Hillary Clinton has just released a plan would treat mental health care with the same priority as physical health care. It’s a well-thought-out, comprehensive
Category: Health care
Aetna’s exit from Obamacare should make us want Medicare-for-All even more
Aetna has just announced that it will be pulling out of the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges in 11 of the 15 states where
From Obamacare to Medicare for All: Easier said than done
A Medicare for All health system [aka “single-payer”] would be a great step forward for the US. But how difficult will it be to
Media does for Bernie Sanders what it never did for Dennis Kucinich
The first question that Anderson Cooper asked Bernie Sanders was, “A Gallup poll says half the country would not put a socialist in the
Abortion: Focusing on the real issues, not the distractions
Abortion opponents often like to dwell on minutia, such as whether or not Planned Parenthood profits from making embryonic organs available for life-saving research.
Some wins for Obama are better than others
June 2015 was a remarkable month for President Obama. In particular. the last week of the month was a real “winner” for the president.
New rules for Medicaid managed care: What do they mean for Missouri?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has just released new rules, the first in over a decade, for Medicaid managed programs. These
Medicaid: A two-act morality play for Missouri voters
Millions of words have been written about Medicaid, and the failure to expand it, in Missouri. The words have fallen on deaf ears. Maybe
More health insurers offer “Obamacare” plans, shifting the political landscape
Good news for health-insurance shoppers, bad news for Obamacare haters. For the 2015 enrollment period [which begins on November 15, 2014], healthcare shoppers will
Infographic: Americans don’t go to the doctor very often
Americans go to the doctor far less than their foreign counterparts. The most likely reason? It’s expensive. While the quality of healthcare in the