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“[Newsom] will ask … for a measure on the 2024 ballot to authorize funding to build residential facilities where up to 12,000 people a year could live and be treated.”
California to Seek Beds for Mental Health, Drug Treatment
Associated Press | March 20, 2023
“MedPAC, the independent committee tasked with overseeing Medicare on Congress’s behalf, found Medicare Advantage plans cost the federal government more money per patient than the original program would have if those same people had stuck with the traditional benefits.”
Medicare is Being Privatized Right Before Our Eyes
Vox | Dylan Scott | March 17, 2023
“Racialized and gendered health inequalities require bold, creative policies designed to improve the socioeconomic status of women in relation to men.”
Why California Women of Color Need Universal Health Care
CalMatters | Indira D’Souza | March 15, 2023
“…many people are clearly getting their care elsewhere — if they’re getting it at all.”
Nearly 1 in 3 Patients Don’t See Primary Care Doc
Axios | Tina Reed | March 15, 2023
“White House officials made the case that issue is central to Americans’ lives and called on Republicans to work with them to lower prescription costs.”
Biden Says He’s Focused ‘Intensely’ on Lowering Drug Costs
Associated Press | Amanda Seitz, Zeke Miller | March 15, 2023
“Seniors may see their out-of-pocket costs for these drugs decrease by $2 to as high as $390 per average dose starting April 1st….”
Biden Administration Names First Round of Drugs to Face Medicare Rebate Penalties
The Hill | Joseph Choi | March 15, 2023
“It would also raise a tax on very high-income earners — those earning over $400,000. The Biden budget would raise that Medicare tax from 3.8% to 5% on those high earners.”
Why Medicare is Suddenly Under Debate Again
NPR | Michel Martin, Tinbete Ermyas, Gurjit Kaur | March 14, 2023
“…while GOP voters…tend to like the idea of making poor people work for benefits…many… loathe the idea of putting popular benefits like Social Security and Medicare … on the line, and would likely shift their political allegiances to stop such proposals from taking effect.”
Fearing Backlash, Republicans Backpedal on Social Security and Medicare Cuts
Truthout | Sasha Abramsky | March 13, 2023
“Today’s Medicaid recipient is tomorrow’s uninsured person. In fact, today’s Medicaid recipient goes on to hold all kinds of insurance statuses in the future.”
It’s Still Incredibly Common for Americans to Be Uninsured
Jacobin | Matt Bruenig | March 12, 2023
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