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“The best way to save and protect the public programs we have right now is to go on the offensive — to demand a national single-payer healthcare system free from profit.” —Dr. Ana Malinow
National Day of Action:
Single Payer and
the Power of Righteous Fury
May 31, 2025
Featuring Ana Malinow, MD
Steering Committee,
National Single Payer
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Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
“Collectively, the CEOs received $78.1 million in total compensation, or about $15.6 million each. That’s a solid 20% increase over the $64.8 million collective and $13 million average recorded in 2023.”
Here’s What the CEOs and CFOs of Public For-Profit Health Systems Made in 2024
Fierce Healthcare | Dave Muoio | April 28, 2025
“Over 90 million Americans eligible for government supported healthcare, both Medicaid and Medicare, are now captives of private insurance managed care schemes that control their access to healthcare.”
Heal This Sick Country: ‘Hands Up’ for the National Day of Action for Single Payer
Common Dreams | Judy Albert, Ed Grystar, Ana Malinow, Kay Tillow, Claire M. Cohen | April 27, 2025
“…advocates for disabled students worry that other Trump administration proposals, such as dismantling the U.S. Department of Education and cutting Medicaid, could further harm disabled students. But some cuts have already taken effect.”
How Federal Cuts Are Already Affecting Disabled Students in California
iNews Source | EdSource | April 24, 2025
“Without a carve-out for tariff exceptions for pharmaceuticals, prices will skyrocket for US patients, experts warn.”
Trade War with China to Hit US Healthcare
Al Jazeera | Andy Hirschfeld | April 23, 2025
“Today, we face the great unraveling, an anti-science regression back toward a world we thought we had left behind where vaccine preventable diseases remain and return, fueled by misinformation, mistrust and denial….”
Vaccine Developers Mobilize Amid “Great Unraveling” of Their Work
Axios | Tina Reed | April 23, 2025
“MA has never saved taxpayers money and costs anywhere from $80 billion to $140 billion in overpayments.”
Don’t Believe the Ads! Medicare Advantage Propaganda
Center for Economic and Policy Research | Brandon Novick | April 22, 2025
“The DOGE 2026 draft budget proposes eliminating federal funds for all State Health Insurance Assistance Programs and seven other federal programs that serve as health care safety nets for older Americans….”
HHS Proposes Eliminating Federal Medicare SHIP Funds
The Street | Mary Helen Gillespie | April 22, 2025
“At least half a dozen states are weighing new restrictions aimed at limiting pharmacy benefit managers’ ability to influence drug prices, including prohibitions on steering business to affiliated pharmacies.”
Arkansas PBM Law Could Spur Lookalike Restrictions
Axios | Tina Reed | April 21, 2025
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