Tag: health insurance
CBO shows Medicare for all could cover everyone for $650 billion less per year
The analysis shows that administrative costs under a single-payer healthcare system “will be lower than what even the most rabid Medicare for All supporters have traditionally claimed.” by Kenny Stancil, staff writer Saturday, December 12 The…
Think your health care is covered? Beware of the ‘junk’ insurance plan
by Michelle Andrews December 4, 2020 Looking back, Sam Bloechl knows that when the health insurance broker who was helping him find a plan asked whether he’d ever been diagnosed with a major illness, that…
Moving forward on US healthcare
by Wade Rathke Sunday, November 15, 2020 New Orleans Breaking away from a meeting with our new tenant organizers at a table in front of Publix grocery store in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, I had…
Most home health aides ‘Can’t afford not to work’ — Even when lacking PPE
Home health aides flattened the curve by keeping the most vulnerable patients — seniors, the disabled, the infirm — out of hospitals. But they’ve done it mostly at poverty wages and without overtime pay, hazard pay,…
Analysis shows Trump Covid-19 treatment would cost regular folks $100K
“We paid for this with our taxes. He doesn’t even pay taxes.” by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Wednesday, October 7 An analysis Wednesday by the New York Times estimating the treatment President Donald Trump received for…
How a company misappropriated Native American culture to sell health insurance
Trump Care by Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News May 20, 2020 Jill Goodridge was shopping for affordable health insurance when a friend told her about O’NA HealthCare, a low-cost alternative to commercial insurance. The…
Telehealth will be free, no copays, they said. But angry patients are getting billed.
Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News April 27, 2020 Karen Taylor had been coughing for weeks when she decided to see a doctor in early April. COVID-19 cases had just exceeded 5,000 in Texas, where she lives….
With federal nod, consumers could lose the boost they get from drug ‘coupons’
Consumer advocates say the proposed changes will make drugs unaffordable for many people with serious medical conditions like cancer and multiple sclerosis who rely on pricey medications. Michelle Andrews April 16, 2020 Patients who get financial…
UnitedHealth group posts surge in profits as millions lose insurance and thousands die
‘Thriving During a Pandemic’: “The earnings were so good, the company said it still expects to make as much in total profits this year as they predicted in December… when no one could predict the massive…
Colorado forges ahead on a new model for health care while nation waits
Markian Hawryluk February 28, 2020 DENVER With the nation’s capital mired in gridlock and the Affordable Care Act facing a dire legal challenge, the prospects of lowering health care costs for Americans this year seem…
The lie of health care ‘choice’
In our corporate-run health system, consumer “choices” are shaped entirely by profit-seeking monopolists. By Jim Hightower | February 19, 2020 Lyndon Johnson had a saying about special interests trying to get his support to pass some…
