coverage is not care

Should Colorado expand Medicaid per ObamaCare? No.0
- August 27, 2012
One of the most tragic failings of ObamaCare is that it will make it harder for many of the most vulnerable citizens – patients with no option but Medicaid – to get care. Continue reading →
READ MORE
Why Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion Will Reduce Health Care Access 0
- March 20, 2012
Medicaid notoriously underpays doctors, so Medicaid patients have trouble accessing them. When Medicaid eligibility expands, many newly eligible people drop “private” health plans to enroll. Continue reading →
READ MORE
Sickest Canadians Face the Highest Barriers to Care 0
- January 9, 2012
CTV of Canada reports: “Canadians with chronic conditions are frequent users of the health-care system, but a new report shows many experience considerable difficulty getting the medical treatment they need.” Continue reading →
READ MORE

Elderly patients condemned to early death by secret use of do not resuscitate orders 0
- November 2, 2011
“Elderly patients are being condemned to an early death by hospitals making secret use of “do not resuscitate” orders, an investigation has found” – Telegraph UK. Continue reading →
READ MORE
England’s NHS ‘creaking at the seams’ as waiting lists rise 0
- July 21, 2011
The Telegraph (UK) reminds us that single-payer “universal” health care is really universal misery: “A senior doctors’ leader has warned that the NHS is “creaking at the seams” as official figures showed almost a third more patients are waiting too long to be treated in hospital.”
READ MORE
Medicaid as a ghetto: poor access to medical care 0
- July 11, 2011
“While specialists turned away 11 percent of privately insured children, 66 percent of children with Medicaid were unable to get an appointment. For those who did, the waiting time was 22 days longer than for other patients.”
READ MORE

Contribute