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The week in healthcare reform
“…people who had Covid-19 seem to face a much greater risk of death and need more medical care in the six months after their diagnosis….”
New Study Shows Why Vaccinating Everybody Against COVID-19 is Essential
CNN | Madeline Holcombe | April 23, 2021
“The meta review and other studies suggest that single-payer health care would reduce financial burden, increase efficiency, and result in net savings. An initial net cost reduction (3%-4%) is estimated to grow over time, resulting in longer-term savings over 10 or more years.”
Abbreviated Analysis: California Assembly Bill 1400
California Health Benefits Review Board | April 22, 2021
“By strengthening the labor movement, focusing on organizing and fighting on-site discrimination, instead of large health care … money can be put into wages, childcare and benefits.”
Hundreds Rally Across California for Healthcare for All
LA Progressive | Mark Friedman | April 22, 2021
Paywall Alert
“Assemblyman Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, announced Wednesday evening he’d pull Assembly Bill 1400 from consideration this year….”
Kalra Tables Single-Payer Bill
Sacramento Bee | Andrew Sheeler | April 22, 2021
“The health care giant … provided $5 million to the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future….”
CVS Health Quietly Made Massive Donation to Dark-Money Group Fighting Access to Care
The Intercept | Lee Fang | April 21, 2021
“Over the next 8 weeks, I’ll be interviewing progressive leaders and activists … about how we reach universal coverage here in the Golden State.”
Common Dreams | Julia Conley | April 20, 2021
“…corporate media continue to disparage universal public health insurance, labeling it “divisive” … “controversial” … or “politically perilous”….
‘Divisive’: How Corporate Media Dismiss Ideas Unpopular with Elites
Nation of Change | Alan MacLeod | April 19, 2021
“…Biden and Democrats in Congress have [opted] to funnel tens of billions of dollars to private health insurance companies to put people on expensive insurance exchange plans known for large out-of-pocket costs and high rates of denied claims.”
The Fight for Health Care for All is Opening Up in the States
Jacobin | Julia Rock | April 19, 2021
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