Across the country we’re seeing examples of states leading the way through the COVID-19 crisis. The federal response has been inconsistent, misleading, and insufficient. Our healthcare system is breaking, and people are hurting and scared. We’re all profoundly concerned with two very connected questions. “Will I lose my job and my health insurance?” and “Will […]
9 things Americans need to learn from the rest of the world’s health care systems
Universal health care is hard, but it should be possible — and eight more things I discovered from visiting other countries. By Dylan Scott@dylanlscottdylan.scott@vox.com Jan 29, 2020, 8:30am EST Dr. Huei-wen Tien gives a thumbs-up to a stroke patient during a home visit in Xiulin, Taiwan. Ashley Pon for Vox Everywhere I went last fall, […]
How Are We Going to Pay for NOT Having Universal Healthcare?
Dearly. We are going to pay dearly for being the only major country on Earth to not have universal healthcare when the next pandemic hits. If we somehow dodge the covid19 bullet, another pandemic, perhaps of a much more deadly disease, will hit in most of our lifetimes. We will pay even more dearly because […]
The Role of One Payer States
Established in 2009, One Payer States (OPS) is dedicated to advancing America’s highest ideals and strengths in the pursuit of quality, comprehensive, guaranteed healthcare for everyone in America. Above all, we are dedicated to the proposition that the General Welfare Clause of the United States Constitution demands that we promote and protect the health of our […]
The Healthcare Claims Adjudication Process
Health economists analyzing a single payer system don’t account for enough of the savings derived from the elimination of our chaotic claims processing methods. These comparative images, one from the US and one from Canada, give us something to think about. We already know that Canada’s healthcare costs across the board are cheaper by half. […]