Ground shifting under health economists' tootsies ("Do Not Resuscitate" #367 Oct 25 2024)

Long-standing skeptics about a single-payer system like Medicare for All are having second thoughts, according to a landmark essay that I lead with in my weekly review of our Rube Goldberg health financing non-system. Even though Bernie's 2016 and 2020 campaigns to put M4A on the national agenda, our presidential debates barely touch upon the money worries we all face with unpayable deductibles, ever-poorer deals from our jobs, high copays, the Medicare Advantage scam, and the permanent fear of medical bankruptcy. 

Here are links to all the articles discussed in this week's "Do Not Resuscitate":

Adam Gaffney, David U. Himmelstein & Steffie Woolhandler, “The only way to fix US health care,” New York Review of Books, Nov 7, 2024 https://bit.ly/4hjW9JQ

Luke Chafer, “How go private for that vital operation and get the NHS to pay for it: Everything you need to know about a little-known scheme,” Daily Mail [U.K.], 19 Oct 2024 https://bit.ly/3AbF8kq

Anna Claire Vollers, “1 million+ patients lose coverage as insurers, hospitals drop Medicare Advantage,” Stateline, Oct 21, 2024 https://bit.ly/3BTUWZI

Joyce Frieden, “Use of prior authorization up in MA plans, Senate report finds,” MedPage Today, Oct 17, 2024 https://bit.ly/3YgIzhU

Noam N. Levey, “Voters fret high medical bills are being ignored by presidential rivals,” KFF Health News/CBS News, Oct 24, 2024 https://bit.ly/3BVN0XU

Heather Landi, “Walgreens focused on growing specialty pharmacy, data analytics within healthcare business,” Fierce Healthcare, Oct 15, 2024 https://bit.ly/3A8y0Wa

Nathaniel Meyersohn, “Why your drug store is closing,” CNN Business, Oct 16, 2024 https://cnn.it/4hl7AB6

Annika Kim Constantino & Jacob Pramuk, “CVS replaces CEO as profits, share price suffer,” CNBC, Oct 18, 2024 https://cnb.cx/3YgXmt2

Tristan Manalac, “Unions, public interest groups call on FTC to challenge Novo Holdings-Catalent acquisition,” Biospace, Oct 18, 2024 https://bit.ly/4eMT3wt

Jed Graham, “Cigna restarts talks to buy fallen star Humana,” Investor’s Business Daily, Oct 21, 2024 https://bit.ly/4hg8gI1

Noah Tong, “Humana joins chorus of lawsuits over sinking star ratings,” Fierce Healthcare, Oct 21, 2024 https://bit.ly/48i0GZs

MedAxiom, “2024 cardiovascular provider compensation and production survey report launches,” Oct 16, 2024 https://bit.ly/4fdaztB

Kate Gibson, “Walmart plans to deliver prescriptions nationwide in as little as 30 minutes,” CBS News, Oct 22, 2024 https://cbsn.ws/4eZ1GUM

Kathryn Kranhold, “Former FDA lawyers join tobacco industry in ‘epic’ fight against the agency,” The Examination/STAT, Oct 21, 2024 https://bit.ly/3YnoPZQ

You can get my written digest by emailing. me at tfrasca@yahoo.com

The entire archive is housed at www.nypan.org/single-payer-links-archive