by Andrew McGuire | Sep 14, 2011 | News
Number of uninsured climbs to highest figure since passage of Medicare, Medicaid 50 million uninsured shows urgency of enacting single-payer Medicare for all: national doctors group Official estimates by the Census Bureau showing an increase of about 1 million in the...
by Sylvia Moore | Sep 7, 2011 | News
Can We Have Health Reform Without an Individual Mandate? Yes, It’s Called ‘Medicare for All’ By John Nichols The Nation, August 13, 2011 The individual mandate was always a bad idea. Instead of recognizing that healthcare is a right, the members of...
by Andrew McGuire | Aug 23, 2011 | News
The U.S. Health System in Perspective: A Comparison of Twelve Industrialized Nations By David A. Squires The Commonwealth Fund, July 2011 This analysis concentrated on 2010 OECD health data for Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand,...
by Andrew McGuire | Aug 12, 2011 | News
National Health Spending Projections Through 2020: Economic Recovery And Reform Drive Faster Spending Growth From the Office of the Actuary, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Health Affairs, July 28, 2011 National Health Expenditures, billions: 2011 –...
by Andrew McGuire | Jul 9, 2011 | News
Assessing the Financial Health of Medicaid Managed Care Plans and the Quality of Patient Care They Provide By Michael J. McCue, D.B.A., and Michael H. Bailit, M.M. The Commonwealth Fund, June 15, 2011 In many states, Medicaid programs have contracted out the delivery...