Since 2013, the numbers of Americans supporting or opposing universal healthcare have gradually flipped themselves, and now polls over that time consistently show that a majority want universal healthcare. When will leaders listen? This most recent was a March Kaiser Family Foundation poll that asked […]
Pharmaceutical companies are using their savings from recent corporate tax cuts to buy back shares of their own stock, enriching executives and wealthy investors as prescription drug prices continue to skyrocket, says Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor. “It’s a two part scam,” he said. […]
Research shows hospital consolidation has been driving prices higher and higher in recent years. And because more and more people have high-deductible insurance plans, they’re more likely to be on the hook for huge bills, like paying 33 times more for the same test. Alison Kodjak, […]
The time for political will and bold solutions trumping corporate greed in California is now. We must not let insurance companies and drug makers use their profits to intimidate our representatives, lower our expectations and allow this historic moment to slip away. Millions […]
In the bizarro profiteering world of the pharmaceutical industry, a 40-year-old cancer drug can increase in price by 1,400 percent in five years, and drug companies can spread the wealth around by funding new friends, with hundreds of millions of dollars finding their way to patient […]
If Americans follow the healthcare facts, they will eventually be led to the certainty that universal healthcare is the best way to rein in costs, prevent medical financial ruin and boost our health. Dr. Danielle Martin is one of those who remind us. She is […]
Thanks to Nurse Talk for sharing this special edition podcast featuring Michael Lighty, Director of Public Policy for National Nurses United! “The labor movement exists to stop money from being the metric of value and power. Healthcare is exhibit A for money as […]
Seniors are getting financially drained by excessive prescription drug price increases, and a congressional report released this week shows that the situation is unlikely to change anytime soon without fundamental change. The report, “Manufactured Crisis: How devastating drug price increases are harming America’s seniors,” exposed […]
This high-profile legal fight caught the attention of employers and policymakers across the country amid growing alarm about the financial implications of industry consolidation. Large health systems are gaining market clout and the ability to raise prices by acquiring more hospitals, outpatient surgery centers and […]