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Taking Stock:
Health Care in the Wake
of the 2024 Elections
Featuring Ada Briceño,
Chair, Orange County Democrats
Co-Chair, Unite Here Local 11
Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
Snippets of news & commentary with a special focus on
health policy, Medicare for All & California
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“‘Dreamers pay billions of dollars in taxes each year to help fund programs like the Affordable Care Act. Yet until now, they’ve been unable to access these programs themselves,’ California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement.”
Covered California Starts Offering Health Care to DACA Immigrants. Will Trump’s Win Deter Them?
CalMatters | Ana B. Ibarra | November 18, 2024
“My son once got treatment for his brain malformation in our state. But because of our insurance-based health care system, we now must drive 7 hours to California.”
My Son Has a Brain Malformation. We Shouldn’t Need to Be Insurance Experts for His Care.
USA Today | Kelsey Denham | November 17, 2024
“…MA has become a wildly profitable scheme for private insurance giants, who have become adept at taking advantage of Medicare’s billing model to claim exorbitant profits.”
Medicare “Advantage” By the Numbers
CounterPunch | Emma Curchin, Brandon Novick, Peter Hart | November 15, 2024
“It’s really unclear at this point where the incoming Trump administration will take the Medicare price negotiation program….”
Future of Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Murky Under Trump
Roll Call | Lia DeGroot, Jessie Hellmann | November 15, 2024
“The report found that 86% of the listed mental health providers who staffers had called were ‘unreachable, not in-network, or not accepting new patients.’”
State Regulators Know Health Insurance Directories Are Full of Wrong Information. They’re Doing Little to Fix It.
Pro Publica | Max Blau | November 14, 2024
“…working with Medicare Advantage insurance plans is like dealing in the Wild West. And it’s gotten exponentially worse since the cowboys started using AI.”
Hospitals Are Reporting More Insurance Denials. Is AI Driving Them?
Newsweek | Alexis Kayser | November 13, 2024
“…no individual U.S. state matched the life expectancy of similarly sized, high-income political entities around the world.”
Why the U.S. Healthcare System Is So Much Worse Than Its Peers
Harvard Business Review | David Blumenthal, Evan D. Gumas, Reginald D. Williams II | November 13, 2024
“With Republicans edging closer to gaining control of Congress, millions of Americans may be at risk of losing enhanced subsidies that currently underwrite the cost of health insurance bought through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces….”
With ACA Subsidies Set to Expire in 2025, Millions of Americans Stand to Lose Health Insurance
CBS News | Megan Cerullo, Editor: Aimee Picchi | November 11, 2024
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