The week in healthcare reform
“…full-time US workers collectively expend around half a billion hours per year…” on the telephone with insurance companies.
Quantifying Patient Burden Due to Insurance Complexity
Health Justice Monitor | Adam Gaffney, MD | December 3, 2021
“Vaccinating the world would cost roughly $50 billion … less than a tenth of the extra profits US companies have made in 2021….”
News Nation USA | December 1, 2021
“…there is mounting evidence that mergers of health care companies are resulting in increased prices … with ‘little to no improvement in quality,’ while also reducing wages for health workers.”
Health Care Markets in California Approaching “Monopoly Levels”
State of Reform | California Health Care Foundation | December 1, 2021
“Centrist Democrats use phrases like ‘accessible and quality health care’ to sound like they support reforming the broken US health care system while avoiding the only genuine reform: removing health care from the market altogether.”
Making Health Care “Accessible and Affordable” Isn’t the Same as Making It Universal and Free
Jacobin | Luke Savage | December 1, 2021
“…Democrats raked in 63 percent of the [healthcare] lobby’s $452 million in individual and political action committee contributions in the 2020 election alone.”
Disease, Disability, and Paternalism in the Fight for Medicare for All
Monthly Review | Maggie Mills | December 2021
“Abortion would soon become illegal or severely restricted in roughly half the states if Roe and Casey are overturned….”
Justices Signal They’ll OK New Abortion Limits, May Toss Roe
Associated Press | Mark Sherman, Jessica Gresko | November 30, 2021
“…the industry is on track to have its highest lobbying year of all-time….”
Health Sector Has Outspent All Others on Lobbying for Nearly 3 Years in a Row
Truthout | Ariel Gans | November 24, 2021
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