Health Headlines for Friday, November 16
Twenty Million More Americans Have Health Insurance Versus 2010
Bloomberg
Fewer Americans lack health insurance.
Cuomo high on legislative pay raise, leery about state single-payer health care program
New York Daily News
Gov. Cuomo Thursday gave a thumbs up to the idea of the first legislative pay raise in 20 years, but was cooler toward enacting a single-payer health care system in New York.
Do no harm: Reject Albany’s single-payer scheme (Your letters)
Syracuse Post Standard
After reading the Post-Standard’s recent article about Albany’s single-payer health insurance proposal (“NY health care-for-all gets traction on campaign trail, but would it work?”, Oct. 31, 2018), I felt it was important to shine a light on the realities of this ill-advised scheme.
Hospital Chain Settles U.S. Suit Over Stifled Competition
Wall Street Journal
A major hospital system based in North Carolina agreed to settle a closely watched Justice Department lawsuit, promising to change practices that antitrust enforcers alleged thwarted competition.
California’s new governor embodies Democrats’ dilemma on single payer
Politico
California’s next governor Gavin Newsom is an avowed single-payer supporter in the country’s most populous state. But how much of his stand is principle and how much is policy is not totally clear.
Doctors Are Fed Up With Being Turned Into Debt Collectors
Bloomberg
Doctors, hospitals and medical labs used to be concerned about patients who didn’t have insurance not paying their bills.