Weekly News Roundup: April 3, 2020

 

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.  

Hospitals Got $100 Billion in the Stimulus Package, But a Lot of That Could Go Toward Administrative Costs

TIME | Abigail Abrams | April 1, 2020

 

 

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