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2 months ago | 
jamanetwork.com | David Himmelstein |Robert Kuttner
Who Should Own Americans’ Health Care? Health reform debate has long focused on who gets coverage and how to pay practitioners and hospitals. Few have questioned who should own hospitals and other essential health care resources. The collapse of the 31-hospital Steward Health Care system, driven by its investor-owner’s financial strategies, highlights the salience of proprietorship.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Hunter College |Danny McCormick |David Himmelstein |David H. Bor
Job Lock and Parents of Children With Cystic Fibrosis US health care coverage is typically tied to employment, sometimes causing job lock, which deters people from changing employment because they need to maintain coverage. Few studies have assessed job lock due to children’s need for health care.1,2 Children with cystic fibrosis (CF) have substantial care needs, including costly medications, tests, and quarterly visits with interprofessional teams.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
nybooks.com | Steffie Woolhandler |David Himmelstein |Adam Gaffney
“We take it back,” Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein, two of America’s most prominent health economists, declare in a new book, We’ve Got You Covered, their blueprint for reforming our health care system. After years of preaching “the gospel” that “patients must pay something for their care,” they’ve now abandoned the message. Instead they propose tax-funded “basic” health coverage—without copayments, deductibles, or other forms of “cost-sharing”—for all Americans.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
statnews.com | Steffie Woolhandler |David Himmelstein |Elizabeth Schrier |Hope E.M. Schwartz
Adobe By Steffie Woolhandler, David U.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Emily Lupez |David Himmelstein |Laura Hawks |Samuel L. Dickman
Key PointsQuestions
What are the health status and health care access of people residing in US prisons, and are co-payments associated with reduced access to care? Findings
In this repeated cross-sectional study representing 1 421 700 people in US prisons, there was high, and possibly increasing, prevalence of mental health and chronic physical conditions, as well as poor access to care.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Elizabeth Schrier |David Himmelstein |Hunter College
Private equity firms spent $505 billion on health care acquisitions between 2018 and 2023.1 Financial infusions may augment resources for care.2,3 However, firms have sometimes sold acquired hospitals’ land and buildings, repaying investors with proceeds and burdening hospitals with rent payments for facilities they once owned.3
We assessed changes in hospitals’ capital assets after private equity acquisition.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
medrxiv.org | Jacob Bor |Rafeya Raquib |David Himmelstein |Steffie Woolhandler
The authors have declared no competing interest. The authors (ACS, JB, RR) acknowledge financial support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (P-6007864-2022). I confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
popularresistance.org | Adam Gaffney |David Himmelstein |Steffie Woolhandler
The very “choice” that Medicare Advantage is said to offer is undermining Medicare’s promise of equal and universal care for seniors. Medicare Advantage—the privatized Medicare plans run by insurance firms but funded by the federal government—rips off taxpayers. On this there is little controversy.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
portside.org | Adam Gaffney |David Himmelstein |Steffie Woolhandler
Medicare Dis-Advantage: Overpayments and Inequity Published July 1, 2024 Medicare Advantage—the privatized Medicare plans run by insurance firms but funded by the federal government—rips off taxpayers. On this there is little controversy.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Adam Gaffney |David Himmelstein |Steffie Woolhandler
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