The week in healthcare reform
“These clusters of unvaccinated people are what is standing in the way of us putting this virus down permanently.”
Five Undervaccinated Clusters Put the Entire United States at Risk
CNN | Elizabeth Cohen and John Bonifield | July 8, 2021
“Medicare plans overspent by 13% in 2017 and almost 21% in 2018 compared to Costco member prices.”
USC Research Shows Costco Beats Medicare in Generic Drug Savings Nearly 50% of the Time
YubaNet | University of Southern California | July 6, 2021
“…despite repeated lopsided majorities in polls favoring a public [health insurance] system, leaders in both parties don’t seem to care.”
Everyone Wants Health Care Reform. Industry Lobbying Won’t Let Them Have It.
Jacobin | Luke Savage | July 7, 2021
“Temperatures aren’t the only thing rising as we head into the dog days of summer. Drug prices are too….”
Rising Drug Prices Continue to Hit Seniors
MarketWatch | Paul Brandus | July 6, 2021
“Instead of identifying their enemy as the government, or people who aren’t like them, they start training their ire at huge corporations: the insurance companies.”
Steward’s Corner: How One Union Uses Kitchen Table Economics to Advance Medicare for All
Labor Notes | Kari Thompson | July 6, 2021
“…the standards left American workers largely at the mercy of their employers.”
How Business Weakened COVID Workplace Protections
Jacobin | Walker Bragman | July 6, 2021
“Hospitals mounting public advertising campaigns in recent years tended to be those in the best financial shape….”
Study: Public Unlikely to Benefit from Hospitals’ Advertising
MedPage Today | John Gever | July 2, 2021
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