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“Machinists’ District 751 represents 27,000 members who work at Boeing and some smaller shops across the state of Washington.”
Machinists’ Retirees 751 Resolve to End ACO REACH & the Privatizing of Medicare
Daily Kos | Kay Tillow | June 19, 2022
“Patient debt is also sustaining a shadowy collections business fed by hospitals ― including public university systems and nonprofits granted tax breaks to serve their communities ― that sell debt in private deals to collections companies that, in turn, pursue patients.”
‘Barbaric’ System Saddles Over 100 Million in US With Healthcare Debt
Common Dreams | Jake Johnson | June 17, 2022
“A new survey on health care debt quantifies its very high prevalence (41%) and the dire consequences for individuals and families: financial insecurity, reduced access to health care, and being unable to ‘provide a good life.’”
Medical Debt in the US: Pervasive, Harmful, Unnecessary
Health Justice Monitor | James Kahn, MD | June 17, 2022
“Insurance … is the only ‘product’ in existence where you buy it but have no idea if it really works and will be there for you until years later when you need it — and then it’s too late to do anything about it.”
Medicare Advantage Scammers
LA Progressives | Thom Hartmann | June 17, 2022
“Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) sometimes delayed or denied Medicare Advantage beneficiaries’ access to services, even though the prior authorization requests met Medicare coverage rules, according to the April OIG report.”
Survey Shows 13% of Medicare Advantage Enrollees Had a Claim or Pre-Authorization Request Denied
Healthcare Finance News | Nathan Eddy | June 14, 2022
“Fully one quarter of all COVID deaths are due to the absence of universal insurance.”
COVID + 41 M Uninsured = 339,000 Excess Deaths
Health Justice Monitor | James Kahn, MD | June 14, 2022
“Medicare for All would be both an economic stimulus and life-saving transformation of our health care system. … It will cost people far less than the status quo.”
Universal Health Care Could Have Saved More Than 330,000 U.S. Lives During COVID
Scientific American | Rachel Nuwer | June 13, 2022
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