Piercing the Myth by Kip Sullivan (Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action Newsletter)
Do We Need to Kick Out the Insurance Companies? – Kip Sullivan Presentation at OPS Conference
Medicare Advantage Overpayment: An Unsustainable Future (Minnesota Physician) – Kip Sullivan, JD
Health Care Quality Reporting
Minnesota Physician has published a two part series on health care quality reporting by Kip Sullivan. Part 1 Re-evaluating “performance” measurement: Minnesota’s teachable moment Part 2 A futile quest: Why “performance” measurement is not working
Revenue Data on MN’s Hospital Chains
Kip Sullivan’s reaction to a recent Minneapolis StarTribune article on the tug-of-war between nonprofit hospitals and insurers over efforts to rein in costs. Plus there is a link to the 24th annual StarTribune list of 100 largest nonprofits in Minnesota dominated by the healthcare sector.
Rep Jayapal and Sen Sanders Have Introduced Medicare For All Bills: One Is a Lot Better Than the Other
Two bills that are called “Medicare for all” bills by their supporters have just been introduced in Congress. On February 27, Representative Pramila Jayapal introduced the Medicare For All Act of 2019, HR 1384 , in the House of Representatives. On April 10, Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a bill bearing the same name in the […]
Understanding the debate about reducing health care costs: Part I
Understanding the debate about reducing health care costs: Part 2
Kip Sullivan continues his thoughts on reducing health care costs.
Understanding the debate about reducing health care costs: Part 3
In Part 3, Sullivan takes a look at solutions to reducing health care costs.
A Critique of Section 611(b) in Bernie Sanders’ “single payer” bill
Download a PDF of this report. Overview The most important defects in Bernie Sanders’ “single payer” bill, S 1804, are: The absence of budgets for institutional providers (hospitals and nursing homes) and clear authority to set uniform fee schedules for individual providers; and Section 611(b), which requires the maintenance of the “reform activities” authorized by […]