by Sylvia Moore | Oct 31, 2012 | News
The Obama administration has just announced that it will offer federally-sponsored health benefits to the public as part of the health exchanges due to open up in 2014: These multistate plans were included in President Obama’s health care law as a substitute for a...
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 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 | Aug 7, 2012 | News, Video
Economist Gerald Friedman explains the benefits of single payer compared with the disadvantages of private health insurance in this three-part series from The Real News Network. Friedman’s study focuses on Maryland, but his conclusions could provide some lessons...
by Sylvia Moore | Jun 15, 2012 | News
Copernicus Healthcare Health Care Wars: How Market Ideology and Corporate Power Are Killing Americans By John Geyman, M.D. From the Preface We have been told from time immemorial in this country that free markets, unfettered by government interference, are the fix for...