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“I’m not a researcher of the health system in your country,
but if you look at the headline indicators, it does appallingly badly.
It spends way more money per capita with really poor health outcomes.
“So I would say the lesson there is that what you’re doing is absolutely wrong
and a big driver of that is for for-profit medicine and for-profit insurers.”
—Dr. Sara Burke
Sláintecare: Could Ireland’s
Universal Healthcare Model
Work in the U.S.?
Featuring Dr. Sara Burke,
Trinity College Dublin,
School of Medicine
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Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
“Many public health and science researchers are concerned about the cuts’ impacts on the nation’s ability to respond to threats — and about whether state and local public health departments will be able to keep communities healthy without the CDC’s partnership.”
Current, Former CDC Staff Warn Against Slashing Support to Local Public Health Departments
KFF | Jess Wador, WABE | March 24, 2025
“The near-total abortion ban in Texas has already been deadly. A criminalizing crackdown will make mortality rates worse.”
With Arrest of Midwife, Texas Escalates Chilling Reproductive Rights Crackdown
Truthout | Schuyler Mitchell | March 23, 2025
“If millions do lose coverage, they’d likely face medical debt or live with untreated conditions.”
Over 5 Million People Could Lose Medicaid Coverage If Requirements Change
Newsweek | Suzanne Blake | March 21, 2025
“These past 50 days saw an array of decisions and proposed or paused policies that undermine science and expertise, weaken protection for vulnerable populations, risk worsening health inequities, and threaten public health across the USA and abroad.”
Public Health Under Trump 2.0: The First 50 Days
The Lancet Public Health | March 20, 2025
“There is nothing more heartbreaking than having to tell a 14-year-old that they have an illness that they won’t be able to cure, and they’ll have to take medication in various forms for the rest of their life….”
Young People Could Be Most At Risk With HIV Prevention Cuts
Axios | Tina Reed | March 20, 2025
“The shortfall comes a year after California launched an ambitious coverage expansion to provide free health care to all low-income adults regardless of their immigration status.”
California Has a $6.2 Billion Medicaid Funding Gap Partly Due to Expanding Immigrant Coverage
Associated Press | Trân Nguyễn | March 19, 2025
“The recently passed House budget resolution targets cuts to Medicaid of up to $880 billion or more over a decade to help pay for tax cuts. Major cuts to Medicaid may impact coverage for the almost 1 in 5 Medicare beneficiaries (12.2 million) who are also enrolled in Medicaid.”
5 Key Facts About Medicaid Coverage for People with Medicare
Kaiser Family Foundation | Maiss Mohamed, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, Abby Sachar, Nancy Ochieng, Alice Burns | March 19, 2025
“For now, telehealth visits will still be possible, and Medicare-certified hospitals will still be able to provide inpatient-level care in patients’ homes as well.”
Medicare Benefit Gets Saved Weeks Before It’s Supposed to End
Newsweek | Suzanne Blake | March 18, 2025
“Fast-expanding private equity ownership in health care around the U.S. has been associated with higher prices, increased medical debt, lower quality and financial harm that has led to the closure of safety-net hospitals.”
States Try to Limit Private Equity in Health Care
Axios | Tina Reed | March 17, 2025
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