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The effect of health-care privatisation on the quality of care

(3 days ago) WebHealth-care privatisation is a policy of transferring the provision of public services to private individuals or companies. Many nationalised health-care services have pursued privatisation since the 1980s in the hope that mixed markets and the inclusion of private …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(24)00003-3/fulltext

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The Privatization of Public Health - The Atlantic

(5 days ago) WebUnquestionably, the private sector has a role to play in public health—just look at the private companies that produced the vaccines and the private hospitals that …

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/privatization-public-health/617918/

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When US hospitals go private, Medicaid patients lose …

(8 days ago) WebWhen public hospitals are taken over by private companies, people on Medicaid are left worse off. By Dylan Scott @dylanlscott Jan 13, 2023, 7:00am EST. A new study found that after a public

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2023/1/13/23550067/us-hospitals-medicaid-patients-health-care-access

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Privatizing health care is not the answer: lessons from the United

(3 days ago) WebThe problem with Canadian medicare is not the system, it is the amount of money put into it. The US problem is exactly the opposite. Privatizing Canada's …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2565716/

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Even With Health Insurance, Many Americans Still …

(2 days ago) WebDuring the study period from 2010 to 2017, 6 million people between 20 and 64 years old with private insurance suffered such …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/12/934146128/despite-aca-coverage-gains-millions-still-suffer-catastrophic-health-care-costs

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Reconsidering Medicaid Privatization: Weighing the Evidence and …

(1 days ago) Web1. Introduction. Medicaid provides health-care coverage to one in every five Americans, but nearly 70 percent of them receive that coverage through a private …

https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/reconsidering-medicaid-privatization/

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Increasingly Privatized Public Health Insurance Programs in the US

(Just Now) WebMedicare and Medicaid are now a major source of revenue and profits for insurance companies. In fact, public programs are the only material source of growth …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2803380

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A dozen facts about the economics of the US health …

(9 days ago) WebFact 1: U.S. per capita health-care spending nearly quadrupled from 1980 to 2018. Spending on U.S. health care has grown steadily, rising from $2,900 per person in 1980 to $11,200 per person in

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/a-dozen-facts-about-the-economics-of-the-u-s-health-care-system/

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The 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: We …

(9 days ago) WebChild and adolescent mental health: Nearly 20 percent of American children have a mental, emotional, developmental, or behavioral disorder. Rates of emergency visits with …

https://www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2022-national-healthcare-disparities-report.html

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The Consequences of Health Care Privatization: Evidence from …

(5 days ago) WebThe Consequences of Health Care Privatization: Evidence from Medicare Advantage Exits by Mark Duggan, Jonathan Gruber and Boris Vabson. Published in volume 10, issue 1, …

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20160068

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Is our healthcare system broken? - Harvard Health

(Just Now) WebThe current US healthcare system has a cruel tendency to delay or deny high-quality care to those who are most in need of it but can least afford its high cost. This …

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-our-healthcare-system-broken-202107132542

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Healthcare: Privatize or Nationalize? – Berkeley Economic Review

(9 days ago) WebAtul Gawande, a health policy and management professor at Harvard, argues in a New Yorker article titled “The Heroism of Incremental Care” that incremental care …

https://econreview.studentorg.berkeley.edu/healthcare-privatize-or-nationalize/

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New study links hospital privatisation to worse patient care

(4 days ago) WebThere is a risk, however, that seeking short-term reductions can come at the expense of long-term outcomes, since outsourcing services to the private sector does …

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-02-29-new-study-links-hospital-privatisation-worse-patient-care

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What’s The Role of Private Health Insurance Today and Under

(2 days ago) WebKFF Headquarters: 185 Berry St., Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone 650-854-9400 Washington Offices and Barbara Jordan Conference Center: 1330 …

https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/issue-brief/whats-the-role-of-private-health-insurance-today-and-under-medicare-for-all-and-other-public-option-proposals/

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Lawmakers zero in on private equity in health care amid Steward

(6 days ago) WebUpdated March 25, 2024. The pressure points inflicted by private equity ownership in health care extend far beyond Steward Health Care, and lawmakers have a long menu …

https://www.wgbh.org/news/health/2024-03-25/lawmakers-zero-in-on-private-equity-in-health-care-amid-steward-troubles

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The private sector and universal health coverage - PMC

(3 days ago) WebThe private sector’s role in health care is growing because it offers solutions to many challenges that have a negative impact on health systems including: health …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6560377/

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Why for-profit homes won’t solve long-term care issues: …

(3 days ago) WebPrivatization in health care can take many forms. In British Columbia, there is an increase in doctors’ offices charging user and subscription fees , but there is also …

https://theconversation.com/why-for-profit-homes-wont-solve-long-term-care-issues-privatizing-health-services-is-a-bad-idea-that-just-wont-go-away-194458

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From public vs. private to public/private mix in healthcare: lessons

(3 days ago) WebBackground. Since the late 1970s, healthcare systems all around the world have been undergoing processes of reform, and public and academic discussions on the …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7315494/

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5 Critical Priorities for the U.S. Health Care System

(6 days ago) WebThey include: focus on prevention, not just treating sickness; tackle racial disparities; expand telehealth and in-home services; build integrated systems; and adopt …

https://hbr.org/2021/12/5-critical-priorities-for-the-u-s-health-care-system

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The inconvenient truth about public and private health care

(5 days ago) WebEveryone agrees on the following fact: In low-income countries, the lion’s share of health care is provided by the private sector. In rural India, the private sector’s market share is …

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-inconvenient-truth-about-public-and-private-health-care/

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Privatisation of healthcare leads to worse quality of care

(3 days ago) WebHealth outsourcing has been found to be linked to higher mortality rates, as privatisation of healthcare worsens healthcare services. According to a new study by …

https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/privatisation-of-healthcare-leads-to-worse-quality-of-care/139035/

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Would more privatization in Canadian health care solve the …

(4 days ago) WebAs it stands, Canada's health-care spending is divided between the public and private sector at roughly a 75-25 split, and at a cost of about $6,666 per Canadian, …

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/canada-healthcare-privatization-debate-second-opinion-1.6554073

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‘No one’s being honest about it’: how NHS crisis forces patients to …

(3 days ago) WebThe private health sector has grown steadily: the combined turnover of private hospitals, primary care (GPs) and dental services has increased almost fourfold …

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/28/no-ones-being-honest-about-it-how-nhs-crisis-forces-patients-to-go-private

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What's health care like in rural America? We're taking a close-up …

(8 days ago) WebIn response to many issues exposed by the pandemic, the AHA created a 2024 Impact Goal aimed at improving health equity for all, including identifying and …

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2024/04/30/whats-health-care-like-in-rural-america-were-taking-a-close-up-look

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Senators probe private equity hospital deals following CBS News

(7 days ago) WebThe top Democrat and Republican on a powerful Senate committee launched a wide-ranging investigation into private equity's impact on the U.S. health care system.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senators-probe-private-equity-hospital-deals-following-cbs-news-investigation/

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Can CA keep private equity out of health care? Bill splits industry

(5 days ago) WebThis year’s legislation, Assembly Bill 3129, is authored by Assembly’s second-highest ranking Democrat, Jim Wood.The dentist and former Healdsburg mayor has …

https://calmatters.org/health/2024/04/health-care-private-equity/

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Steward Health Care seeks bankruptcy protections WBUR News

(5 days ago) WebAfter months of uncertainty about its future, the nation’s largest private, for-profit hospital chain has filed for bankruptcy in Texas. Dallas-based Steward Health …

https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/05/06/steward-bankruptcy-massachusetts-for-profit-hospitals-debt

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Senators, advocates fear private community health care is eroding …

(8 days ago) WebA sharp rise in the number of patients that the Department of Veterans Affairs refers to private community-based doctors for medical care is emptying VA exam rooms …

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2024-05-02/veterans-community-medical-care-senators-13731053.html

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Klobuchar Asks Regulators to Investigate MultiPlan Over Health …

(2 days ago) WebInsurers have said that MultiPlan’s tools help combat outrageous billing by some providers, including consolidated hospital systems and private-equity-backed …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/us/multiplan-health-insurance-price-fixing.html

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After downsizing health care for years, Pentagon says medical …

(Just Now) WebEven before the wars ended the Pentagon activated a plan to tame massive health care costs by pushing military medical care into the private sector, especially for …

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1246636334/pentagon-military-healthcare

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Biden administration issues new rule to protect privacy of those

(1 days ago) Web“This rule prohibits those regulated by HIPAA — health care providers, health plans, clearing houses and their business associates — from using or disclosing …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/health/biden-administration-new-rule-reproductive-health-care-privacy/index.html

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Consequences of the Privatized Funding of Medical Care and of …

(3 days ago) WebThe demand for universality of health care, with every American having the right to access care, has been a constant in the labor and progressive movements. The majority of …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820074/

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Opinion Maximizing Profits at the Patients’ Expense

(4 days ago) WebReaders discuss an article about insurers sending large bills for out-of-network care. Also: Brave Trump jurors; Black voters; better than debates.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/opinion/insurance-patients-profits.html

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Private equity is bankrupting American healthcare firms—literally

(6 days ago) WebHealthcare bankruptcies surged in 2023, and it turns out many of the companies that went under had one thing in common: private equity (PE) ownership. At …

https://fortune.com/2024/05/03/private-equity-healthcare-bankruptcy-medical/

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Walmart to shut all health clinics in US over lack of profitability

(6 days ago) WebApril 30 (Reuters) - (This April 30 story has been refiled to say that the clinics will shut within 45 days to 90 days, not 30 days to 90 days in paragraph 17) Walmart …

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/walmart-close-51-us-health-centers-2024-04-30/

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The Biden-Harris Administration Issues New Rule to Support …

(3 days ago) WebProhibits the use or disclosure of PHI when it is sought to investigate or impose liability on individuals, health care providers, or others who seek, obtain, …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/04/22/biden-harris-administration-issues-new-rule-support-reproductive-health-care-privacy-under-hipaa.html

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Medicare Advantage to end hospice experiment early amid …

(Just Now) WebWhy it matters: The end-of-life care option is the only Medicare service that can't be offered in the private-run alternative, which now covers over half of enrollees. …

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/06/medicare-advantage-hospice-insurance-challenges

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