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The week in healthcare reform
“Kelley v. Becerra…seeks to take out several provisions of Obamacare governing which forms of preventive care — things like birth control or vaccinations or cancer screenings — must be covered by health insurers.”
There’s a New Lawsuit Attacking Obamacare — And It’s a Serious Threat
Vox | Ian Millhiser | April 2, 2021
“… the new law’s expansion of the ACA made an additional 2 million Americans eligible for free or cheap coverage.”
Exclusive: Nearly 7 Million Uninsured Americans Qualify for Free Health Insurance
Vox | Dylan Scott | April 1, 2021
“Medicare for All also has the potential to serve as a massive wealth redistribution program to middle- and low-income families, a jobs creator, a promoter of unionization, a check on hospital expansion and consolidation for profit, and a way to connect other human rights struggles together.”
Winning Medicare for All Would Have Massive Implications Beyond Health Care
Jacobin | Jonathan Michels | March 31, 2021
“In America, sickness makes you poor; poorness makes you sick; then you die.”
‘Outrageous’: 46 Million Americans Say They Would Not Be Able to Afford Healthcare If They Needed It
Common Dreams | Jake Johnson | March 31, 2021
“If it’s allowed to come into effect, the Trump Administration’s SUNSET rule would force public health officials to divert time, funding, and attention from the current crisis in order to prevent essential public health protections from unnecessarily expiring….”
House Democrats Target HHS ‘Sunset’ Rule with Congressional Review Act
The Hill | Nathaniel Weixel | March 30, 2021
“…neighborhood-level data in three US cities highlights the racial and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 positivity, incidence, and mortality….”
Study Shows Deeper COVID Impact in Socially Vulnerable Neighborhoods
CIDRAP | March 30, 2021
“…we want to attribute everything to personal sin. We don’t want to recognize the social, economic, and cultural factors. The lack of good jobs. The lack of affordable medical care.”
‘We’re a Sick Nation’: ‘The Hospital’ Author Brian Alexander on America’s Health Care Crisis
Rolling Stone | Stephen Rodrick | March 30, 2021
“…China and the U.S. were not among the signatories.”
Global Leaders Call for a Pandemic Treaty — But U.S. and China Remain Silent
CNBC | Holly Ellyatt | March 30, 2021
“We do not have time to waste. Recent events must spur us to action.”
To Achieve Mental Health Equity, Dismantle Social Injustice
Scientific American | Ruth S. Shim, Sarah Y. Vinson | March 29, 2021
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