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

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Republicans Defending Medicare: Duplicity Beyond Belief

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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The Corporate "Alliance" for Health Care Reform: Pledges, Agendas, Tactics and Likely Rewards the Insurance Industry

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Geyman

The drug industry's agenda is crystal-clear: expand its markets through wider insurance coverage, avoid price controls, and gain maximal patent protection.

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Fiscal Conservatism and Health Care Reform: a Bipartisan No-Brainer?

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Geyman

Why this incredible disconnect among our elected representatives shaping the future of one-sixth of our economy and future health care of all 310 million of us?

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Health Care "Reform" 2009: The Fallacy of Affordability and Cost Containment

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Geyman

Despite some useful provisions, it is wishful thinking to believe that health care "reform", as projected by current proposals being considered in Congress, can actually make health insurance more affordable and make a real difference to people already burdened by their spiraling costs.

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Exchanges, Co-Ops and Cop-Outs on Health Care Reform

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Geyman

If enacted, exchanges and co-ops offering a small public option will only raise hopes for reform that will never come, and are therefore a cop-out for those shaping this year's reform attempt.

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"Facts" About American Health Care Revisited

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Geyman

A recent post at the National Center for Policy Analysis expounded on 10 "surprising facts" about our health care system. The piece cherry picks literature to make a political point.

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Subsidizing Our Way To Affordable Health Insurance: A Futile And Unaffordable Quest

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Geyman

What is likely to emerge from Congress on health care reform this year, if anything, will not be real reform and will only add to our problems.

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The Public Option: Dead By Pen Strokes In Congressional Committees

John Geyman | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Geyman

The initial idea of a public option was premised on the thought that a public plan could bring needed competition into the financing of health care. Forget that dream.

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Individual Mandates: Expensive Policy Failure And Bonanza For Insurers And Market Stakeholders

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Geyman

Mandates have not resulted in universal coverage in any state. They are complex, very expensive, not sustainable, and have unforeseen unintended consequences.

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Health Care Reform 2009: A Train Wreck In Slow Motion

John Geyman | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Geyman

The debate over health care reform is entering a late stage with increasingly bitter partisan differences over very divisive issues.

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Corpocracy vs. Democracy in Health Care Reform

John Geyman | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Geyman

Since corporate dollars trump individual votes, we have a corpocracy, not a democracy.

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Societal Blind Spots As Barriers To Health Care Reform

John Geyman | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Geyman

Our market-based system breeds costs, not restraint. And none of the various multi-payer proposals being considered in Congress have effective methods to contain health care costs.

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The Sham and Shame of the Health Reform "Debate": The Charade Goes On

John Geyman | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Geyman

While everyone agrees that the soaring costs of health care should be the principal target of reform, the rhetoric and behavior of the stakeholders do not match.

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