While wealthy hospitals face the pandemic with billions of dollars in invested reserves, many safety-net hospitals have only weeks – or even days – of reserve funds. Yet bail-out legislation recently passed by Congress failed to distinguish between hospitals which are struggling, […]
The week in healthcare reform Our Weekly News Roundup brings you snippets of news and brief commentary on topics related to America’s failing healthcare system, with a special focus on Medicare for All and California. Litany of lies on coronavirus from the […]
By most accounts the U.S. fumbled the coronavirus response. And that fumble brought to light the shocking inadequacy of our social safety net. The result? A major, unnecessary loss of life and economic devastation. What do we need to do now? Get the […]
After years of so-called “struggle” to eliminate surprise medical billing, it turns out it may have been easier to accomplish than anyone imagined. All it took was for Health & Human Services (HHS) to add a few lines to pandemic emergency legislation […]
The week in healthcare reform Our Weekly News Roundup brings you snippets of news and brief commentary on topics related to America’s failing healthcare system, with a special focus on Medicare for All and California. “…the way healthcare is financed in the […]
One “dirty secret” of America’s market-based healthcare system has been revealed during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Just-in-time” inventory practices, common in the corporate world, have resulted in insufficient stockpiles of equipment needed to address the surge in the need for medical care. Doctors, […]
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden may be looking to build bridges with former rival Bernie Sanders’ supporters by rolling out a plan to lower the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 60. This move would be a real lifesaver for people […]
The week in healthcare reform Our Weekly News Roundup brings you snippets of news and brief commentary on topics related to America’s failing healthcare system, with a special focus on Medicare for All and California. For many Americans, “inequality will be the […]
Actually 2020 is turning out to be a “big health care year for California,” but not in the way Governor Newsom imagined it would. His plans included bringing the state closer to universal healthcare by expanding Medi-Cal and reducing the cost of […]