With all of the horror at the cuts being made by the DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), there are planned economic boycotts which can be seen in the image below. The cuts to Medicaid will do serious harm to many at the lower end of the economic scale. The Democrats are currently focused on maintainingContinue reading “Single Payer and Mass Movements”
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Medicaid Expansion Update: What is its Impact on Uninsured Rates?
In the early days of this blog, I wrote extensively on how states were rolling out Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare or ACA). The 2012 Supreme Court decision that upheld the ACA made Medicaid expansion optional for the states. This expansion allows states to raise the income eligibility level from 100%Continue reading “Medicaid Expansion Update: What is its Impact on Uninsured Rates?”
Lessons from Super Tuesday: Health Care in the Deep South
The Democratic Presidential race has changed radically since the South Carolina Primary. As a Bernie Sanders supporter I was so hopeful for him to have a strong showing. The outcome was very sobering. I thought I would take a look at the exit poll data from SC and other states from Super Tuesday on theContinue reading “Lessons from Super Tuesday: Health Care in the Deep South”
Medicare for All is a “Top/Important Priority” in Pennsylvania
I saw this article by a Julian Routh of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette where he reports on a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Cook Political Report of voters in the states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin called The Blue Wall Project. He highlights their responses to questions on implementing a Medicare for AllContinue reading “Medicare for All is a “Top/Important Priority” in Pennsylvania”
A look at the Freshman Democratic Congress, Gender, Ethnic Background and Healthcare Contributions
In my two previous posts I looked at Freshman Democratic Congressman their support for single payer or Medicare for All, and their ethnic background on how they effect campaign contributions from the healthcare industry. I found that there nonwhite freshman who supported single payer received less money than white freshman who did. I also lookedContinue reading “A look at the Freshman Democratic Congress, Gender, Ethnic Background and Healthcare Contributions”
Freshman House Democrats, their Race/Ethnicity, Campaign Donors, and Single Payer
Last week I posted on how Freshman House Democrats differed in campaign contributions from the healthcare industry with respect to their Race/Ethnic background and their support for single payer healthcare and or Medicare for All. Nonwhite freshman who supported Medicare for All received considerably less in contributions received considerably less that white ones who did. Continue reading “Freshman House Democrats, their Race/Ethnicity, Campaign Donors, and Single Payer”
Freshman Democratic Congressman and Medicare for All
The website Tarbell has published an analysis of the 62 freshman House Democrats looking at their support for Medicare for All and how much in campaign donations from the health care industry that they received. The author, Danielle Keeton-Olsen, states that those members who publicly declared their support for Medicare for All or Single PayerContinue reading “Freshman Democratic Congressman and Medicare for All”
Organizing a chapter of Healthcare 4 All PA for Cambria and Surrounding Counties
One way of keeping the Momentum from the primary going is to advocate for the causes that we care about. One of our Single payer healthcare which covers everyone while controlling costs and is used in almost every industrialized country except our own. Healthcare 4 All PA is an organization advocating for a Single PayerContinue reading “Organizing a chapter of Healthcare 4 All PA for Cambria and Surrounding Counties”
WIUP FM Podcast on Single Payer Heathcare (Cross Post with HC4AllPA)
In early 2014 I participated in a radio discussion on the need for comprehensive single payer healthcare reform on WIUP FM radio in Indiana, PA. Eric Barker of the Center for Community Growth in Indiana, PA hosted the program. I was on a panel with fellow Health Care for All PA Will Ferrell (not theContinue reading “WIUP FM Podcast on Single Payer Heathcare (Cross Post with HC4AllPA)”
Single Payer Alive and Well in Massachusetts
Donald Berwick ran a campaign for governor of Massachusetts (home of Romneycare the model for the Affordable Care Act) on a single payer platform. Previously he ran the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services in the Department of Health and Human Services. He ran against better funded candidates State Attorney General Martha Coakley (who hadContinue reading “Single Payer Alive and Well in Massachusetts”