Wisconsin Physicians for a National Health Program
01/31/2023
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2801097?guestAccessKey=32e3bbd7-aba7-4ba1-b062-3d20d90d850c&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jama&utm_content=olf&utm_term=013023
Such a great (and sobering summary) of the immense greed in our healthcare system by Don Berwick
The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care In this Viewpoint, Donald Berwick explores the pursuit of profit in US health care across sectors—such as pharmaceutical companies, insurers, hospitals, and physician practices—and its harms to patients, and then offers potential solutions.
09/26/2022
Article #2
How a Hospital Chain Used a Poor Neighborhood to Turn Huge Profits Bon Secours Mercy Health, a major nonprofit health system, used the poverty of Richmond Community Hospital’s patients to tap into a lucrative federal drug program.
08/28/2022
https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/briefs/role-prices-excess-us-health-spending
"US private-payer provider prices, found that commercial US health spending per enrollee increased by 21.8 percent between 2015 and 2019."
The Role Of Prices In Excess US Health Spending | Health Affairs Brief Research points to high prices in the private sector as a critical driver of excess health spending and growth in the US.
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