Virtual Event
‘From the Board Room to the Exam Room’
The Privatization of Medicare
featuring
Ana Malinow, MD, Movement to End Privatization of Medicare,
Jodi Reid, CARA and Linda Mahan, LWV Larimer County, CO
January 24, 7 to 8:30 pm, PT
sponsored by
League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany, and Emeryville (LWV)
and the California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA)
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“Sharpton pointed to ongoing political battles over voting rights, affirmative action and reproductive rights … noting the disproportionate effects these issues have on Black Americans.”
Sharpton, King Family Call for Change on MLK Day
The Hill | Cheyanne M. Daniels | January 15, 2024
“The fact that children have health insurance does not mean they’ve actually got access to the care they need.”
California Fails to Provide Adequate Healthcare Access to Children and Young Adults
LA Progressive | Mark Kreidler | January 14, 2024
“You can be a very successful person in your other life and not understand American health care and get into a situation that maybe you could have prevented….”
Mary Lou Retton’s Health Insurance Explanation Sparks Some Mental Gymnastics
NPR | Julie Appleby | January 12, 2024
“…transgender youths and their families worry about again being targeted by conservatives using them as a wedge issue.”
Efforts to Restrict Transgender Health Care Endure in 2024, with More Adults Targeted
Associated Press | Andrew DeMillo, Hannah Schoenbaum | January 11, 2024
“As much as 31% of the cost of US healthcare is probably driven by the administration of complex bills that now beset the public.”
Majority of Debtors to US Hospitals Now People With Health Insurance
The Guardian | Jessica Glenza | January 11, 2024
“The Rural Emergency Hospital program guarantees hospitals extra cash if they provide emergency and outpatient services but end inpatient care … Many hospitals are reluctant to give up inpatient services….”
Federal Fix for Rural Hospitals Gets Few Takers So Far
NPR | Sarah Jane Tribble, Tony Leys | January 10, 2024
“Hidden prices and non-binding estimates give industry profiteers power over patients, workers, and employer and union purchasers. When they’re not required to share prices in advance they can charge whatever they want — and that’s exactly what the industry is doing….”
Americans Overwhelmingly Favor Health Care Price Transparency: Survey
The Hill | Joseph Choi | January 9, 2024
“Like many other prescription drugs, the companies’ inhalers sell for hundreds of dollars in the U.S. but for only fractions of that same cost overseas.”
Sanders, Democrats Launch Investigation into Asthma Inhaler Pricing
The Hill | Nathaniel Weixel | January 8, 2024
“I called the clinic to ask what the full price was, and they told me to call my insurance company. My insurer told me to get in touch with the clinic’s billing department. Billing said they’d call me back. They didn’t.”
I Couldn’t Find the Cost of a Medical Procedure Before I Had It, So I Asked a Doctor the Steps to Take Next Time
CNBC | Ryan Ermey | January 8, 2024
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