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.
Wendell Potter: “Incremental healthcare reform will guarantee rising costs and declining service”
Former Health Insurance Executive Praises Sanders, Warren “Medicare for All” plans
The Hill | Tess Bonn | December 3, 2019
Politicians working hand-in-hand with corporate lobbyists
Health Industry Lobbyists Are Writing Op-Eds for Lawmakers Against Medicare for All
GQ | Luke Darby | December 2, 2019
Lobbyists spread “fake news” editorials they helped create.
Raw Story | Jake Johnson | December 2, 2019
A Medicare for All advocacy group obtained the information and provided it to the Washington Post
Lobbyists Guided Op-eds Against ‘Medicare for All’ by State Lawmakers: Report
The Hill | Zack Budryk | December 2, 2019
Fooling enough of the people enough of the time
The Astroturfed Campaign to Undermine Medicare for All
Jacobin | Luke Savage | December 3, 2019
Over half a million bankruptcies filed last year arose from medical debt
How Medical Bills Bankrupt Hundreds of Thousands of People Every Year
GQ | Luke Darby | November 29, 2019
Afraid of affordable health care? What’s to fear?
Don’t Be So Scared of Medicare for All
Berkeley Blog | Robert Reich | November 22, 2019
As U.S. prices for pharmaceuticals have grown in recent years, prices in France have declined
As Trump Looks Overseas for Drug Pricing Ideas, One Expert Says France Has Some Useful Approaches
Stat | Ed Silverman | December 3, 2019
4th House Committee hearing on Medicare for All scheduled
Powerful House Panel to Hold ‘Medicare for All’ Hearing Next Week
The Hill | Peter Sullivan | December 3, 2019
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