Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
“The Oakland, California-based integrated system reported net income of $8.1 billion last year, compared to the $6.4 billion recorded in 2020 and beating its previous record of $7.4 billion, set in 2019.”
Kaiser Sets New Record for Annual Net Income with $8.1B
Healthcare Dive | Rebecca Pifer | February 14, 2022
“Awards will enhance telehealth, digital patient tools, and health information technology to support underserved communities.”
HHS Awards Nearly $55 Million to Increase Virtual Health Care Access and Quality through Community Health Centers
HHS.gov | Press Release | February 14, 2022
“This effort has shown the power of the grassroots, tapped into the popular support for Medicare for All and shown the necessity to build broad and deep organizational support and how we need to generate consistent leadership from the Governor.”
California’s Single-Payer Health Care Down But Not Out?
CounterPunch | Seth Sandronsky | February 11, 2022
“Health plans are ‘failing to deliver parity’ for mental health and substance-use disorder benefits…. DOL said it will take ‘unprecedented’ steps to enforce the law….”
Health Plans ‘Failing to Deliver Parity’ for Mental Health, Substance-Use Disorder Benefits
HR Dive | Kate Tornone | February 10, 2022
“Black women are more widely represented in health care than any other demographic group, yet they’re concentrated in its lowest-wage and most hazardous jobs….”
Black Women Face Structural Racism in Health Care Jobs
Axios | Tina Reed | February 8, 2022
“Private health insurers are making record profits while insuring fewer people…prices for top prescription drugs are as much as 10 times higher in the U.S. than they are in other countries.”
Medicare for All Bill Introduced by Pramila Jayapal Gets Record 120 Cosponsors
Truthout | Sharon Zhang | February 7, 2022
“A lot of the for-profit entities have a lot to lose … if we move to a system that prioritizes health care for patients….”
Morning Brief: Health Insurance Lobbyists, a Medical Imposter, and the Super Bowl Experience
LAist | Jessica P. Ogilvie | February 7, 2022
“Are we preparing the next generation of public health practitioners to not only investigate what harms health but also to advocate affirmatively for what is needed to advance health…?”
Public Health Advocacy Must Be Taught
Health Affairs | Alexandra Carter, Lori Dorfman, Tony Iton, Harry Snyder | February 7, 2022
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