Recent Reports & Activities
New Single Payer Discussion Blog Page
Please visit our new blog called "Single Payer Discussion" and join the conversation. We welcome hearing your thoughts and ideas about healthcare and healthcare reform. New items will be listed weekly.
Candidate Health Care Reform Questionnaire
The Candidate Health Reform Questionnaire redefines health care reform dialogue in terms of financial sustainability and actuarially-sound insurance policy, based on that most basic insurance concept - a single large risk pool. Only diversification of risk through single large-risk pool insurance can lower costs and provide equitable benefits for all.
Medicaid: Work Requirements Don't Work
The Medicaid Program is designed to provide health and social services to the vulnerable. The intent of a “work program” is to punish, not provide help.
Research & Analysis (PNHI)
Public Takings of Private Insurance
Eldon Van Der Wege, MBA and
Thomas Billroth Gottlieb, MD
The last clause of the fifth amendment of the US Constitution is known as the “Takings clause”. Constitutional takings refer to the government depriving owners of their interest in private property. The takings require payment of compensation based on the value of the property.
U.S. Healthcare Financing Reform: The Consolidation of the Health Insurance Industry
Eldon Van Der Wege, MBA and
Thomas Billroth Gottlieb, MD
In this study, we propose the US health insurance system should be consolidated using a mergers and acquisitions strategy to reduce the current inequality and administrative inefficiency in healthcare. We believe that our study has significant policy implications for healthcare reform and will result in higher quality services at a reduced cost and healthier communities.