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.
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“…the effort required to access and pay for care has in itself become a social determinant of health.”
Half of Consumers Avoid Seeking Care Because It’s Too Difficult
Healthcare Finance | Jeff Lagasse | July 13, 2020
“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has refused to hold a vote on multiple bills to lower prescription drug costs even as prices continue to increase.”
Prescription Drug Costs Are Skyrocketing. The Senate Isn’t Doing Anything About It.
The American Independent | Dan Desai Martin | July 13, 2020
“…the long-term goal must be a “single-standard-of care” system that would eliminate disparities in the quality of care regardless of income or color.”
US Healthcare: Medicare-for-All to Med-Equality-for-All
LA Progressive | David Monkawa | July 14, 2020
It’s not just a “progressive talking point…”
How I Changed My Mind on ‘Medicare for All’
The Hill | Dr. Li Tso | July 14, 2020
“…a complicated and arbitrary prior authorization scheme…does not help patients.”
Prior Authorization Changes Driven by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Policy & Medicine | Thomas Sullivan | July 15, 2020
United Healthcare just raked in $6.6 billion in profits (Q2 2020)
Common Dreams | Andrea Germanos | July 15, 2020
“…more than 10 million people may lose employer-sponsored health insurance” between April & December 2020
10M Could Lose Employer-Sponsored Healthcare as Covid-19 Spurs Job Losses
Healthcare Dive | Hailey Mensik | July 15, 2020
“…counties that kept local mask-wearing orders without interruption reported a smaller increase in hospitalizations.”
Coronavirus Now Spreading Faster in Suburbs Like Orange County Than in L.A. County
Los Angeles Times | Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Sean Greene, Jake Sheridan, Luke Money | July 17, 2020
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