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May 16, 2023

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“The findings … are a warning to hospitals around the country as they struggle to reconcile dozens of new state laws that ban or severely restrict abortion with a federal mandate for doctors to provide abortions when a woman’s health is at risk.”

Feds: Hospitals that Denied Emergency Abortion Broke the Law

Associated Press | Amanda Seitz | May 1, 2023

“What the House GOP is now proposing is to pull that safety net out from under the very poorest … [who] will have nothing but private charity and desperate hope.”

The Blithe Cruelty of the GOP Push for Medicaid Work Requirements

Vox | Dylan Matthews | April 29, 2023

“The current US health care system enables, encourages, and then ignores mass death on an unimaginable scale — but it’s every bit as changeable as it is brutal.”

To Fix Mental Health Care, We Need Medicare for All

Jacobin | Chandler Dandridge | April 28, 2023

“After her years-long effort to obstruct Medicare for All, Representative Nancy Pelosi has just received an award of honor from hospital lobbyists.”

Hospital Lobbyists Awarded Nancy Pelosi for Maintaining the Health Care Status Quo

Jacobin | Andrew Perez | April 27, 2023

“The Biden administration released its own report Tuesday estimating 21 million people subject to the work requirement and at risk of losing coverage.”

CBO: 600,000 More Uninsured from House GOP Bill

Axios | Peter Sullivan | April 26, 2023

“If you’ve gotten a free flu shot, mammogram or diabetes screening lately, there’s a good chance you can thank the Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka Obamacare. Unfortunately, a recent court decision may take that coverage away from millions of Americans.”

Science, Not Legalized Discrimination, Should Drive Health Care Policy

Scientific American | Naomi Seiler | April 26, 2023

“Critics have been ringing the alarm over the middlemen’s role in rising health spending, complicated and often opaque contracts, controversial business practices and vertical consolidation that’s resulted in the largest PBMs being integrated with the biggest health insurance companies.”

AHIP’s New Ad Spot Targets Pharma Over Drug Costs as Congress Scrutinizes PBMs

Rebecca Pifer | April 25, 2023

“The No Surprises Act may have shielded patients from unexpected medical bills, but it’s left a bureaucratic mess, with providers and insurers fighting over who’ll cover the costs….”