This week on Code WACK!

 

Forced Pregnancies

and Racial Bias:

A Deadly Combination?

 

Featuring Vina Smith-Ramakrishnan,

Fellow, The Century Foundation

 

 

 

 

Breaking News in Healthcare Reform

 

Snippets of news & commentary with a special focus on

health policy, Medicare for All & California

 

 

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“…the media is waking up and calling foul on Medicare Advantage.”

Medicare Advantage Gets Walloped in the Press as the Federal Government’s Rate Notice Looms

HEALTH CARE un-covered | Wendell Potter | March 25, 2024

“NVIDIA’s gambit could be the catalyst that revolutionizes healthcare as we know it.” 

Can AI Cure Healthcare? NVIDIA Thinks So.

CDO Trends | CDO Trends Editors | March 25, 2024

 

 

“The American health care system is littered with different for-profit entities trying to make as much money as possible….“

Patients Deserve to Know Whether Private Equity Owns Their Health Care

The Hill | Brandon Novick | March 21, 2024

“The organizing problems that have plagued California’s single-payer movement have implications that go well beyond the fight for health care justice.” 

Rx for Healing a Sick Health Care System: Start With a Strategy

Convergence | David Monkawa & Peter Shapiro | March 19, 2024

“…a new CAP analysis estimates that without reform, Medicare is at risk of overpaying MA plans between $1.3 trillion and $2 trillion over the next decade.”

RELEASE: CAP Releases 2 New Reports to Strengthen Medicare and End Overpayment in Medicare Advantage

American Progress | Sarah Nadeau | March 19, 2024

“From maternal health to menopause, government agencies will study the health issues that emerge across a woman’s lifespan.”

Biden Just Signed the Largest Executive Order Focused on Women’s Health

The 19th* | Jennifer Gerson | March 18, 2024

“A government watchdog is ringing the alarm on potential quality and access issues in Medicaid managed care, when states contract with private companies to administer the care of Medicaid beneficiaries.”

Government Watchdog Warns of Medicaid Oversight Gaps

Healthcare Dive | Rebecca Pifer | March 18, 2024

“The cyberattack … raises bigger questions about the digital security of the U.S. health care system … [and] whether corporate consolidation amplifies the chances that a single breach ripples across the country.”

Four Big Questions for DC Following Massive Health Care Hack

Politico | John Sakellariadis | March 18, 2024

“Health plans and providers alike are disgruntled with a new report (PDF) to Congress released by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Friday.”

MedPAC Report Slammed by Insurers and Docs Over Medicare Advantage and Physician Reimbursement

Fierce Healthcare | Noah Tong | March 18, 2024

 

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