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Should Health Insurers
Have The Final Say

About Your Care?

 

Featuring Arlene Stanich-Prince
Ohlhoff Recovery Programs

 

 

 

Breaking News in Healthcare Reform

 

Snippets of news & commentary with a special focus on

health policy, Medicare for All & California

 

 

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“…40% of kids in America have tooth decay by the time they reach Kindergarten … and nearly one out of every five seniors in America have lost all of their natural teeth….” 

Why Bernie Sanders is Targeting Oral Health: ‘Dental Care in America is in Crisis.’

USA Today | Ken Alltucker | July 15, 2024

“The scandal-plagued Supreme Court justice got an RV from a top health insurance executive. Then he protected the industry.”

Clarence Thomas, a $267,000 RV, and Why American Health Care Sucks

Rolling Stone | Andrew Perez | July 13, 2024

“…the Louisiana Republican has raked in over $1 million in donations from the pharmaceutical and health product industries….”

Pharma-Funded Republican Comes Out Swinging Against Medical Debt Cancellation

AlterNet | Jake Johnson | July 12, 2024

“That is the ultimate behavior of a monopoly….”

‘It Isn’t Normal to Operate the Way They Do’: Senators Condemn Healthcare’s Resistance to Price Transparency

Fierce Healthcare | Dave Muoio | July 12, 2024

“The CMS’ first audit of an insurer for compliance with a law preventing surprise bills for consumers found some evidence to support provider allegations that insurers are gaming the system to lower or delay payments for out-of-network medical services.”

CMS’ First No Surprises Audit Targets Aetna, Finds Some Noncompliance

Healthcare Dive | Rebecca Pifer | July 12, 2024

“For the unhoused, housing is medicine….”

Can California’s Health Care Providers Help Solve the State’s Homelessness Crisis?

CalMatters | Marisa Kendall | July 11, 2024

“Last year the private insurance companies participating in Medicare Advantage spent $87 on actual benefits for every $100 they got from the taxpayers. Their gross margins worked out at $1,982 per beneficiary.”

Privatization is Taking Over Medicare — And It Cost Taxpayers an Extra $61 Billion Last Year

Morningstar | Brett Arends | July 10, 2024

“The decision is estimated to cost the federal agency roughly $1 billion in additional bonus payments for insurers….”

How CMS’s Recalculated Star Ratings Will Affect Medicare Advantage Insurers

Healthcare Brew | Maia Anderson | July 10, 2024

“Most of those counties are rural, with residents who tend to be sicker in general with complex medical problems.”

Nearly Half of U.S. Counties Don’t Have a Single Cardiologist

NBC News | Erika Edwards | July 8, 2024

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