Dr Joan's Healthcare Review
Newsletters on Healthcare by Dr. Joan
Joan MacEachen MD, MPH
I have worked as a Family Medicine physician with Indian Health Service for 37 years. I provided health care for the Southern Ute tribe in Ignacio, CO for 16 years, and for several Alaska and Arizona Native clinics and hospitals. I have also worked in Community Access clinics.
My Masters degree is in international public health and I worked in New Zealand for 6 years.
I have been able to compare firsthand the benefits and weakness of the current
healthcare system in the United States and am convinced that healthcare does not respond to capitalist market rules, and should be replaced by a single payer system.
Why Do Doctors Support Single Payer?
This newsletter explains why a majority of doctors support single payer heath insurance, the reasons largely summed up by the term "moral injury".
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Health Insurance - the Basics
This newsletter addresses key heath insurance concepts, the goals of health insurance
and the strengths and weakness of the US health system in attaining these goals.
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Are YOU being cheated?
Are YOU being cheated by our healthcare delivery system?
Why are we faced with increasing insurance premiums when we are already paying too much?
How can our healthcare system improve?
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The CSPH Healthcare Study
The Colorado School of Public Health (CSPH) concluded in a 2021 report that a publicly financed, privately delivered healthcare system "could yield significant healthcare savings in the range of $.5 to $3.6 billion per year” for Colorado.
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Dr Joan's Healthcare Review
Newsletters on Healthcare by Dr. Joan
Joan MacEachen MD, MPH
I have worked as a Family Medicine physician with Indian Health Service for 37 years. I provided health care for the Southern Ute tribe in Ignacio, CO for 16 years, and for several Alaska and Arizona Native clinics and hospitals. I have also worked in Community Access clinics.
My Masters degree is in international public health and I worked in New Zealand for 6 years.
I have been able to compare firsthand the benefits and weakness of the current
healthcare system in the United States and am convinced that healthcare does not respond to capitalist market rules, and should be replaced by a single payer system.
