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The Deadly Calculation
of Our For-Profit
Healthcare System
Featuring Linda Peeno, MD
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
Snippets of news & commentary with a special focus on
health policy, Medicare for All & California
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“While the number of abortions across the country actually increased last year — thanks in large part to increasingly cheap and accessible medication abortion — that has not changed the fundamental realities of post-Dobbs America.”
What Two Years Without Roe Looks Like, In 8 Charts
Vox | Nicole Narea | June 24, 2024
“The agreement between Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders is part of a larger plan to close an estimated $46.8 billion shortfall….”
California Democrats Agree to Delay Health Care Worker Minimum Wage Increase to Help Balance Budget
Associated Press | Adam Beam | June 22, 2024
“…this decision is a sigh of relief for the 151 million people — including 37 million children — whose access to free preventive services has been hanging in the balance for over a year….”
ObamaCare Preventive Care Mandate to Stay in Place After Court Ruling
The Hill | Joseph Choi | June 21, 2024
“…the worst president for seniors in the history of the nation. That is not hyperbole. Alarmingly, if elected again, he will be even worse — and, worryingly, more effective.”
Donald Trump: A Profound Threat to Social Security, Medicare, and Seniors
Common Dreams | Nancy J. Altman | June 21, 2024
“All of the innovation in the world won’t make any difference to patients if it’s unaffordable or inaccessible, and right now everything in the pipeline is headed for a two-tiered system.”
U.S. Health Care Is Deeply Unequal — And Might Get Worse
Axios | Caitlin Owens | June 21, 2024
“It would be political malpractice for Congress to sit on its hands and not respond to this report.”
Medicare Trustees: Current Path Threatens Access to Physician Care
American Medical Association | Andis Robeznieks | June 20, 2024
“Should all Medicare beneficiaries transfer their eligible medications to [Amazon] RxPass, Medicare spending could be reduced to about $2 billion….”
Amazon Pharmacy Expands to Medicare Enrollees
The Hill | Miranda Nazzaro | June 18, 2024
“This is an existential threat to the employer-sponsored health insurance system.”
The Fight Over Taxing Health Insurance
Politico | Ben Leonard, Chelsea Cirruzzo, Erin Schumaker | June 17, 2024
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