Not likely, even though having insurance usually = better health Most studies show that just having health insurance not only increases the affordability of health care, it improves one’s health status. For example, a recent Health Affairs study found that: Low-income people with diabetes are better able […]
“In the long run, preventing diabetic complications not only saves lives, but it improves public health and saves public money,” said Dr. Michael Bush, an endocrinologist in Beverly Hills, Calif., and president of the California chapter of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. By Pauline […]
The ins and outs of the AMA’s policymaking may sound like inside baseball. But this year’s youth uprising at the nexus of the medical establishment speaks to a cultural shift in the medical profession, and one with big political implications. By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health […]
While reporting on a major study of single-payer, many media outlets missed the report’s conclusion that the US could save $2 trillion and cover everybody if the US were to abandon our current fractionalized, market-based system and expand Medicare to everyone. Hear Paul Song’s analysis and […]
Image above: Health Care for All – San Fernando Valley celebrating Medicare’s 50th birthday On Medicare’s 53rd birthday, it’s evident that many people see the federal program as the solution to our healthcare problems, while others despise and want to destroy it. American politicians seem […]
That stance, however, was at odds with its financial support of another group, the American Action Network, which was heavily involved in that effort to put an end to the ACA, often referred to as Obamacare, spending an estimated $10 million on an ad campaign […]
Months ago, California legislators unveiled a series of bills that they said would fix our broken healthcare system. They did this in the face of growing discontent by progressives across the state who wanted the Assembly to work on financing and implementing SB 562, The […]
Promises by the pharmaceutical industry to contain prices are a familiar — and fleeting — phenomenon, say analysts who have watched the unstoppable rise in drug costs over the years. Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News and Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News Prescription drug prices […]
House Democrats today announced a Medicare for All caucus with a growing list of members, so far 70, as the healthcare for all movement becomes a mainstream issue for Democrats. At the press conference, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who will be co-chair of the caucus along […]