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The Single-Payer Quandary:
What Would You Do With
An Extra $5,000 A Year?
Featuring James G. Kahn, MD, MPH
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
Snippets of news & commentary with a special focus on
health policy, Medicare for All & California
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“Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade….”
Emergency Rooms Refused to Treat Pregnant Women, Leaving One to Miscarry in a Lobby Restroom
Associated Press | Amanda Seitz | April 19, 2024
“We must do better – and we can start by rooting out pervasive racial and ethnic bias and inequities in our health care system to ensure everyone gets the care and coverage they need.”
‘Profound’ Racial, Ethnic Disparities Are Pervasive in Health Care, Even in Top-Performing States
Medical Economics | Richard Payerchin | April 18, 2024
“Medicare, the country’s largest and arguably most successful health care program, is under duress, weakened by decades of relentless efforts by insurance companies to privatize it.”
Where Does Medicare Go From Here: Profit-Driven Chaos or Patient-Centered Community?
HEALTH CARE un-covered | Matthew Cunningham-Cook | April 17, 2024
“Private equity-backed companies carry among the highest debt loads across the healthcare industry, leaving them particularly vulnerable to market factors….”
Over 20% of Healthcare Bankruptcies Last Year Were Linked to Private Equity: Report
Healthcare Dive | Susanna Vogel | April 17, 2024
“The health care debate … ‘is not about health care — it’s about economics and about politics and about who gets what.’”
Bernie Sanders Describes ‘Dysfunctional’ U.S. Health Care System — And How to Fix It
Harvard School of Public Health | Karen Feldscher | April 17, 2024
“…lawmakers’ comments suggested support for cracking down on vertical mergers that have allowed companies to expand their reach in the health care system.”
Lawmakers Target Mergers in First Hearing on Change Healthcare Hack
Axios | Tina Reed | April 17, 2024
“CalMatters found that 12 counties have no hospital delivering babies….”
California Hospitals Keep Closing Their Labor Wards. Can Lawmakers Do Anything About It?
CalMatters | Kristen Hwang | April 17, 2024
“The Dem and GOP party split is nearly equal. Yet, we largely concur on worries about health care availability and affordability, and on a government role to assure we all have health care. Medicare for All / single payer is the path.”
Political Party Split vs Concurrence on Government Guarantee of Health Care
Health Justice Monitor | Don McCanne | April 15, 2024
“…any rule issued after Memorial Day could potentially be subject to invalidation….”
Biden Faces Deadline to Finalize Key Health Care Rules
Axios | Victoria Knight | April 15, 2024
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