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We Should Be Fighting For Healthcare For Everyone, Not Taking It Away

Posted on Main Blog by Susan Gilbert · July 28, 2020 9:50 AM

Hebah Kassem shares her frustration that during this pandemic and extreme healthcare crisis, attempts are being made to make cuts in healthcare instead of making improvements to the system.  Putting profit over people is not the answer.  

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In Pursuit of a Deeper Understanding of Racial Justice and Health Equity

Posted on Main Blog by Susan Gilbert · June 23, 2020 9:51 AM

The JAMA Health Forum has been publishing a variety of articles which address existing racial disparities, and how these inequities are affecting health justice.

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America's Extreme Neoliberal Healthcare System is Putting the Country at Risk

Posted on Main Blog by Susan Gilbert · March 23, 2020 9:33 AM

If the United States had a single-payer healthcare system, we would have more coordinated efforts and effective treatments in place to combat COVID-19.  This would help us save lives.

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The Lie of Healthcare 'Choice'

Posted on Main Blog by Susan Gilbert · February 25, 2020 9:46 AM

"In our corporate-run health system, consumer "choices" are shaped entirely by profit-seeking monopolists."  Jim Hightower is fed up with insurance companies, along with hospitals and drug companies, ripping off the American people.

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The U.S. Spends $2,500 Per Person on Health Care Administrative Costs. Canada Spends $550. Here's Why

Posted on Main Blog by Susan Gilbert · January 07, 2020 2:11 PM

Imagine this staggering fact:  The United States is now spending $2,497 per person on health administrative costs, or 5 times more than Canada spends.  This data was gleaned from the recent Annals of Internal Medicine report published on January 7, 2020

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What It Looks Like When a Hospital We Investigated Erases $11.9 Million in Medical Debt

Posted on Health Care Forum by Susan Gilbert · December 24, 2019 10:32 AM

Can you imagine having to choose between feeding your children or paying money owed to a hospital? Going into bankruptcy or buying food?  Wendi C. Thomas investigated the debt collecting practices of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis and discovered the hospital was targeting low income patients who were struggling to pay their bills. Because of this highly publicized investigation, Methodist Hospital had a change of heart, stopped its harsh practices and started to erase all debts owed. 

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North Denver: Human & Environmental Sacrifice Zone

Posted on Main Blog by Susan Gilbert · December 10, 2019 10:25 AM

Named the most toxic zip code in 2017, 80216 encompasses North Denver communities impacted by 2 highways, a largely unremediated Superfund Site, and City & CDOT plans to lower and triple the footprint of Interstate 70 through these communities. Community members discuss the multi-generational health impacts of contamination on their families and neighborhoods.

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The ‘Public Option’ on Health Care Is a Poison Pill

Posted on Main Blog by Susan Gilbert · October 10, 2019 9:40 AM

David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler from The Nation, take an in-depth look at how private insurances operate, citing that "the case for a public option rests on faulty economic logic and naive assumptions about how private insurance actually works."  

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Medicare Advantage Plans Overbill Taxpayers By Billions Annually, Records Show

Posted on Main Blog by Susan Gilbert · July 17, 2019 10:53 AM

NPR reports that over the past 3 years, Medicare has been overcharged an excess of $30 billion by different health insurers, and recuperating the money is a slow and difficult process. Medicare Advantage plans are the cause of this crisis. 

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A Single-Payer Advocate Answers the Big Question: How Do We Pay For It?

Posted on Main Blog by Susan Gilbert · March 05, 2019 10:19 AM

Dylan Scott from Vox interviewed Matt Bruenig from the People's Policy Project "on what he worries about — and what he doesn’t — for Medicare-for-all".  Matt answered some tough healthcare questions such as "How do you finance a single-payer health care system?" " Is it possible for the health care supply to meet its demand?"  and "What can the government do for rural hospitals that feel a pinch under single-payer?"
 

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