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“Private-equity investment in nursing homes … has grown from about $5 billion at the turn of the century to more than $100 billion today. The results have not been pretty.”
The Secretive Industry Devouring the U.S. Economy
The Atlantic | Rogé Karma | October 30, 2023
“Large segments of insured adults surveyed said it was difficult to afford healthcare, including 43% with employer coverage, 57% with individual plans, 45% with Medicaid and 51% with Medicare.”
One-Third of Americans Burdened by Medical Debt: Study
Fierce Healthcare | Noah Tong | October 26, 2023
“Other new laws aim to strengthen reproductive rights, as well as patient protections against errant doctors and pharmacists and surprise ambulance bills.”
California Expands Paid Sick Days and Boosts Health Worker Wages
Salon | Don Thompson | October 26, 2023
“Insurance did not appear to protect people from the budget squeeze….”
Insurance Coverage Not a Panacea for Healthcare Affordability: Survey
Healthcare Dive | Rebecca Pifer | October 26, 2023
“Johnson has only served four terms in Congress, but he has a history of backing anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ legislation.”
Mike Johnson’s Views on Health Care
The Hill | Nathaniel Weixel, Joseph Choi | October 26, 2023
“To label our current and long-standing challenge a ‘crisis’ is an understatement. Patients in our communities, really all of us, will fare better when our health workers are thriving.”
Health Workers Face Mental Health Crisis, CDC Says
CNN | Giri Viswanathan | October 25, 2023
“Patent and copyright monopolies likely shift more than $1 trillion a year from the rest of the population to the people in a position to benefit from these government protections.”
Drugs Are Cheap, Government-Granted Patent Monopolies Make Them Expensive
CounterPoint | Dean Baker | October 24, 2023
“Even while pundits have always framed Medicare for All as a radical idea, in the 2020 Democratic primary in South Carolina … more voters supported ‘replacing all private health insurance with a single government plan for everyone’ than those who opposed it.”
How to End Our Affair with Systemic Capitalism
Essence | October 24, 2023
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