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Is our healthcare system broken? - Harvard Health

(Just Now) Even insured Americans spend more out of pocket for their healthcare than people in most other wealthy nations. Some resort to purchasing medications from other countries where … See more

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

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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 …

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

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

(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. Steinbrook R. Private …

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

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

(3 days ago) WebConcerning ownership, private healthcare participation in national health expenditure rose from 18.9% in 1984 to 31% in 2013 [77, 79]. The number of private …

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

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Confronting Challenges in the US Health Care System

(7 days ago) WebThe sheer number of challenges facing the Biden Administration and the 117th Congress in the health policy sphere is staggering, as is the range of potential …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2778509

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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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Consequences of the Privatized Funding of Medical Care …

(3 days ago) Web1. An emphasis on the issue of economic viability of the system, stressing that medical expenditures (private and public) are increasing too rapidly and enlarging the federal …

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

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Increasingly Privatized Public Health Insurance Programs …

(Just Now) WebMedicare and Medicaid, the government’s primary health insurance programs, together cover over 40% of the US population. We typically differentiate the …

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

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

(2 days ago) WebThe role of private health insurance in the U.S. would vary across the range of proposals under discussion that establish a public program to broaden coverage and …

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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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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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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Impact of Hospital Privatization - Penn LDI

(2 days ago) WebThe study, “ The Impact of Privatization: Evidence from the Hospital Sector ,” was published on January 2023 as a Working Paper (No. 30824) by the National Bureau …

https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/hospital-privatization-increases-profits-at-what-cost/

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How Privatizing The Health Department Undermined Public Trust …

(2 days ago) WebWith bankruptcy looming in 2012, Detroit largely dismantled its public health department. Years later, that decision offers a cautionary tale to other U.S. cities as the painful rebuilding continues.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/08/06/1024933341/detroit-public-health-privatize-covid-bankruptcy

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Reagan, Deregulation and America’s Exceptional Rise in Health …

(7 days ago) WebBut then payers (private insurers and government health care programs like Medicare) began to shift financial risk to providers like hospitals and doctors. It started …

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/upshot/reagan-deregulation-and-americas-exceptional-rise-in-health-care-costs.html

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We Need Greater Transparency to Improve the U.S. Healthcare …

(Just Now) WebWhile the debate over the merits of private sector healthcare solutions versus government control of healthcare continues, a group of policy experts with …

https://www.acsh.org/news/2021/03/24/we-need-greater-transparency-improve-us-healthcare-system-15428

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Healthcare: Privatize or Nationalize? – Berkeley Economic Review

(9 days ago) WebWith the privatization of healthcare, more importance is given to emergency care, healthcare that deals with fixing emergencies, which produces visible results. This …

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

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The inconvenient truth about public and private health care

(5 days ago) WebAttempts at shedding light on the last point are plagued by measurement problems, because public and private doctors see different mixes of patients, and different people …

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

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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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Privatisation of healthcare leads to worse quality of care

(3 days ago) WebAccording to a new study by Oxford Social Policy researchers, higher mortality rates are linked to an increase in outsourcing of health services to the private for-profit …

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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Private healthcare could become ‘a new normal’ as NHS grows …

(2 days ago) WebAnd new Independent Healthcare Providers Network figures show that private hospitals in England are performing record numbers of procedures on NHS …

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/08/private-healthcare-could-become-a-new-normal-as-nhs-grows-weaker

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What's Wrong with Private Health Insurance? - Forbes

(4 days ago) WebA lot of things, it turns out. All too often, private health plans have perverse incentives to underprovide to people who get sick -- incentives that are created by …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoodman/2019/10/02/whats-wrong-with-private-health-insurance/

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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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States Aim to Combat Private-Equity Healthcare Takeovers

(9 days ago) WebStatehouses across the country are enacting laws to curtail private-equity healthcare acquisitions, part of a political backlash against corporate consolidation in the …

https://www.wsj.com/articles/state-private-equity-healthcare-takeovers-cb43f70b

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Senators probe private equity hospital deals following CBS News

(7 days ago) WebWith investment from Leonard Green and Partners, Prospect Medical Holdings rapidly grew from owning five Los Angeles-based hospitals in 2010, to 20 …

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

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The private sector and universal health coverage - PMC

(3 days ago) WebThe private sector and universal health coverage. The sustainable development goals (SDGs) of Transforming our world, the 2030 agenda for sustainable …

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

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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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Final Prior Authorization Rules Look to Streamline the Process

(1 days ago) WebFor these private employer plans not covered by the CMS prior authorization rules, federal standards for “internal” claim review and appeal (where a health plan …

https://www.kff.org/private-insurance/issue-brief/final-prior-authorization-rules-look-to-streamline-the-process-but-issues-remain/

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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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Growth equity in healthcare: new opportunities for private equity

(Just Now) WebApril 30, 2024 - Healthcare investments have been a favorite of private equity investors for more than a decade. Throughout 2023, reported North American …

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/growth-equity-healthcare-new-opportunities-private-equity-2024-04-30/

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Taunton Senate health care hearing: Southeastern, MA 'in crisis'

(5 days ago) WebIn Bristol County 19.6% of residents report problems affording medical bills, compared to 12.5% statewide due to one-third of the state’s health care system either …

https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/healthcare/2024/04/30/taunton-senate-health-care-hearing-southeastern-ma-steward-hospitals/73454873007/

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Walmart To Close Health Clinics In Latest Blow To Retail Healthcare

(4 days ago) WebPhysician-owned practices had just 3.0 support staff per full-time equivalent physician in 2022 compared to 5.08 per doctor in 2019 as the Covid-19 pandemic and …

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2024/04/30/walmart-to-close-all-health-clinics-in-latest-blow-to-retail-healthcare/

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Awaab's Law: Private renters 'baffled' at their exclusion - BBC

(4 days ago) WebDrainage issues are one of the 29 health and safety hazards that Awaab's Law should address. A further complication for private renters raising complaints about housing …

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-68439078

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