Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
“Charging individuals for Covid testing — a basic public health tool, is just willful stupidity.”
‘Utter Travesty’: Uninsured Americans Will Now Be Charged $125 for a Single PCR Covid-19 Test
Common Dreams | Jon Queally | March 26, 2022
“…Gilead posted a hefty revenue increase in 2021 due entirely to its COVID-19 treatment Veklury, which rang up $5.6 billion in sales.”
Gilead, After 11% Revenue Increase in 2021, Rewards CEO Daniel O’Day with $19.2M Pay Package
Fierce Pharma | Kevin Dunleavy | March 25, 2022
“Insurance was the main enabling resource associated with treatment status.”
Teens, Older Adults Not Getting Medications to Treat Opioid Abuse
Medical Economics | Richard Payerchin | March 25, 2022
“We deserve a health care system that prioritizes people over profits, humanity over greed, and compassion over exploitation.” —Rep Cori Bush, D-MO
Democrats Schedule First COVID-Era Hearing on Medicare for All
Truthout | Sharon Zhang | March 24, 2022
“If millions lose Medicaid coverage precipitously, it will be disruptive for people and a step in the wrong direction for the Biden administration’s drive to get more people insured.”
Administration Faces Risks in Decision on Public Health Emergency
Roll Call | Ariel Cohen | March 23, 2022
“Waiting to provide funding once we’re in a surge will be too late.”
White House Stops Paying Providers for COVID-19 Testing, Treatment of Uninsured Patients
Healthcare Dive | Hailey Mensik | March 23, 2022
“Medical bankruptcy is a uniquely American problem. In other wealthy countries – all of them with universal health care – medical bankruptcy virtually doesn’t exist.”
Bernie Sanders Calls for the Cancellation of All Medical Debt
Truthout | Sharon Zhang | March 22, 2022
“…the program will next have to stop accepting claims for vaccination-related costs, after April 5.”
COVID Budget Impasse Halts Aid to Test and Treat Uninsured
Associated Press | Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | March 22, 2022
“To make the case that estate proceeds should go to St. Jude, the charity sometimes argues that relatives are not entitled to any proceeds from their family’s estates.”
St. Jude Fights Donors’ Families in Court for Share of Estates
ProPublica | David Armstrong, Ryan Gabrielson | March 21, 2022
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