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.
Many of us will lose our health coverage at our “gravest time of need.”
Millions of Americans are about to lose their health insurance in a pandemic
The Guardian | Wendell Potter | Fri 27 Mar 2020
Over three million Californians were already uninsured
Coronavirus Pandemic: 1 Million Californians Could Lose Healthcare in Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic
ABC 7 News | Michael Finney and Renee Koury | March 25, 2020
The problem: corporate healthcare is focused on profit, not healing
Medicare for All: The Social Transformation of US Health Care
Health Affairs | Peter S. Arno and Philip Caper |March 25, 2020
Pharmacist finds herself “relatively powerless to alleviate her patients’ suffering” from health insurance practices.
Private Insurance Hurts Pharmacists, Too
The Nation | Jennifer Bernstein | March 25, 2020
“This system is just unsustainable, it is not working.“
Common Dreams | Jake Johnson | March 24, 2020
How we can cut through the private insurance red tape and save lives.
4 Reasons America Needs a New Coronavirus Crisis Insurance Program Based on Medicare
USA Today | Joshua Sharfstein, Jennifer Nuzzo and Gerard Anderson | March 19, 2020
Depending on the spread of infection, insurance rates can be expected to increase from 4% to 40%.
Coronavirus Could Hike Premiums by Double Digits Next Year
Healthcare Dive | Rebecca Pifer | March 25, 2020
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