by Sylvia Moore | Sep 19, 2012 | News
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011 By Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor, Jessica C. Smith United States Census Bureau, September 2012 Health Insurance Coverage – 2011 48.6 million or 15.7% – people without...
by Andrew McGuire | Aug 1, 2011 | News
The Impact of Single-Payer Health Care on Physician Income in Canada, 1850–2005 By Jacalyn Duffin, MD, PhD American Journal of Public Health, July 2011 Over nearly 60 years, into the 21st century, physician income grew at a rate of increase that outpaced that of other...
by Andrew McGuire | Jun 14, 2011 | News
by brooklynbadboy Whenever there is a debate about making cuts to education, both parties zero right in on teachers. But when the debate is about making cuts to health care, nobody zeroes in on doctors. A curious thing, wouldn’t you say? In both professions, the...
by Andrew McGuire | Oct 13, 2010 | News
By Don McCanne In the Quote of the Day for September 28, 2010, I wrote, “The $18,000 in average health care costs for a family of four is already over one-third of the median household income of $50,000.” Understandably, some readers perceived that I was...
by Andrew McGuire | Oct 6, 2010 | News
Census Bureau Releases 2009 American Community Survey Data U.S. Census Bureau September 28, 2010 Median Household Income Real median household income in the United States fell between 2008 and 2009 — decreasing by 2.9 percent from $51,726 to $50,221....