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‘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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“It appears that Johnson & Johnson and Merck are indeed afraid of being questioned by lawmakers about drug-profiteering in the U.S.”

Let’s Control All Drug Prices

LA Progressive | Sonali Kolhatkar | January 20, 2024

 

“Anything that gives patients and taxpayer-funded entities like Medicaid a work-around to extortionist pharmaceutical prices is welcome.”

Big Pharma Embattled Over Cheap Drug Imports, Patents

CounterPunch | Eve Ottenberg | January 19, 2024

 

“In a surprise announcement Thursday, Humana said its Medicare Advantage costs jumped after ‘higher than anticipated inpatient utilization’ in November and December….”

Humana Warns of Higher Medical Costs as Patients Use Insurance More Often

Axios | Nathan Bomey | January 18, 2024

 

“Anyone who has their eyes open knows that the disparities exist. Where we’re really lacking is talking about tangible solutions….”

Kids of Color Get Worse Health Care Across the Board in the U.S., Research Finds

NPR | Maria Godoy | January 18, 2024

 

“We will need to follow through with addressing the ownership issue of the delivery system so that our patient care dollars will be going to patient care rather than to wealth building for billionaire investors.”

Most Medical Debt Now from the Insured

Health Justice Monitor | Don McCanne | January 18, 2024

 

“Overturning Chevron would unleash a wave of litigation against federal rules governing payments to health care providers that depend on the Chevron doctrine….”

How a SCOTUS Challenge Over Federal Power Could Affect Health Care

Axios | Jason Millman | January 17, 2024

 

“By receiving lower earnings historically, Black and Hispanic households shoulder a greater proportion of the increase in healthcare premiums as a percentage of their compensation….”

Wages Haven’t Kept Pace With Premium Hikes: Study

Fierce Healthcare | Frank Diamond | January 16, 2024

 

“…increasing health insurance costs are eating up a growing proportion of worker’s compensation, and have been a major factor in both flattening wages and increasing income inequality over the past 30 years.”

Study Finds Cost of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance is Flattening Worker Wages, Contributing to Income Inequality

Medical XPress | Tufts University | January 16, 2024

 

“…overpayments to [Medicare Advantage] plans have grown to $350 billion since 2020.”

MA Spending to Outstrip Traditional Medicare by $88B This Year: MedPAC

Healthcare Dive | Rebecca Pifer | January 16, 2024

 

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