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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 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. Steinbrook R. Private …

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

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

(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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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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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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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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The Impact of Privatization: Evidence from the Hospital Sector

(4 days ago) WEBPrivatization has been shown to increase growth and profitability of public firms. However, effects on consumers are understudied. We study potential trade-offs in the US hospital …

https://www.nber.org/papers/w30824

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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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How Privatizing The Health Department Undermined …

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

(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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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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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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Consequences of the Privatized Funding of Medical Care and of …

(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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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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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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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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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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‘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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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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States Aim to Combat Private-Equity Healthcare Takeovers

(9 days ago) WEBMore than a dozen states are pushing back against private-equity-backed consolidation of medical businesses. Lawmakers in statehouses across the country are …

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

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

(5 days ago) WEBDoctors vs. hospitals: A bid to regulate hedge funds is dividing California medical groups. A bill before the California Legislature would give the attorney general …

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

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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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How North Carolina got the math wrong on mental health

(4 days ago) WEBThen there was another problem. The newly privatized system was increasingly reliant on Medicaid, it will make health care accessible to more than …

https://www.wfae.org/podcast/fractured/2024-05-03/how-north-carolina-got-the-math-wrong-on-mental-health

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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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Growth equity in healthcare: new opportunities for private equity

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

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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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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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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America’s Age Old Mental Health Crisis - MSN

(4 days ago) WEBJohn Quincy’s oldest son, George Washington Adams, suffered from depression and took his own life at the age of 28—just two months after his father’s presidency ended in …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/america-s-age-old-mental-health-crisis/ar-AA1nV1Dn

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Melvin Poindexter on LinkedIn: CVS Made a Big Bet on Privatized

(3 days ago) WEBCVS Health reported disastrous earnings this week after an aggressive marketing push behind Medicare Advantage came up empty. Operating profit in CVS’s Care…

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/melvin-poindexter-5a445a10_cvs-made-a-big-bet-on-privatized-medicare-activity-7192262574845906944-AYPc

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The mental health crisis in North Carolina’s emergency rooms

(9 days ago) WEBOne hundred ninety kids with behavioral health problems were sent to out-of-state psychiatric residential treatment facilities during the first three months of 2023, …

https://www.wfae.org/podcast/fractured/2024-05-03/the-mental-health-crisis-in-north-carolinas-emergency-rooms

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Barbra Streisand, Melissa McCarthy and the problem with asking …

(9 days ago) WEBHmm:Oprah Winfrey's revelation about using weight loss drugs is a game changer.Here's why. 'Medical issues are private' You're not a bad person if you want to …

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/05/01/barbra-streisand-melissa-mccarthy-weight-loss-ozempic/73524091007/

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Key AI Actions 180 Days …

(6 days ago) WEBLaunched the AI Safety and Security Board to advise the Secretary of Homeland Security, the critical infrastructure community, other private sector …

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/04/29/biden-harris-administration-announces-key-ai-actions-180-days-following-president-bidens-landmark-executive-order/

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