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.
Substantial savings in the first year, and more every year after
Analysis of 30 Years of Single-Payer Research Shows Medicare for All Would Absolutely Save US Money
Common Dreams | Eoin Higgins | January 15, 2020
…a high degree of analytic consensus for the fiscal feasibility of single-payer…
91% of Peer-Reviewed Papers Find Medicare for All Would Save Public Money, Cover Everyone
Mint Press News | Alan Macleod | January 17, 2020
Doctors push back against the inhumanity and irrationality of the current health care system
Abdul El-Sayed and Thousands of Physicians Sign Open-Letter NYT Ad Endorsing Medicare for All
Detroit Metro Times | Sonia Khaleel | January 21, 2020
The nearly exclusive media focus on government spending misses the most important reason we need Medicare for All
We Deserve a Better Debate Over Medicare for All
New York Magazine | Sarah Jones | January 17, 2020
Medicare for All: “What’s not to like?”
Medicare For All Is Not a Pipe Dream
Mother Jones | Kevin Drum | January 17, 2020
Medicare for All is in the interest of labor
The Labor Movement Must Fight for Medicare for All — Not Employer-Based Plans
Jacobin | Mark Dudzic | January 17, 2020
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