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“…auditors uncovered millions of dollars in improper payments — citing overcharges of more than $1,000 per patient a year on average — by nearly two dozen health plans.”
How Medicare Advantage Plans Dodged Auditors and Overcharged Taxpayers by Millions
NPR | Fred Schulte, Holly K. Hacker | December 12, 2022
“Health care providers would bill one entity, Oregonians could get care from any licensed provider in the state, and providers would be directly reimbursed by the plan…. Notably, the plan would shift the system from a premium-based one to a taxed-base one.”
Oregon Looks to Create First-In-Nation Universal Health Care Plan
KATU ABC News | Steve Benham | December 9, 2022
“Health care was on the ballot across the country, and the results are clear: Americans want affordable, accessible health care.”
Voters Want Health Care. Listen to Them
Common Dreams | Laura Packard | December 9, 2022
“Although they qualify for … Medi-Cal, the program wasn’t necessarily designed with homeless people in mind….”
More Street Medicine Teams Tackle the Homeless Health Care Crisis
CalMatters | Kristen Hwang | December 8, 2022
“Twice as many independent abortion clinics have closed so far in 2022 compared to the year before…”
Independent Abortion Clinics Are ‘Disappearing from Communities’ After the End of Roe v. Wade
USA Today | Christine Fernando | December 8, 2022
“The delivery of medical care is not organized to serve the needs of the population but to fill the pockets of hospital CEOs and the shareholders of health-related corporations.”
Soaring Maternal Mortality Figures Expose Deplorable State of Women’s Health Care in America
WSWS.org | Kate Randall | December 6, 2022
“They didn’t care about health care…. What they cared about was making money for their investors.”
“What They’ve Done Is Extremely Evil”: Pennsylvania Hospital Shutdown Spurs Questions About Private Equity in Health Care
CBS News | Jon Lapook, Michael Kaplan | December 6, 2022
“…the administration is shackled by a ban on federal funding for most abortions, a conservative-leaning Supreme Court inclined to rule against abortion rights and a split Congress unwilling to pass legislation on the matter.”
Biden’s Efforts to Protect Abortion Access Hit Roadblocks
Associated Press | Amanda Seitz, Colleen Long | December 6, 2022
“3.8 million people will completely lose coverage, the report projected. Nineteen states are expected to see their uninsured rates spike by more than 20%.”
18m Projected to Lose Medicaid Coverage at End of COVID-19 Emergency
Healthcare Dive | Susan Kelly | December 6, 2022
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