I found the recent LA Times editorial “Gavin Newsom is already moving California toward single-payer” frustrating. It’s about time that the LA Times gets single payer right! To be sure, this opinion by the LA Times Editorial Board, gets some things right but it also […]
Seeing the steady stream of television commercials selling medicines, exactly how much of our healthcare dollars are wasted on marketing? Would you believe $30 billion a year? Kaiser Health News, by Liz Szabo JANUARY 8, 2019 Hoping to earn its share of the $3.5 trillion health care market, […]
Get the facts about the projected cost of California Medicare for All from our featured expert, James G. Kahn, MD/MPH, Professor Emeritus of Health Policy, Epidemiology, and Global Health at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
“I’m an economist,” said Lopez, who teaches at the University of Memphis. “I understand how abusive these practices are. There is not a single market price.” Julie Appleby, KHN Joaquin Lopez had emergency gallbladder surgery after rushing to an ER last year. He has been […]
“I was, of course, thinking, ‘What did I do?’” Witter said. “The doctor said right off the bat it was nothing I did.” Then the bill came. Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News Sarah Witter couldn’t get a break even though her leg had gotten several. […]
These increasing costs plus rising deductibles and copayments have driven millions who don’t get a subsidy to drop their coverage or turn to cheaper, less comprehensive — and sometimes inadequate — insurance. Steven Findlay, KHN Like millions of Americans in this final week of open […]
“This highlights just how dysfunctional the system is, and it just isn’t working for patients,” Albritton said. Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News Kip Burgess was relieved last year when pharmaceutical giant Amgen overnighted him a $2,976 check to help pay for his go-to arthritis […]
With Congress set to debate “Medicare-for-all,” Tarbell examines efforts by health insurers to take over past health care reforms. By Michael Corcoran, Tarbell In January, dozens of new Democrats will enter the U.S. House of Representatives with their party in control. While their leadership has resisted […]