Health Care Reform Articles - March 11, 2016

How Liberals Tried to Kill the Dream of Single-Payer 

Prominent progressives have undercut a cherished policy goal of the left. They’re wrong on both the politics and the economics.

BY ADAM GAFFNEy March 8, 2016

https://newrepublic.com/article/131251/liberals-tried-kill-dream-single-payer

Hillary Clinton reveals her plan to revise--not repeal or replace--Obamacare
by Michael Hiltzik

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-hillary-clinton-reveals-her-plan-obamacare-20160223-column.html

'Medicare for All' vs. 'Government Plan': Nuance matters in coverage of health policy choices

By Trudy Lieberman
Health Review News, March 3, 2016

http://www.pnhp.org/news/2016/march/medicare-for-all-vs-government-plan-nuance-matters-in-coverage-of-health-policy-choi

Groups Scrutinize White House Plan to Cut Drug Costs in Medicare

By ROBERT PEAR

MARCH 9, 2016

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/us/politics/groups-scrutinize-white-house-plan-to-cut-drug-costs-in-medicare.html?emc=edit_tnt_20160309&nlid=1311158&tntemail0=y&referer=

Drug makers now spend $5 billion a year on advertising. Here’s what that buys.By REBECCA ROBBIN

http://www.statnews.com/2016/03/09/drug-industry-advertising/

This drug is defying a rare form of leukemia — and it keeps getting pricier

by Carolyn Johnson - Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/this-drug-is-defying-a-rare-form-of-leukemia--and-it-keeps-getting-pricier/2016/03/09/4fff8102-c571-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_cancerdrug-530pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

Maine nonprofit health insurer lost $31 million in 2015

Community Health Options likely will raise its premiums, but by how much hasn't yet been determined. 

BY EDWARD D. MURPHY 

http://www.pressherald.com/2016/03/09/maine-nonprofit-health-insurer-lost-31-million-in-2015/

You’ve never heard of the powerful doctors making decisions about your health

By Lena H. Sun 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/health-prevention-comes-with-tension-for-nations-top-medical-task-force/2016/03/07/5aa385e4-c12b-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=27035029&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8NHvrGfP26U9r4HkrIav_OGlYicEZMiKRFj_lnJUhWdNL5ENnhQz2ow1Ka6fEWNJBuDX60E7NDs2hpgfKrgBnBcnaHTQVFn5oJz3b2p-rhLlJGW2o&_hsmi=27035029

Officials Concerned About LePage’s Prescription Drug Bill

Mal Leary reports on a prescription drug bill.

http://news.mpbn.net/post/officials-concerned-about-lepage-s-prescription-drug-bill

Reeling from Losses, Maine Insurer Plans to Tap Reserves, Increase Premiums 

By PATTY WIGHT

http://news.mpbn.net/post/reeling-losses-maine-insurer-plans-tap-reserves-increase-premiums