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.
Newly unemployed, newly uninsured. . . .
A Record 10 Million Sought US Jobless Aid in Past 2 Weeks
Associated Press | Christopher Rugaber | April 2, 2020
President leaves unemployed Americans with limited or no access to health insurance
Trump Rejects Obamacare Special Enrollment Period Amid Pandemic
Politico | By SUSANNAH LUTHI | March 31, 2020
Poll: 54% of registered voters support Medicare for All
As Coronavirus Surges, ‘Medicare for All’ Support Hits 9-Month High
Morning Consult | YUSRA MURAD | April 1, 2020
Health care – for the promotion of healing? Or for the business of medicine?
Medicare for Each of Us in the Age of the Coronavirus
Common Dreams | Peter S. Arno & Philip Caper | April 3, 2020
Medicare for All: Far cheaper than spending trillions to fill in the gaps in our for-profit, patchwork system
Where’s the Money for Health Care and Saving the Planet? Well, We Clearly Have It.
48 Hills | Christopher D. Cook | March 30, 2020
Patchwork quilt of healthcare programs fail to protect Americans from pandemic and financial ruin
The Health Insurance Crisis at Our Doorstep
The New Republic | Libby Watson | March 31, 2020
As much as 34% of hospital stimulus may go to cover astronomical administrative costs, not patient care.
TIME | Abigail Abrams | April 1, 2020
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