by Sylvia Moore | Mar 12, 2013 | News
If you haven’t yet read Steven Brill’s comprehensive investigative piece for TIME Magazine about why healthcare costs are so high, it’s well worth taking the time to digest the 80-plus pages. The article is an indictment of our for-profit healthcare...
by Sylvia Moore | Aug 27, 2012 | News
Blue Shield, UCLA end long health insurance dispute By Chad Terhune Los Angeles Times, August 10, 2012 Nonprofit insurer Blue Shield of California said it resolved a lengthy contract dispute with UCLA and other UC system hospitals over reimbursements for patient care....
by Sylvia Moore | Jun 27, 2012 | News
The following interview with Massachusetts economist Gerald Friedman provides a great explanation of how a single payer plan would be much more economically efficient than our current for-profit system. Also, read Friedman’s excellent article for the web site...
by Andrew McGuire | Aug 5, 2011 | News
by nyceve The other day, my brother asked me to explain why a simple yearly doctor visit costs $1500? I started to explain, and he didn’t believe me. I told him, doctors have to employ armies of people to deal with hundreds of insurance companies, this adds...
by Andrew McGuire | Jun 16, 2011 | News
by Shockwave The Affordable Healthcare Act of 2009 was (at best IMHO) a step in the right direction. The final destination? Universal and affordable health care as a right and NOT a privilege (single payer is the ultimate logical consequence, also IMHO). So what are...
