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2023 Legislature on health care: What passed
— Senate Bill 5499paves the path for Washington state to join 37 other states, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). This allows qualified, licensed, background-checked nurses to move freely about the country with their careers intact and without state licensing barriers. Eliminating … See more
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State Ranking on Health Care Access
WebOut of 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, Washington state ranks 23 rd overall. Our state scores high marks in direct primary care (1) and telemedicine (1). We score low in provider regulations (42) and taxation (44). Access to quality, low-cost health care should be the goal of any legislation directed at health care reform.
Changes in patient and doctor relationships in United States …
WebPast efforts to solve the health care spending crisis. By the mid-1980s, the government was no longer a disinterested third-party payer, simply paying health care bills as they arrived. To cover exploding costs in Medicare, Congress increased worker payroll taxes, raised premiums and devoted more money from the federal general fund.
The role of government in fixing the broken mental-health system
WebThe U.S. House recently passed H.R. 2646 to make the federal government accountable, on an outcomes basis, for the $130 billion spent annually on mental-health treatment. Multiple mental-health organizations and media outlets, including The Seattle Times, support the bill, called the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act.
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UHCC has its first meeting seeking to pave the way for universal …
WebOther states have tried and failed to effectively eliminate private health insurance and shift responsibility for administering and financing health coverage to the state government. California had to abandon its effort in 2017, as the bill for taxpayers was going to be astronomical. A legislative analysis pegged the projected cost at $400 billion.
It's Not the Government's Job to Protect My Health
WebWhether you believe health care is a “right,” we can all agree that health care is a necessity of life – just like food, shelter, and clothing are necessities of a long, productive life. Except in safety-net situations, the …
The Virtue of Free Markets
WebAt the end of the day, health care is simply an economic activity – the most personal human activity between providers and patients. The tragedy is that the U.S. health care system has developed with several critical non-free market precedents. The fundamental problem is that 90 percent of Americans have their health care paid for by a …
Moore's Sicko Offers No Cure for U.S. Health Care
WebIn Sicko, Moore attacks for-profit health care and calls for adoption of a socialized, state-managed health care system. Yet Moore is not adverse to securing handsome profits in his own field. Disney Corporation paid Moore a dazzling $21 million for the distribution rights to his film Fahrenheit 911. This is in addition to $30 million he …
Assessing the quality of health care in the United States – how the …
WebSimply having health insurance does not guarantee timely access to medical care. 4. Research shows that the U.S. ranks either first or in the top five countries when dealing with the two most common health issues – cardiovascular disease and cancer. 5. Personal responsibility is critically important to maintaining good health but is virtually
States Without Certificate of Need Laws Have Better Health Care
WebA recent study released by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University looked at whether CON laws provide better health care quality when compared to states without CON laws. Using a very ingenious method, the authors divided the country into hospital referral regions (HRRs) for the years 2011 through 2015. HRRs are geographic …
Is a Single-Payer Health Care System Right for America
WebA single-payer system is attractive to many people because of its perceived simplicity – the U.S. government would provide direct health services to all Americans. To begin with, there is a great degree of confusion concerning the terminology used to describe various health care delivery systems. “Single-payer” health care is a system in
Is health insurance different than other types of insurance
WebHealth insurance should be available in a free voluntary and open market place, just like auto and home-owners insurance. Introduction Every year millions of Americans buy auto, home, and life insurance from national companies in competitive market places. People are savvy shoppers and have multiple choices when buying these …
Health Care Freedom for Washington State
WebThe total spent on Medicaid in Washington state in fiscal 2008 was $4.13 billion. That figure soared to $6.3 billion in fiscal 2009. Washington state’s financial contribution for both years is approximately 48 percent of the total, with the federal government paying 52 percent. These percentages are virtually identical to the national …
Center for Health Care » Centers » Washington Policy Center
WebRoger Stark. Senior Fellow, WPC Center for Health Care. email: [email protected]. Phone: (206) 937-9691. Dr. Roger Stark is a Senior Fellow for the Center for Health Care at Washington Policy Center and a retired physician. He is the author of three books including the just-published Healthcare Policy Sim Read More.
Should the rest of us pay for other people's bad lifestyle choices
WebIt all goes back to how health insurance developed in the U.S. Since 1943, employers have gotten a tax break when providing health benefits to employees in group-insurance settings. There are some modifiers, but essentially employees are lumped together in risk pools regardless of health risks of individual group members.
Washington state has permission to subsidize health insurance for
WebWashington state has been granted a waiver to federal law allowing it to offer health insurance and subsidies to noncitizens who unlawfully reside in the United States but who live within Washington state's borders.. The Dec. 9 announcement from the federal government allows the state to suspend a portion of the Affordable Care Act so it can …
What Americans Think About Our Health Care System
WebUniversal health insurance, through a single-payer system, in no way guarantees timely access to care. Over 70 percent of Americans are happy with the health care they receive. The political left should understand this fact and give voters what they want – more health care choices at less cost through a free market system.
More Consolidation of Health Insurance Companies
WebWhen a person says he has “great health insurance,” what he actually means is that his insurance covers nearly everything related to receiving health care, with essentially no out-of-pocket expense. This is analogous to a person having auto “insurance” that pays for routine maintenance services, including gas, oil, and brakes.
Do socialized health care systems in other countries offer a model …
WebThe demand for health care far outstrips the money budgeted for it in all other countries and rationing of medical care by the government is common. Some patients are denied care to save money. Just as in the U.S., every other country faces the demographic problem of an aging population and a decreasing work-force to pay taxes for their seniors
Mental health should take center stage in rural communities
WebDuring the last decade the mental health of America’s farmers and ranchers has become a focus for many. Recent data highlighting the loss of farms and ranches throughout the United States in the Census of Agriculture from the United States Department of Agriculture should bring particular attention to the stressors in rural …
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Hospital mergers increase costs and reduce the quality of patient
WebThe basic difference between health care compared to other economic activities is the third-party payer system. Patients are financially isolated from the monopolistic consequences of hospital mergers. 9. The solution to this ever-increasing practice of combining hospitals is to allow patients to use their own health care dollars …
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