The week in healthcare reform
Our Weekly News Roundup brings you snippets of news and brief commentary on topics related to America’s failing healthcare system, with a special focus on Medicare for All and California.
“Choice” talking point is false narrative made up by health insurance industry
How the Health Insurance Industry (and I) Invented the ‘Choice’ Talking Point
New York Times | Wendell Potter | January 14, 2020
Single-Payer Costs Less – Not More
Health Care Spending Decreases Under Single-Payer Systems: Study
ABC News | Erin Schumaker | January 15, 2020
Eliminating private health insurance saves most money
Study: Universal Health Care in US Will Save Money
Courthouse News Service | Carson McCullough | January 15, 2020
Do the math
The Staggering Cost of US Health Care Bureaucracy
Fiscal Times | Yuval Rosenberg | January 8, 2020
While single payer will cost $32 trillion over a decade, current system will cost $52 trillion
The Most Expensive Health Care Option of All? Do Nothing.
Politico | Alice Miranda Ollstein | January 9, 2020
Trump DOJ, Red States urge Supreme Court to keep healthcare issue unresolved, even past 2020 election
Opponents to Supreme Court: No Rush to Take Pivotal ACA Case
Healthcare Dive | Samantha Liss | January 10, 2020
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