U.S. healthcare needs to be resuscitated Here's Why U.S. Healthcare Is So Expensive by Steve Parker M.D. - Re-posted with permission at FixUSHealthcare.blog The U.S. has a presidential and other federal elections later this year. So we’ll be hearing more talk about healthcare reform. Mostly talk, not much action. Healthcare is an issue because it … Continue reading Here’s Why U.S. Healthcare Is So Expensive – Re-Posted
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Fixing U.S. Healthcare – Annual Review & Summary
Fixing U.S. Healthcare blog’s two-year anniversary is a good time to take stock of what has changed in our approach to fixing U.S. healthcare. And a good time to review highlights of the last year. Elevator Pitch for Fixing U.S. Healthcare Let’s start with an “elevator pitch” summary: The U.S. healthcare system has outgrown itself, … Continue reading Fixing U.S. Healthcare – Annual Review & Summary
Best Arguments Against Single-Payer Healthcare — and Rebuttals, Part 2
Philosophers debating healthcare reform in ancient Greece The most recent post at Fixing U.S. Healthcare blog was the first of a two-part review of the best counter-arguments against single-payer healthcare financing. We claimed that all of these counter-arguments are well intended. Some are well taken. Some require hard choices. But some are based on faulty … Continue reading Best Arguments Against Single-Payer Healthcare — and Rebuttals, Part 2
Healthcare COST Is a Political Hot Button Issue in 2019
It’s no surprise that healthcare is a hot button political issue in 2019, in advance of the 2020 election. Now a new Pew Research Center poll shows that the cost of healthcare is a top priority for voters, tied with the economy, education and preventing terrorism. Let's look at results from five recent polls to … Continue reading Healthcare COST Is a Political Hot Button Issue in 2019
AMA Journal Blames Greed and Politics for Rising Healthcare Costs
A new study in the Journal of the AMA (JAMA) finds that 25% of the current $3.5 trillion spent by Americans on healthcare is wasted – dollars spent that don’t help achieve health or relieve disease. Fellow blogger Henry Kotula has summarized the findings, as re-posted below. Commentators on the JAMA article echo Fixing U.S. … Continue reading AMA Journal Blames Greed and Politics for Rising Healthcare Costs
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