Joseph Q Jarvis MD MSPH
@drjqjarvis.bsky.social
Public health physician and advocate for better, simpler health care financed fairly for all, Chair-Utah Cares Political Issue Committee www.utahcares.vote
“The New Testament has it right, for when we heal “the lame, the maimed, the blind, the mute, and many others,” when we visit the sick and injured, even the least of them, we will be invited into a new kingdom, a regime on the right hand of God.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...
Healing US: Health Care and the Body Politic
The following is a chapter from my book “For the Hurt of My People: Original Conservatism and Better, Simpler Health Care”.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“The New Testament has it right, for when we heal “the lame, the maimed, the blind, the mute, and many others,” when we visit the sick and injured, even the least of them, we will be invited into a new kingdom, a regime on the right hand of God.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...
no one should need to start a GoFundMe account to pay for needed health care. The Utah Cares Act will provide for better, simpler care financed fairly for all. Donate to the campaign to make that happen at www.utahcares.health.
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Utah Cares
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November 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
no one should need to start a GoFundMe account to pay for needed health care. The Utah Cares Act will provide for better, simpler care financed fairly for all. Donate to the campaign to make that happen at www.utahcares.health.
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“We already have the most profitable health-care system in the world and therefore the least patient-centered and most expensive health-care delivery among all developed nations—and one that is the least oriented to rural America.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...
Health Care Will Heal the Body Politic
This is an excerpt from my book “For the Hurt of My People: Original Conservatism and Better, Simpler Health Care”:
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November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“We already have the most profitable health-care system in the world and therefore the least patient-centered and most expensive health-care delivery among all developed nations—and one that is the least oriented to rural America.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...
The American health insurance business model is the most wasteful, useless way to finance healthcare ever invented. The Utah Cares Act will replace health insurance with better, simpler care financed fairly for all. Read about it and DONATE at www.utahcares.health.
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The American health insurance business model is the most wasteful, useless way to finance healthcare ever invented. The Utah Cares Act will replace health insurance with better, simpler care financed fairly for all. Read about it and DONATE at www.utahcares.health.
Across the States: Utah’s Single-Payer Effort, and Colorado’s Momentum
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November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Across the States: Utah’s Single-Payer Effort, and Colorado’s Momentum
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Stop beating around the health reform bush. Single payer health reform is the way forward in the US. Support the Utah Cares Act with a donation at www.utahcares.health. We will use donations to sue the State of Utah in order to place the Act on the ballot in 2026.
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Stop beating around the health reform bush. Single payer health reform is the way forward in the US. Support the Utah Cares Act with a donation at www.utahcares.health. We will use donations to sue the State of Utah in order to place the Act on the ballot in 2026.
“Americans have the most profitable health-care system in the world, yet American patients are least likely in the first world to benefit from proven mortality-reducing medical interventions.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...
Altruism Bests Avarice As a Motive in Health Care
The following is an excerpt from my book—“For the Hurt of My People: Original Conservatism and Better, Simpler Health Care”:
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November 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“Americans have the most profitable health-care system in the world, yet American patients are least likely in the first world to benefit from proven mortality-reducing medical interventions.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...
Six in ten adults who say they can afford their bills with money left over nonetheless say they are “very” or “somewhat worried” about being able to afford unexpected medical bills (62%) or the cost of health care services (60%) for themselves and their family.” www.kff.org/health-costs...
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Economic Views and Experiences of Adults Who Struggle Financially | KFF
Half of adults say they have difficulty affording monthly bills or are just able to afford household expenses without having money left over. These groups overwhelmingly rate the economy negatively an...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Six in ten adults who say they can afford their bills with money left over nonetheless say they are “very” or “somewhat worried” about being able to afford unexpected medical bills (62%) or the cost of health care services (60%) for themselves and their family.” www.kff.org/health-costs...
“We have allowed the business of medicine to so deviate our health system from its principle mission that health insurance business practices deny care to millions of Americans and prematurely kill 200,000 of our fellow citizens annually.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...
Health Care Bells Are Tolling
On October 30, 2021, as a prelude to Halloween, I joined a mock funeral procession in a tony part of San Francisco, California known as Billionaires Row.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“We have allowed the business of medicine to so deviate our health system from its principle mission that health insurance business practices deny care to millions of Americans and prematurely kill 200,000 of our fellow citizens annually.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...
Why is All Saints Day scarier than Halloween? Because Nov 1 is open enrollment-health insurance price increases become a horrifying reality. The Utah Cares Act will eliminate this annual budget massacre. Read about it and DONATE to help us sue Utah to place it on the ballot at www.utahcares.health
November 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Why is All Saints Day scarier than Halloween? Because Nov 1 is open enrollment-health insurance price increases become a horrifying reality. The Utah Cares Act will eliminate this annual budget massacre. Read about it and DONATE to help us sue Utah to place it on the ballot at www.utahcares.health
“Private insurers extract value rather than control costs or provide access to necessary and affordable care. .families face financial ruin no matter whatthey pick during open enrollment.”https://open.substack.com/pub/healthcareuncovered/p/coverage-without-care-the-cruel-math?r=17gidd&utm_medium=ios
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“Private insurers extract value rather than control costs or provide access to necessary and affordable care. .families face financial ruin no matter whatthey pick during open enrollment.”https://open.substack.com/pub/healthcareuncovered/p/coverage-without-care-the-cruel-math?r=17gidd&utm_medium=ios
70% of Democrats, 62% of Republicans, and 59% of Independents blame health insurance companies for medical debt. open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...
Shell Shock About the Price of Health Care
The eldest son of a good friend contacted me by text yesterday.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
70% of Democrats, 62% of Republicans, and 59% of Independents blame health insurance companies for medical debt. open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...
Health insurance: they charge a premium, require co-pays, co-insurance, and deductibles before they pay for care, the fine print allows them to leave you in the lurch. The Utah Cares Act (read it at www.utahcares.health) every patient in the driver’s seat. DONATE to the campaign to make it happen!
October 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Health insurance: they charge a premium, require co-pays, co-insurance, and deductibles before they pay for care, the fine print allows them to leave you in the lurch. The Utah Cares Act (read it at www.utahcares.health) every patient in the driver’s seat. DONATE to the campaign to make it happen!
Seventy-six percent of voters said they agreed with the statement: “We need to switch to a different system of health insurance where people can change jobs or become self-employed and not have to worry about losing their health insurance.” thehill.com/policy/healt...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Seventy-six percent of voters said they agreed with the statement: “We need to switch to a different system of health insurance where people can change jobs or become self-employed and not have to worry about losing their health insurance.” thehill.com/policy/healt...
Health insurance policy rules, fine print never inure to the benefit of the patient. In contrast, read the Utah Cares Act—it’s a health system redesign intended to optimize patient care and financial security. Find it at www.utahcares.health. DONATE to support a lawsuit to put the Act on the ballot.
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Health insurance policy rules, fine print never inure to the benefit of the patient. In contrast, read the Utah Cares Act—it’s a health system redesign intended to optimize patient care and financial security. Find it at www.utahcares.health. DONATE to support a lawsuit to put the Act on the ballot.
“What people need is optimal health care, not coverage. Health insurance, as it is done in the US, comes between us and the health care we need.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...
We Need Health Care, Not Health Insurance
I had the good fortune to spend three days in San Francisco, CA this past week attending a Primary Care Conference put on by the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine.
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October 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“What people need is optimal health care, not coverage. Health insurance, as it is done in the US, comes between us and the health care we need.” open.substack.com/pub/josephqu...
Stop asking permission to get the care your family needs. Join Utah Cares in kicking health insurance to the national curb. We need your help to sue the state of Utah to put single payer health care on the ballot. DONATE at www.utahcares.health
October 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Stop asking permission to get the care your family needs. Join Utah Cares in kicking health insurance to the national curb. We need your help to sue the state of Utah to put single payer health care on the ballot. DONATE at www.utahcares.health
“Figuring out the right healthcare strategy is a huge drain. The time we have to spend trying to navigate this health-insurance fiasco is time we don’t spend with our clients. Health insurance is the largest expense after wages.” www.wsj.com/health/healt...
The Average Cost of a Family Health Insurance Plan Is Now $27,000
Higher spending on chronic diseases, weight-loss drugs and hospital bills helped drive the increase.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“Figuring out the right healthcare strategy is a huge drain. The time we have to spend trying to navigate this health-insurance fiasco is time we don’t spend with our clients. Health insurance is the largest expense after wages.” www.wsj.com/health/healt...
“Healthcare is a diseased sector of our economy where the prices are intentionally obscured and the customer is never right.” www.wsj.com/opinion/a-ho...
Opinion | A Hospital’s ‘E/M Add-On’ Turned Me Into a Radical
An indecipherable email about my mother-in-law’s checkup has me reaching for the pitchfork.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“Healthcare is a diseased sector of our economy where the prices are intentionally obscured and the customer is never right.” www.wsj.com/opinion/a-ho...
It’s time for all of us to say “NO” to the health insurance business model. Go to www.utahcares.health and read the Utah Cares Act. We propose better, simpler care financed fairly for all. Help us make the legal fight to get the Act on the ballot—DONATE!!! www.linkedin.com/posts/sallyn...
Utah Cares
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October 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It’s time for all of us to say “NO” to the health insurance business model. Go to www.utahcares.health and read the Utah Cares Act. We propose better, simpler care financed fairly for all. Help us make the legal fight to get the Act on the ballot—DONATE!!! www.linkedin.com/posts/sallyn...
Half measures in health reform will always fail. The Utah Cares Act is full-on what’s needed for patients-meaning all of us. Read the Act at www.utahcares.health AND DONATE to the legal defense fund so we can sue Utah to place the Act on the ballot.
October 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Half measures in health reform will always fail. The Utah Cares Act is full-on what’s needed for patients-meaning all of us. Read the Act at www.utahcares.health AND DONATE to the legal defense fund so we can sue Utah to place the Act on the ballot.
“This matters for employers because healthcare is now your fastest-growing expense, but the structure makes it nearly impossible to manage. You can't optimize what you can't see.” www.linkedin.com/posts/tsang1...
How many layers between employer's healthcare dollars and care? | Andrew Tsang posted on the topic | LinkedIn
How many layers are between your employer's healthcare dollars and care?
The answer depends on whether you're getting medical care or filling a prescription - but either way, it's 8-10 entities touch...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“This matters for employers because healthcare is now your fastest-growing expense, but the structure makes it nearly impossible to manage. You can't optimize what you can't see.” www.linkedin.com/posts/tsang1...
The growth in healthcare costs per capita, adjusted for demographic effects, has frequently outpaced the growth in GDP per capita over the past few years www.pgpf.org/article/heal...
Healthcare Costs Are a Major Driver of the National Debt and Here’s the Biggest Reason Why
Improving the U.S. healthcare system will be crucial to providing quality, affordable healthcare and to bettering our nation’s long-term economic and fiscal well-being.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The growth in healthcare costs per capita, adjusted for demographic effects, has frequently outpaced the growth in GDP per capita over the past few years www.pgpf.org/article/heal...
The Utah Cares Act will put an end to people going without care because of cost. DONATE to build a legal defense fund so that we can sue the state of Utah to get Utah Cares onto the ballot www.utahcares.health
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Utah Cares
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October 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The Utah Cares Act will put an end to people going without care because of cost. DONATE to build a legal defense fund so that we can sue the state of Utah to get Utah Cares onto the ballot www.utahcares.health
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The cost of everything else has increased much more slowly. The Utah Cares Act puts an end to this unsustainable rapid rate of health expenditure increase. Read it at www.utahcares.health and DONATE to the legal defense fund being amassed to sue the state of Utah.
October 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The cost of everything else has increased much more slowly. The Utah Cares Act puts an end to this unsustainable rapid rate of health expenditure increase. Read it at www.utahcares.health and DONATE to the legal defense fund being amassed to sue the state of Utah.