Thursday Links

Posted on by John C. Goodman

Sanders reintroduces single payer Medicare bill.

Memories: CBO trashed the single payer idea.

Monica’s story: woman nearly died because of Georgia’s Certificate-Of-Need laws.

Of the 355,000 nurse practitioners licensed in the United States, 88% are trained and capable of providing primary care. Yet in nearly half the states, “scope-of-practice” laws  prevent that from happening.

Rational health reform:  a basic bundle of services  publicly financed for all, while allowing individuals to “top up” by purchasing additional coverage.

Why we need work requirements: Medicaid covers almost one in three Americans, or around 100 million people. Able-bodied adults make up more than 40% of that total.

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  1. Thanks for posting the CBO “outstanding questions” about Single Payer.

    This well-written study identifies (by my count) at least 27 contentious issues that would have be resolved if Single Payer is to see the light of day.

    I have read most of the Single Payer proposals by Bernie Sanders, et al, and I promise you that they resolve about 5 or 6 of these issues, and no more.

    I wrote a piece called “20 Questions for Single Payer” and sent it to numerous advocates. Only one of them, an academic named Thomas Rice, even responded at all.

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