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Health Insurance:
Is Denying Care
the Business Model?
Featuring Kimberly Soenen
Founder, Some People
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
Snippets of news & commentary with a special focus on
health policy, Medicare for All & California
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“For state Medicaid programs, drugs with large budget impacts can result in access restrictions that make it especially difficult for [Medicaid] patients to receive new and expensive medications….”
Too Little, Too Late: Initial Launch Prices and Access to Cures for Medicaid Enrollees
Health Affairs | Stacie B. Dusetzina | May 24, 2024
“…there is a crisis in dental care in America…. Imagine that in the richest country in the world.”
‘Crisis in Dental Care’: Bernie Sanders on His Fight for Better Teeth for Americans
The Guardian | Jessica Glenza | May 24, 2024
“…attorneys for patients and their families said they should be exempt from having to go through Medicare’s entire appeals process because ‘they would suffer irreparable harm.’”
UnitedHealth Argues Algorithm Lawsuit Should Be Dismissed Because Patients Didn’t Spend Years Appealing Denials
STAT News | Bob Herman, Casey Ross | May 22, 2024
“For guidance, the justices can look to the very beginning of Medicare in the 1960s, when the promise of federal funding finally persuaded hospitals in the Jim Crow South to desegregate.”
Can Medicare Money Protect Doctors From Abortion Crimes? It Worked Before, Desegregating Hospitals
Associated Press | Michael Warren | May 22, 2024
“…our insurance morass is moribund, can’t be saved.”
Surgeon General Misses the Diagnosis: Terminally Ill Insurance Structure
Health Justice Monitor | Don McCanne, MD, MPH | May 22, 2024
“…the profit-driven system is incentivized to keep costs up. And nowhere is this more evident than in prescription drug pricing.”
20-Year Health Insurance Exec Says Don’t Look to His Industry to Solve the Medical System: ‘You Cannot Fight Financial Self-Interest’
Fortune | Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | May 21, 2024
“Employer-based health insurance is predicted to see an 8.5% increase in costs in 2024.”
Health Care in 2024: The Patients Are Not All Right
Insurance News Net | Susan Rupe | May 21, 2024
“The rule lays out five standards for direct-to-consumer ads to be more upfront about possible pitfalls….”
Prescription Drug Ads Should Soon Start Looking Noticeably Different
Axios | Adriel Bettelheim | May 20, 2024
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