The non-profit health system plans to assume full operational ownership of Florence Hospital, Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, Steward Mesa Hospital, and St. Luke's Behavioral Health Hospital in Tempe. HonorHealth intends to retain Steward staff, physicians and other team members and will manage the facilities using Steward's...Arizona News
Steward Health Care has recently made strides in addressing its financial challenges by reaching an agreement in principle with its landlord Medical Properties Trust Inc. (MPT). The agreement aims to resolve billions of dollars in lease obligations, offering a potential path to keep most of its hospitals operational. MPT has agreed to...National News
The study, published earlier this month in The Lancet, provides some scientific scaffolding for the ambitious healthcare overhaul central to Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaigns.
It predicts Medicare for All (M4A) would save the country 13% or $450 billion in health care expenditures each year and save 68,000...National News
Warren’s plan departs from the Medicare for All proposal from the Sanders camp and also drew severe scrutiny from her opponents as well as Democratic Party leadership. Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren released her Medicare for All plan last week, after several months of high anticipation and speculation about the her...National News
Sen. Bernie Sanders' controversial single-payer healthcare system mixed with current efforts by the GOP to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA), paved the way for Democratic candidates to unveil a score of new healthcare policies, each vying for an idea to set themselves apart and avoid a complete overhaul of the nation's healthcare...Arizona News
Sen. Bernie Sanders took another blow to his controversial single-payer proposal “Medicare-for-All” as presidential candidate front-runner Joe Biden unsurprisingly shows solidarity with Obama by offering an expansion of the Affordable Care Act as a government healthcare solution.
On paper, Biden’s plan is significantly more...National News
After last week's Democratic debate, it became evident the party is divided on healthcare policy, most notably Medicare-for-All. Only a few presidential hopefuls raised a hand when asked if ready and willing to eliminate private insurance, despite others on stage having previously voiced their support for Sen. Bernie Sanders'...
Sen. Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All (M4A) universal health care plan, which proposes all U.S. residents be covered by insurance without copays and deductibles for medical services, has raised various questions surrounding government expenditures and doctor pay.
According to a report by Dr. Charles Blahous at the Mercatus...
