Private insurance pays hospitals much more than the federal government does for patient care. If Medicare for all means Medicare rates, expect an industry backlash. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/21/health/medicare-for-all-hospitals.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Tag: Health Insurance and Managed Care
Employee Wellness Programs Yield Little Benefit, Study Shows
A rigorous new study calls into question whether workplace wellness programs can quickly save employers money on health care bills. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/health/employee-wellness-programs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Bernie Sanders Has an Important Lesson for Republicans
The G.O.P. could really use a remarkably successful policy entrepreneur. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/opinion/bernie-sanders-republicans.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Purity vs. Pragmatism, Environment vs. Health
A surprising, important difference between the Green New Deal and Medicare for all.
Editorial Observer: A.I. Is Changing Insurance
Some technologies are better left in the laboratory.
How Radical Is Too Radical for 2020 Democrats?
Or is that question beside the point in the Trump era? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/opinion/democratic-candidates-primaries.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
No Longer an Outsider, Sanders Is Using the Senate as His Launching Pad
Senator Bernie Sanders will reintroduce his Medicare for All Act on Wednesday. Only this time, he is a Senate insider, and a member of the Democratic leadership. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/us/politics/bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
No One Should Die Waiting for Insulin
I’ve been living with diabetes since I was 9 years old. I used to dream of a cure, but now I just want everyone to get the drugs they need. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/opinion/insulin-drug-price-increase.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Health Reforms the G.O.P. Should Embrace (but Probably Won’t)
Republicans keep searching for a politically safe silver bullet that slays Obamacare and yet leaves everyone happy. That plan doesn’t exist. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/opinion/republicans-health-reforms.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Trump Retreats on Health Care After McConnell Warns It Won’t Happen
President Trump had promised Republicans would replace the Affordable Care Act with a better, cheaper health law. Then the Senate majority leader told him that would not be happening. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/us/politics/obamacare-donald-trump.html?partner=rss&emc=rss