting their premiums and improving coverage. Were the public option to be successful, proponents believe it would evolve to a single-payer system. Medicare for All advocates see otherwise. THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND SINGLE PAYER By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D.WestView News (New York City), June 2013By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D. | WestView News (New York City) The Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes referred to as Obamacare, will affect us. It is a complex area of law with many pieces. In 2010, it passed Congress with many compromises, and mostly survived a Supreme Court challenge. Here are a few of its major provisions. IMPACT OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ON PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS Those who claim that the managed care burden is diminishing should note that 86 percent of physicians report that the prior authorization burden has increased over the past five years – since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. That is a burden for both patients and their health care professionals that we need to dump. IMPACT OF ACA ON EMPLOYERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES 2015 Employer-Sponsored Health Care: ACA’s ImpactInternational Foundation of Employee Benefit PlansOn March 26, 2015, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans deployed its sixth survey in a series on how single employer plans are being affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).From the Key Findings:Health Insurance ExchangesThis is yet one more highly credible report WHY AMERICANS CAN’T AFFORD HEALTH CARE: THE HISTORY Health insurance simply didn’t exist in the U.S. As we developed new treatments and standards, the quality of medical care increased, but so did the costs. Blue Cross first sold health insurance as a nonprofit in 1929. Their plan cost 50 cents a month and only covered inpatient hospital care. By 1940, only 9% of Americans had health

insurance.

WHY INSULIN IS OVERPRICED Reasons for the High Cost of Insulin. The number 1 reason for the high cost of insulin is the presence of a vulnerable population that needs insulin to survive. Second, there is virtual monopoly on insulin that has been sustained for decades. Third, there is the problem of patent

evergreening.

COLORADO INFORMATION Chapter Organization. As of early 2018, Colorado has a newly chartered statewide chapter, PNHP-CO.We believe that we have the best chance in decades to pass national single-payer health care reforms, and that Colorado physicians advocating for a true single payer system can play a key role in making that happen. THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT OF 2021 The Medicare for All Act of 2021. On March 17, 2021, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976), a landmark piece of legislation that would establish a single-payer national health program in the United States. PNHP has endorsed this bill and urges Congress to move quickly to address

decades

ARUNDHATI ROY: 'THE PANDEMIC IS A PORTAL' Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’. But unlike the flow of capital, this virus seeks proliferation, not profit, and has, therefore, inadvertently, to some extent, reversed the direction of the flow. It has mocked immigration controls, biometrics, digital surveillance and every other kind of data analytics, and struck

hardest — thus

MARCIA ANGELL: CORONAVIRUS REINFORCES MORAL BASIS FOR The coronavirus pandemic powerfully underscores the need for a coherent national health system, in which we all pull together. Marcia Angell is a member of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and a former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. She will soon be a resident of Santa Fe. WHAT IS A 'PUBLIC OPTION'? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? The existence of a public option would drive the insurance companies to compete by limiting their premiums and improving coverage. Were the public option to be successful, proponents believe it would evolve to a single-payer system. Medicare for All advocates see otherwise. THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND SINGLE PAYER By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D.WestView News (New York City), June 2013By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D. | WestView News (New York City) The Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes referred to as Obamacare, will affect us. It is a complex area of law with many pieces. In 2010, it passed Congress with many compromises, and mostly survived a Supreme Court challenge. Here are a few of its major provisions. IMPACT OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ON PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS Those who claim that the managed care burden is diminishing should note that 86 percent of physicians report that the prior authorization burden has increased over the past five years – since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. That is a burden for both patients and their health care professionals that we need to dump. IMPACT OF ACA ON EMPLOYERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES 2015 Employer-Sponsored Health Care: ACA’s ImpactInternational Foundation of Employee Benefit PlansOn March 26, 2015, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans deployed its sixth survey in a series on how single employer plans are being affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).From the Key Findings:Health Insurance ExchangesThis is yet one more highly credible report WHY AMERICANS CAN’T AFFORD HEALTH CARE: THE HISTORY Health insurance simply didn’t exist in the U.S. As we developed new treatments and standards, the quality of medical care increased, but so did the costs. Blue Cross first sold health insurance as a nonprofit in 1929. Their plan cost 50 cents a month and only covered inpatient hospital care. By 1940, only 9% of Americans had health

insurance.

WHY INSULIN IS OVERPRICED Reasons for the High Cost of Insulin. The number 1 reason for the high cost of insulin is the presence of a vulnerable population that needs insulin to survive. Second, there is virtual monopoly on insulin that has been sustained for decades. Third, there is the problem of patent

evergreening.

COLORADO INFORMATION Chapter Organization. As of early 2018, Colorado has a newly chartered statewide chapter, PNHP-CO.We believe that we have the best chance in decades to pass national single-payer health care reforms, and that Colorado physicians advocating for a true single payer system can play a key role in making that happen. PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM The answer to our health care crisis is clear. We propose a publicly financed, non-profit single-payer national health program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans. MEDICARE FOR ALL EXPLAINED PODCAST: EPISODE 57 Share on FacebookShare on Twitter June 1, 2021 Just Care USA founder and president Diane Archer explains the complicated andread more WHY AMERICANS CAN’T AFFORD HEALTH CARE: THE HISTORY Health insurance simply didn’t exist in the U.S. As we developed new treatments and standards, the quality of medical care increased, but so did the costs. Blue Cross first sold health insurance as a nonprofit in 1929. Their plan cost 50 cents a month and only covered inpatient hospital care. By 1940, only 9% of Americans had health

insurance.

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WHY INSULIN IS OVERPRICED Reasons for the High Cost of Insulin. The number 1 reason for the high cost of insulin is the presence of a vulnerable population that needs insulin to survive. Second, there is virtual monopoly on insulin that has been sustained for decades. Third, there is the problem of patent

evergreening.

MEMBER RESOURCE ARCHIVE By Roxanne Liu and Brenda Goh Physician’s Weekly, Reuters, November 30, 2019. China will use its national drug bulk-buy scheme to lower the price of drugs currently sold at higher prices compared with other markets, it said in an official statement.

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Scrooge & Marley, Inc. — The True Conservative Agenda by Thom Hartmann “That liberty which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone.” MEMBER RESOURCE ARCHIVE By Jessie Hellmann The Hill, December 10, 2019 “Medicare for All” supporters scored a victory Tuesday with a long-awaited hearing in one of the House’s most powerful committees, putting more focus on the health care proposal that has divided the field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. QUOTE OF THE DAY ARCHIVES For more than 20 years, PNHP’s Senior Health Policy Fellow Don McCanne, M.D. wrote a daily health policy update, taking an excerpt or quote from a health care news story or analysis and commenting on its significance to the single-payer movement. ARTICLES OF INTEREST ARCHIVES By Kathy Waller The Coloradoan October 1, 2007 The numbers are in, and every citizen needs to pay attention. The U.S. Census Bureau recently THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT OF 2021 The Medicare for All Act of 2021. On March 17, 2021, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976), a landmark piece of legislation that would establish a single-payer national health program in the United States. PNHP has endorsed this bill and urges Congress to move quickly to address

decades

ARUNDHATI ROY: 'THE PANDEMIC IS A PORTAL' Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’. But unlike the flow of capital, this virus seeks proliferation, not profit, and has, therefore, inadvertently, to some extent, reversed the direction of the flow. It has mocked immigration controls, biometrics, digital surveillance and every other kind of data analytics, and struck

hardest — thus

MARCIA ANGELL: CORONAVIRUS REINFORCES MORAL BASIS FOR The coronavirus pandemic powerfully underscores the need for a coherent national health system, in which we all pull together. Marcia Angell is a member of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and a former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. She will soon be a resident of Santa Fe. WHAT IS A 'PUBLIC OPTION'? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? The existence of a public option would drive the insurance companies to compete by limiting their premiums and improving coverage. Were the public option to be successful, proponents believe it would evolve to a single-payer system. Medicare for All advocates see otherwise. THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND SINGLE PAYER By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D.WestView News (New York City), June 2013By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D. | WestView News (New York City) The Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes referred to as Obamacare, will affect us. It is a complex area of law with many pieces. In 2010, it passed Congress with many compromises, and mostly survived a Supreme Court challenge. Here are a few of its major provisions. IMPACT OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ON PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS Those who claim that the managed care burden is diminishing should note that 86 percent of physicians report that the prior authorization burden has increased over the past five years – since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. That is a burden for both patients and their health care professionals that we need to dump. IMPACT OF ACA ON EMPLOYERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES 2015 Employer-Sponsored Health Care: ACA’s ImpactInternational Foundation of Employee Benefit PlansOn March 26, 2015, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans deployed its sixth survey in a series on how single employer plans are being affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).From the Key Findings:Health Insurance ExchangesThis is yet one more highly credible report WHY AMERICANS CAN’T AFFORD HEALTH CARE: THE HISTORY Health insurance simply didn’t exist in the U.S. As we developed new treatments and standards, the quality of medical care increased, but so did the costs. Blue Cross first sold health insurance as a nonprofit in 1929. Their plan cost 50 cents a month and only covered inpatient hospital care. By 1940, only 9% of Americans had health

insurance.

WHY INSULIN IS OVERPRICED Reasons for the High Cost of Insulin. The number 1 reason for the high cost of insulin is the presence of a vulnerable population that needs insulin to survive. Second, there is virtual monopoly on insulin that has been sustained for decades. Third, there is the problem of patent

evergreening.

COLORADO INFORMATION Chapter Organization. As of early 2018, Colorado has a newly chartered statewide chapter, PNHP-CO.We believe that we have the best chance in decades to pass national single-payer health care reforms, and that Colorado physicians advocating for a true single payer system can play a key role in making that happen. THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT OF 2021 The Medicare for All Act of 2021. On March 17, 2021, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976), a landmark piece of legislation that would establish a single-payer national health program in the United States. PNHP has endorsed this bill and urges Congress to move quickly to address

decades

ARUNDHATI ROY: 'THE PANDEMIC IS A PORTAL' Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’. But unlike the flow of capital, this virus seeks proliferation, not profit, and has, therefore, inadvertently, to some extent, reversed the direction of the flow. It has mocked immigration controls, biometrics, digital surveillance and every other kind of data analytics, and struck

hardest — thus

MARCIA ANGELL: CORONAVIRUS REINFORCES MORAL BASIS FOR The coronavirus pandemic powerfully underscores the need for a coherent national health system, in which we all pull together. Marcia Angell is a member of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and a former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. She will soon be a resident of Santa Fe. WHAT IS A 'PUBLIC OPTION'? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? The existence of a public option would drive the insurance companies to compete by limiting their premiums and improving coverage. Were the public option to be successful, proponents believe it would evolve to a single-payer system. Medicare for All advocates see otherwise. THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND SINGLE PAYER By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D.WestView News (New York City), June 2013By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D. | WestView News (New York City) The Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes referred to as Obamacare, will affect us. It is a complex area of law with many pieces. In 2010, it passed Congress with many compromises, and mostly survived a Supreme Court challenge. Here are a few of its major provisions. IMPACT OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ON PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS Those who claim that the managed care burden is diminishing should note that 86 percent of physicians report that the prior authorization burden has increased over the past five years – since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. That is a burden for both patients and their health care professionals that we need to dump. IMPACT OF ACA ON EMPLOYERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES 2015 Employer-Sponsored Health Care: ACA’s ImpactInternational Foundation of Employee Benefit PlansOn March 26, 2015, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans deployed its sixth survey in a series on how single employer plans are being affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).From the Key Findings:Health Insurance ExchangesThis is yet one more highly credible report WHY AMERICANS CAN’T AFFORD HEALTH CARE: THE HISTORY Health insurance simply didn’t exist in the U.S. As we developed new treatments and standards, the quality of medical care increased, but so did the costs. Blue Cross first sold health insurance as a nonprofit in 1929. Their plan cost 50 cents a month and only covered inpatient hospital care. By 1940, only 9% of Americans had health

insurance.

WHY INSULIN IS OVERPRICED Reasons for the High Cost of Insulin. The number 1 reason for the high cost of insulin is the presence of a vulnerable population that needs insulin to survive. Second, there is virtual monopoly on insulin that has been sustained for decades. Third, there is the problem of patent

evergreening.

COLORADO INFORMATION Chapter Organization. As of early 2018, Colorado has a newly chartered statewide chapter, PNHP-CO.We believe that we have the best chance in decades to pass national single-payer health care reforms, and that Colorado physicians advocating for a true single payer system can play a key role in making that happen. PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM The answer to our health care crisis is clear. We propose a publicly financed, non-profit single-payer national health program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans. MEDICARE FOR ALL EXPLAINED PODCAST: EPISODE 57 Share on FacebookShare on Twitter June 1, 2021 Just Care USA founder and president Diane Archer explains the complicated andread more WHY AMERICANS CAN’T AFFORD HEALTH CARE: THE HISTORY Health insurance simply didn’t exist in the U.S. As we developed new treatments and standards, the quality of medical care increased, but so did the costs. Blue Cross first sold health insurance as a nonprofit in 1929. Their plan cost 50 cents a month and only covered inpatient hospital care. By 1940, only 9% of Americans had health

insurance.

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WHY INSULIN IS OVERPRICED Reasons for the High Cost of Insulin. The number 1 reason for the high cost of insulin is the presence of a vulnerable population that needs insulin to survive. Second, there is virtual monopoly on insulin that has been sustained for decades. Third, there is the problem of patent

evergreening.

MEMBER RESOURCE ARCHIVE By Roxanne Liu and Brenda Goh Physician’s Weekly, Reuters, November 30, 2019. China will use its national drug bulk-buy scheme to lower the price of drugs currently sold at higher prices compared with other markets, it said in an official statement.

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Scrooge & Marley, Inc. — The True Conservative Agenda by Thom Hartmann “That liberty which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone.” MEMBER RESOURCE ARCHIVE By Jessie Hellmann The Hill, December 10, 2019 “Medicare for All” supporters scored a victory Tuesday with a long-awaited hearing in one of the House’s most powerful committees, putting more focus on the health care proposal that has divided the field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. QUOTE OF THE DAY ARCHIVES For more than 20 years, PNHP’s Senior Health Policy Fellow Don McCanne, M.D. wrote a daily health policy update, taking an excerpt or quote from a health care news story or analysis and commenting on its significance to the single-payer movement. ARTICLES OF INTEREST ARCHIVES By Kathy Waller The Coloradoan October 1, 2007 The numbers are in, and every citizen needs to pay attention. The U.S. Census Bureau recently PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM The answer to our health care crisis is clear. We propose a publicly financed, non-profit single-payer national health program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans. THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT OF 2021 The Medicare for All Act of 2021. On March 17, 2021, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976), a landmark piece of legislation that would establish a single-payer national health program in the United States. PNHP has endorsed this bill and urges Congress to move quickly to address

decades

MARCIA ANGELL: CORONAVIRUS REINFORCES MORAL BASIS FOR The coronavirus pandemic powerfully underscores the need for a coherent national health system, in which we all pull together. Marcia Angell is a member of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, and a former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. She will soon be a resident of Santa Fe. THE BUSINESS CASE FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE Oregon Business, July 3, 2019. Before business owners do battle against a dysfunctional health care system, they need common goals. And health care is indeed a big battle — Oregonians spend more on health care ($70 billion) each biennium than the U.S. military did in the Persian Gulf War ($61 billion). One part of the battle was the

Oregon

IMPACT OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ON PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS Those who claim that the managed care burden is diminishing should note that 86 percent of physicians report that the prior authorization burden has increased over the past five years – since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. That is a burden for both patients and their health care professionals that we need to dump.

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Administrative Simplification: From compliance to competitive advantageDeloitteIt has long been recognized that profound administrative waste is a unique feature of the U.S. health care system - waste that contributes to our unparalleled, sky-high health care spending. During the reform process, the subject of administrative waste was brought up repeatedly. In response, Congress

included in

ILLNESS, MEDICAL BILLS LINKED TO NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF Deborah Thorne, Ph.D. Mark Almberg, (312) 782-6006, cell: (312) 622-0996, mark@pnhp.org. Medical problems contributed to nearly two-thirds (62.1 percent) of all bankruptcies in 2007, according to a study in the August issue of the American Journal of Medicine that will be published online Thursday. The data were collected prior to

the current

IMMIGRANTS' USE OF HEALTH CARE IN THE U.S. It found that the U.S. health care system as a whole is dependent on the work of over three million immigrants, who account for 18.2 percent of all health care workers. (PNHP Quote of the Day here .) “ Implications of changing public charge immigration rules on children who need medical care ” was published July 1 2019 in JAMA

Pediatrics.

IT’S STILL THE PRICES, STUPID By Gerard F. Anderson, Peter Hussey, and Varduhi Petrosyan Health Affairs, January 2019. Abstract. A 2003 article titled “It’s the Prices, Stupid,” and coauthored by the three of us and the recently deceased Uwe Reinhardt found that the sizable differences in health spending between the US and other countries were explained mainly by

health care prices.

COLORADO INFORMATION Chapter Organization. As of early 2018, Colorado has a newly chartered statewide chapter, PNHP-CO.We believe that we have the best chance in decades to pass national single-payer health care reforms, and that Colorado physicians advocating for a true single payer system can play a key role in making that happen. PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM The answer to our health care crisis is clear. We propose a publicly financed, non-profit single-payer national health program that would fully cover medical care for all Americans. THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT OF 2021 On March 17, 2021, Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 (H.R. 1976), a landmark piece of legislation that would establish a single-payer national health program in the United States.. PNHP has endorsed this bill and urges Congress to move quickly to address decades of health-related injustices that have been made even more painfully apparent by MARCIA ANGELL: CORONAVIRUS REINFORCES MORAL BASIS FOR By Marcia Angell Santa Fe New Mexican, March 21, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic is the best argument for “Medicare for All.” As it stands, most Americans get health care only if we have insurance that

will pay for it.

IMPACT OF PRIOR AUTHORIZATION ON PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS 2017 AMA Prior Authorization Physician SurveySurvey conducted December, 2017Patient ImpactAverage wait time for PA responsesQ: In the last week, how long on average did you and your staff need to wait for a prior authorization (PA) decision from health plans?64% report waiting at least one business day30% report waiting at least three business daysCare delays associated with PAPrior THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND SINGLE PAYER By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D.WestView News (New York City), June 2013By Alec Pruchnicki, M.D. | WestView News (New York City) The Affordable Care Act (ACA), sometimes referred to as Obamacare, will affect us. It is a complex area of law with many pieces. In 2010, it passed Congress with many compromises, and mostly survived a Supreme Court challenge. Here are a few of its major provisions. THE BUSINESS CASE FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE The Business Case for Universal Health Care A Portland physician details six goals that Oregon businesses consider critical in health

care reform.

IT’S STILL THE PRICES, STUPID By Gerard F. Anderson, Peter Hussey, and Varduhi Petrosyan Health Affairs, January 2019. Abstract. A 2003 article titled “It’s the Prices, Stupid,” and coauthored by the three of us and the recently deceased Uwe Reinhardt found that the sizable differences in health spending between the US and other countries were explained mainly by

health care prices.

COLORADO INFORMATION Chapter Organization. As of early 2018, Colorado has a newly chartered statewide chapter, PNHP-CO.We believe that we have the best chance in decades to pass national single-payer health care reforms, and that Colorado physicians advocating for a true single payer system can play a key role in making that happen. ILLNESS, MEDICAL BILLS LINKED TO NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF Harvard study finds 50 percent increase from 2001 Most of those bankrupted by illness were middle class and had insurance EMBARGOED until: June 4, 2009, 12:01 a.m IMMIGRANTS' USE OF HEALTH CARE IN THE U.S. Rally to tear down barriers to care. PNHP members rallied outside of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) office in San Diego on November 9, 2018 as part of our Annual Meeting & Leadership Training.

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An excerpt from correspondent T.R. Reid's book on international health care, titled "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care." There are about 200 countries on our planet, and each country devises its own set of arrangements for meeting the three basic goals of a health care system: keeping people healthy, treating the sick, and protecting families WHY INSULIN IS OVERPRICED By Julia Belluz Vox, November 7, 2019. When inventor Frederick Banting discovered insulin in 1923, he refused to put his name on the patent. He felt it was unethical for a doctor to profit from a discovery that

would save lives.

THE MYTH THAT MEDICAL BANKRUPTCIES ARE RARE Myth and Measurement — The Case of Medical BankruptciesBy Carlos Dobkin, Ph.D., Amy Finkelstein, Ph.D., Raymond Kluender, B.S., and Matthew J. Notowidigdo, Ph.D.The New England Journal of Medicine, March 22, 2018Although our health care financing system is the most expensive in the world it all too often has failed to prevent financial hardship in the face of medical need. Insured or not

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Health Spending In The United States And The Rest Of The Industrialized World By Gerard F. Anderson, Peter S. Hussey, Bianca K. Frogner and Hugh R. Waters MEMBER RESOURCE ARCHIVE By Jessie Hellmann The Hill, December 10, 2019 “Medicare for All” supporters scored a victory Tuesday with a long-awaited hearing in one of the House’s most powerful committees, putting more focus on the health care proposal that has divided the field of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. QUOTE OF THE DAY ARCHIVES PNHP's Senior Health Policy Fellow Don McCanne, M.D. writes a daily health policy update, taking an excerpt or quote from a health care news story or analysis on the Internet and commenting on its significance to the single-payer health care reform movement. MEMBER RESOURCE ARCHIVE Comment: By Don McCanne, M.D. With our highly polarized politics there is often a tendency for the mainstream media to try to be fair in covering both sides of the issues, often resulting in

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By Stephanie Goldberg Modern Healthcare, May 21, 2019. If you can’t beat ’em, buy ’em: It’s a mantra health insurance giants like UnitedHealth Group and Humana have embraced for years as they’ve snapped up doctors practices to curb the cost of medical care. ARTICLES OF INTEREST ARCHIVES Below is a link to an on-line tool from the Kaiser Family Foundation that compares the Presidential Candidates' Health Plans. The summaries were created by Foundation ARTICLES OF INTEREST ARCHIVES By Larry Mitchell The Enterprise Record 10/14/2007 Chico, California To Dr. Don McCanne, the remedy for California's health-care crisis is obvious. "Let's give up

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