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PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM

PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM. 29 EAST MADISON SUITE 602 CHICAGO, IL 60602 TEL: (312) 782-6006 WWW.PNHP.ORG. The Uninsured. Financial Suffering Among the INSURED. Rising Economic Inequality. Persistent Racial Inequalities. Racial Disparity in Access to Kidney Transplants.

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PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM

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  1. PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM 29 EAST MADISONSUITE 602CHICAGO, IL 60602TEL: (312) 782-6006WWW.PNHP.ORG

  2. The Uninsured

  3. Financial Suffering Among the INSURED

  4. Rising Economic Inequality

  5. Persistent Racial Inequalities

  6. Racial Disparity in Access to Kidney Transplants

  7. Rationing Amidst a Surplus of Care

  8. Unnecessary Procedures

  9. Variation in Medicare Spending: Some Regions Already Spend at Canadian Level

  10. Half of Americans Live Where Population Is Too Low for Competition A town’s only hospital will not compete with itself Source: NEJM 1993;328:148

  11. Profit-Driven HMOs: A Problem, Not a Solution

  12. Medicare HMOs:A Cautionary Tale About Competition Between Public and Private Plans (AKA Public Plan Option)

  13. Despite Medicare’s Lower Overhead, Enrollment of Medicare Patients in Private Plans Has Grown

  14. Private Medicare Plans Have Prospered by Cherry Picking

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