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How California’s Latest Single-Payer Bill Would Revolutionize Health Care
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Guaranteed Health Care for All Act
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“National health care spending totaled $4.5 trillion in 2022, or $13,493 per person.”
National Health Spending Quick Reference Guide — 2024 Edition
California Health Care Foundation | Katherine Wilson | March 29, 2024
“Short-term health plans were originally designed as cheap safety-net coverage for just three months. However, in 2018 the Trump administration expanded their duration….”
Biden Administration Finalizes Rule Cracking Down on Short-Term Plans
Healthcare Dive | Rebecca Pifer | March 29, 2024
“Increased housing costs make it harder for people to afford healthy food and medical care, a situation disproportionately faced by Black and Latino residents in Los Angeles County.”
LA’s High Housing Costs Hurt Health
LAist | Jackie Fortiér | March 28, 2024
“…the decision to extend the deadline for finding new Obamacare plans represents a fresh effort to prevent more people from going uninsured, and an acknowledgment that the disenrollment process is taking longer than anticipated.”
Biden Expands Window to Try and Keep Millions More Low-Income Americans Insured
Politico | Adam Cancryn | March 28, 2024
“…there is a ‘realistic possibility’ that the law will wind up raising in-network prices and, in turn, premiums.”
Surprise Medical Bill Law Has Been Good For Providers
Axios | Caitlin Owens | March 27, 2024
“[Senator Bernie Sanders] took a victory lap…, saying ‘they’re beginning to catch on to the fact that the American people are sick and tired of paying astronomical prices for the prescription drugs they need to stay alive.’”
Experts Say Medicaid Rebate Change is Behind Inhaler Price Cuts
Roll Call | Lauren Clason | March 26, 2024
“If the right-wing arguments prevail, it could call into question the entire structure of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which governs the appointments and actions of the more than nine hundred committees that provide scientific, technical, and policy advice to virtually every executive branch agency.”
A New Lawsuit Is Putting Preventive Care Benefits at Risk
Jacobin | Merrill Goozner | March 26, 2024
“State lawmakers in Tennessee and Virginia waived federal anti-monopoly laws so rival hospital systems … could merge into a single company with no competition.”
After Appalachian Hospitals Merged Into a Monopoly, Their ERs Slowed to a Crawl
KFF Health News | Brett Kelman, Samantha Liss | March 25, 2024
“…individuals with the highest amounts of unsecured debt … experienced an increased risk of premature death due to hypertension and cardiovascular disease….”
Premature Death Associated With Medical Debt in the U.S.
Healthnews | Cristina Campbell, RN; Reviewed: Ashley Lumpkin, MS | March 25, 2024
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