Archive for May 2013
National Single Payer Call-In Day
Healthcare-NOW! is pleased to join with Progressive Democrats of America to support a nationwide call-in day today to increase awareness and co-sponsors in Congress for HR 676–the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act. Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard toll-free at (866) 220-0044, ask for your representative’s office, and then ask them to sign as…
Read MoreObamacare Issues Beg the Questions that Single-Payer Answers
By Donna Smith for Common Dreams – In recent days, many of us have read and tried to follow the reports that Congressional offices are engaged in discussions about how to make sure their health insurance coverage available under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) remains affordable for Congresspersons and their staff members. If you’d like…
Read MoreThe Unhappy Marriage of Economics and Health Care
By Gerald Friedman – America’s health care system is collapsing, and we can blame the Economics profession. Most economists approach health care in the wrong way, viewing it as a commodity like shoes or the laptop on which I write. Instead, health care is an idiosyncratic commodity, subject to uncertainty and “asymmetric information” leading to…
Read MoreAbout Half of Adults Lacked Adequate Health Coverage in 2012
By Ann Carrns for the New York Times – About half of United States adults ages 19 to 64 didn’t have health insurance for at least part of last year or were underinsured, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund says. The fund, a private nonprofit organization that finances research into health care and health…
Read MoreWhy Are People with Health Insurance Going Bankrupt?
From the Real News Network – Dr. Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese: Obamacare will not put an end to medical bankruptcies – 80% of people going bankrupt due to healthcare costs had insurance. More at The Real News
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