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The week in healthcare reform
“…it’s really no wonder the astroturfed effort to discredit socialized medicine enjoys something approaching full-spectrum dominance on cable TV.”
Why Cable News Hates Medicare for All
Jacobin | Luke Savage | February 6, 2021
“We’re seeing the consequences now of a complete and utter failure to ensure we have a full and robust vaccination system.”
Experts: U.S. Still Not Ready for the Next Pandemic
NNY360 | Michael Ollove & Christine Vestal | February 7, 2021
“Over 20 car caravan actions took place in California cities…. ”
Statewide Day of Action Demands Single-Payer Healthcare for California
Liberation | Taylor Ikehara | February 8, 2021
“Rather than a one-time emergency, coronavirus vaccine development could become a more enduring business, with … important implications about how the vaccines will be paid for and distributed.”
As COVID-19 Becomes a Business, Vaccine Makers Confront Thorny Pricing Questions
Healthcare Dive | Jonathan Gardner | February 10, 2021
“The Affordable Coverage Coalition called on the Biden Administration to make ACA premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions more generous….”
Health Care, Employer Groups Call for Broadening Affordable Care Act
Reuters | February 10, 2021
“Disparities in deaths by nursing home racial composition are associated with the disproportionately high spread of the disease in non-White communities….”
COVID Deaths 3 Times Higher in Nursing Homes with More Non-White Residents
CIDRAP [Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy] | Mary Van Beusekom | February 10, 2021
“…many of President Trump’s policies do not represent a radical break with the past but have merely accelerated the decades-long trend of lagging life expectancy that reflects deep and long-standing flaws in U.S. economic, health, and social policy,”
Common Dreams | Jake Johnson | February 11, 2021
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