Evolution| More...
 

American Hospital Association

No Health Care Bill is Better Than a Bad Bill

John Geyman | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Bill for Health Care Reform, Federation of American Hospitals, Obamacare, H. R. 3200, America’s Health Care Plans, Health Insurance and Mortality in U.S., United States National Health Insurance Act, Medical Loss Ratios, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, HR 3962, Single-Payer Bill, Catholic Health Association, Aha, Health Care Reform, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Medicaid, Fah, American Hospital Association, H.R. 676, Employee Retirement Income and Security Act, Seiu, Health Care, Politics News
John Geyman

Pelosi's health care bill (HR 3962) will not fundamentally reform U.S. health care. This bill is not good enough to pass. We need Medicare for All.

Read Post

A Death Every 12 Minutes: The Price of Not Having Medicare for All

John Geyman | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federation of American Hospitals, Obamacare, PhRMA Lobby, Medical-Loss Ratio, H. R. 3200, Sustainable System of Universal Access, Pnhp, Health Insurance and Mortality in U.S., United States National Health Insurance Act, America’s Health Care Plans, White House’s Health Care Summit, National Center for Policy Analysis, Uninsured, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Catholic Health Association, Aha, Single-Payer Bill, Health Care Reform, Single Payer System, Ncpa, Medicaid, Fah, American Hospital Association, H.R. 676, Employee Retirement Income and Security Act, Seiu, Politics News
John Geyman

In 2002, that more than 18,000 Americans between the ages of 19 and 64 were dying each year as a result of being uninsured. The new number is two and a half times that figure.

Read Post

Ignored by All Media: Major Health Care Provider Organizations Testify in Support of House Bill

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Nursing Association, Hr 3200, Aarp, American Medical Association, Healthcare Reform, American Hospital Association, Politics News
Paul Abrams

It might do the media well to devote more than one segment to the reality that the major health care providers and established patient organizations support the President's health care reform.

Read Post

Republicans Defending Medicare: Duplicity Beyond Belief

John Geyman | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federation of American Hospitals, Obamacare, PhRMA Lobby, Medical-Loss Ratio, H. R. 3200, Sustainable System of Universal Access, Pnhp, United States National Health Insurance Act, America’s Health Care Plans, White House’s Health Care Summit, National Center for Policy Analysis, Uninsured, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Catholic Health Association, Aha, Single-Payer Bill, Health Care Reform, Single Payer System, Ncpa, Fah, Medicaid, American Hospital Association, H.R. 676, Employee Retirement Income and Security Act, Seiu, Politics News
John Geyman

Republicans have fought against Medicare from the very beginning. But in their strategy to kill health care reform, they are all of a sudden sounding like defenders of Medicare against the evils of big government.

Read Post

The Corporate "Alliance" For Health Care Reform: V - Organized Medicine

John Geyman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federation of American Hospitals, PhRMA Lobby, Medical-Loss Ratio, H. R. 3200, Sustainable System of Universal Access, Pnhp, United States National Health Insurance Act, America’s Health Care Plans, White House’s Health Care Summit, National Center for Policy Analysis, Uninsured, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Catholic Health Association, Aha, Single-Payer Bill, Health Care Reform, Single Payer System, Ncpa, Fah, Medicaid, H.R. 676, American Hospital Association, Employee Retirement Income and Security Act, Seiu, Politics News
John Geyman

Organized medicine has become so fragmented that no one group speaks for the profession. In fact, some groups have endorsed major health care reform.

Read Post

The Corporate "Alliance" For Health Care Reform: III. The Hospital Industry

John Geyman | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federation of American Hospitals, PhRMA Lobby, Medical-Loss Ratio, Sustainable System of Universal Access, Pnhp, United States National Health Insurance Act, America’s Health Care Plans, White House’s Health Care Summit, National Center for Policy Analysis, Uninsured, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Catholic Health Association, Single-Payer Bill, H.R.3200, Health Care Reform, Single Payer System, Medicaid, Ncpa, H.R. 676, American Hospital Association, Health Care Reform and Hospitals, Health Care Debate, Aha, Fah, Politics News
John Geyman

Likely rewards to the hospital industry from health care reform? If events continue in direction they are now, hospitals will thrive, with more insured people and generous accommodations from government.

Read Post

Like Wall Street, Current Health Care Policy Privatizes Profit And Socializes Risk

Michele Swenson | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Economic Crisis, Government Health Care, Medical Bankdruptcy, Taxpayer-Subsidized Medical Costs, Unpaid Medical Bills, Privatized Medicare, National Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Socialized Risk, Rising Out-of-Pocket Health Costs, Socialized Medicine, For-Profit Insurance, Health, Single Payer Health Insurance, Privatized Profit, Medicare Prescription Drug Reform, Health Care, American Hospital Association, Unitedhealth, William McGuire, John McCain, Minimum Benefit Plans, America's Health Insurance Providers, American Medical Association, Home News
Michele Swenson

The excesses of the health insurance industry resemble those of Wall Street and the subprime housing market, typified by privatized profits for insurers and socialized risk for taxpayers and consumers.

Read Post