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.
Happy Independence Day!
It’s not about the fireworks, hamburgers or flags. Independence Day is about the truth.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…”
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“The fix is in, and the American people are paying the price: with their life.”
‘If You Like Your Insurance, You Can Keep It’ — Until You Can’t
Common Dreams | Shahid Buttar and Rebecca Parson | June 28, 2020
“The time is now to recognize healthcare as a human right.”
116 California DNC Delegates Demand Pelosi Hold Floor Vote on Medicare for All
Truthout | Jake Johnson | June 29, 2020
“…more than 80 percent of people on Medi-Cal are enrolled in managed care organizations… and managed care is not performing as well as it should.”
How a Health Care Safety Net for the Poor Became California’s Top Priority
Zocalo Public Square | Joe Mathews | June 30, 2020
“We must build on the growing political will to enact universal health care and to manage the transition to it.”
The Case for Medicare for All Has Grown Stronger Than Ever
Common Dreams | Gordon Mosser | June 30, 2020
Nearly two-thirds of Americans live in counties that spend more than twice as much on policing as nonhospital health care, which includes public health.
Hollowed Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus
Associated Press | Lauren Weber, Laura Ungar, Michelle R. Smith, Hannah Recht and Anna Maria Barry-Jester | July 1, 2020
“The COVID-19 pandemic did not stall mergers and acquisitions in the second quarter…”
Coronavirus Didn’t Dramatically Dampen Healthcare M&A in Q2, Kaufman Hall Says
Healthcare Dive | Samantha Liss | July 2, 2020
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