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Repeal SGR, but Don’t Privatize Medicare
A Trojan horse for Medicare privatization.
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The ACA at Five: What Lessons Can We Draw?
Having assessed in the last three posts the impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) over the last five years, we have seen that the ACA will not …
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How US Health Care Turned Patients Into Consumers
The concept of health care primarily as a business is uniquely American, and it has gained ascendancy during the last few decades.
Penny and Pound Foolish: Massachusetts Governor’s MassHealth Savings Plan
A new cost cutting plan is likely to cost the Commonwealth a great deal, both in terms of salaries and in terms of health.
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McDonald’s Workers: Not Lovin’ It®
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Everyone’s Asking the Wrong Questions About Health Care in the US
How is it that a 25-cent piece of plastic and copper came to cost almost $1,000 in the US?
Consumers Getting “Skinned” by Health Insurers
Bigger premiums, more cost sharing equate to big profits.
The Affordable Care Act at Age Five: Quality of Care
Confusion and controversy have plagued the ACA since its enactment.
Costs and Affordability of Care
The author looks at the ACA's impact on containment of health care costs.
Millions Could Lose Obamacare Coverage as Supreme Court Weighs Dubious Koch-Backed Case
The Supreme Court has heard arguments in a new challenge to Obamacare.