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“…55 academic studies on private equity in healthcare … found that investment was associated with a 32 percent increase in costs for payers and patients.”
Lawmakers Butt Heads on Private Equity in Healthcare
Becker’s Hospital Review | Laura Dyrda | August 7, 2023
“…both Democrats and Republicans continue to support billions in tax subsidies to prop up the alleged ‘market based’ plans that would collapse without them.”
Why Has the Progress in Building a National Single-Payer Movement Stalled?
Jacobin | Ed Grystar | August 4, 2023
“The ‘Care Can’t Wait’ campaign is focused on resurrecting parts of Biden’s “Build Back Better” program, including universal child care and guaranteed paid family and medical leave….”
Multipronged $50 Million Campaign Backed by Labor Aims to Prioritize Child and Senior Care
NBC News | Alex Seitz-Wald | August 4, 2023
“A survey by Americans for Fair Health Care of more than 48,000 physicians in 45 states across 12 specialties found 33% of all claims paid were paid in an incorrect amount and 52% of all arbitration-determined payment amounts were not paid at all.”
Doctors Say Insurers Are Ignoring Orders to Pay Surprise Billing Disputes
Axios | Tina Reed | August 3, 2023
“…when people have health care, and you don’t have to pay for it as a business, you’re actually saving money and increasing worker productivity.”
Gustavo Rivera: “I Want to Destroy Health Insurance Companies’ Business Model”
Jacobin | Gustavo Rivera | August 3, 2023
“…nobody’s figured out that the average American wouldn’t have any way to consume this data. It’s like a foreign language.”
Price Transparency Proposal Leaves Room for Improvement, Experts Say
Fierce Healthcare | Noah Tong | August 1, 2023
“The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a 14% increase in COVID-19 hospitalization rates nationally in the three weeks through July 22, and a 13% increase in California.”
‘We May Be the Last Maskers’: California Covid Cases Are Rising. Here’s Why Health Experts Are Masking Indoors
East Bay Times | John Woolfolk, Harriet Blair Rowan | August 2, 2023
“Federal law has required mental health parity since 2008, but advocates — and the U.S. Labor Department — say insurers have been skirting the rules.”
A Major Provider Shortage Bedevils Biden’s Plan to Boost Mental Health Coverage
Axios | Maya Goldman | August 1, 2023
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