The Decline of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance By David Blumenthal, M.D., Tuesday, December 5, 2017, The Commonwealth Fund Excerpts. Read complete article here. Toplines Employers are shifting costs for job-based health insurance to their workers Employer-sponsored health coverage provides far less protection to U.S. workers than it […]
The Big Five Health Insurers’ Membership and Revenue Trends: Implications for Public Policy By The Commonwealth Fund Toplines The 5 largest commercial insurers increasingly rely on their Medicaid and Medicare business for growth and profits In 2016, Medicare and Medicaid accounted for 59 percent of combined […]
Estimates of the Increase in Uninsured by Congressional District Under the Senate GOP Tax Bill By Emily Gee Posted on December 5, 2017, 2:23 pm, Center for American Progress. Excerpts. See complete article here. Last week, the Senate dealt a blow to health care by repealing the individual […]
From Assemblymember Jim Wood’s website Tuesday, November 28, 2017 SACRAMENTO—Co-chairs Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) and Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno) announce the second in a series of hearings of the Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage to be held December 11 at […]
For-profit healthcare faces multiple threats in 2018 By Tara Bannow | November 30, 2017 | Modern Healthcare Excerpts only. Read entire article here. For-profit hospital companies must weather looming threats of market disruption, regulatory changes and technological advancements that may change where patients get care in 2018, analysts say. […]
Select Committee Assembly hearings on Senate Bill 562 were a flagrant kabuki theater Link to original article here. By GEORGE SAVAGE | Los Angeles Daily News PUBLISHED: November 29, 2017 at 6:15 pm | UPDATED: November 29, 2017 at 8:18 pm I traveled to Sacramento last month for the first […]
My Army Service Made Me Believe in Universal Health Care A veteran argues that civilians deserve the same access to coverage and treatment as those who wear the uniform. DOMINICK TAO Excerpts only. Read complete article here. In July, I experienced a flash of panic […]
Single-payer health care gains traction, local physician advocates By: AMANDA ZHOU AND KRIS B. MAMULA Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, NOV 23, 2017 Excerpts only. Read complete article here. When Rep. John Conyers, D-Michigan., introduced a bill in Congress in 2015 that would create a single-payer health care system, […]
