In the News: Medical Debt; UnitedHealth Ransomware Attack

Although this blog author will no longer post original commentary on the healthcare system and healthcare policy, Fixing U.S. Healthcare blog will from time to time curate links to websites that highlight notable new features and developments. Two items to start with: Medical debt: Why a financial regulator is going after medical debt, NPR, March … Continue reading In the News: Medical Debt; UnitedHealth Ransomware Attack →

Fixing U.S. Healthcare: Signing Off

Fixing U.S. Healthcare blog has accomplished its mission. Yes, mission accomplished – but not single-handedly, of course. In the blogosphere and in the public square surrounding this blog, the healthcare reform debate has matured from a simplistic, sometimes-childish sandbox fight now into a reflective, evidence- and values-driven, sophisticated discourse, worthy of a vibrant democracy. The … Continue reading Fixing U.S. Healthcare: Signing Off →

Missing from Election: Healthcare Reform, But . . .

Healthcare reform did not make the list of top voter issues in the November 2022 midterm elections. Abortion did make the list, especially for women, Democrats, young voters, and non-white voters. But abortion was not just about healthcare – voters saw it as an economic issue, a women’s empowerment issue, and more broadly a legal … Continue reading Missing from Election: Healthcare Reform, But . . . →

Healthcare Reform & the Strength of Nations

Would reforming healthcare strengthen U.S. global power? A new RAND Corporation analysis of great powers in history provides clues that it might. This blog has warned that uncontrolled healthcare spending is squeezing public and private budgets, incurring wasted-opportunity costs, cutting into military spending, and increasing the national debt. These financial strains on our economy and defense … Continue reading Healthcare Reform & the Strength of Nations →

Stalled Healthcare Reform: It’s Worse Than You Think

In 2021, 1.1 million U.S. deaths would have been averted if the U.S.’s mortality rates matched those in other wealthy nations. Furthermore, Americans are dying increasingly younger than in those other countries As a result of these excess younger deaths, Americans lost fully 25 million productive years of life, according to a brilliant but troubling … Continue reading Stalled Healthcare Reform: It’s Worse Than You Think →