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.
Vaccine affordability has been one of the biggest holdups to a final package.
House swiftly passes bipartisan $8.3B coronavirus package
Fact check on cost of COVID-19 tests.
How much does a coronavirus test cost?
USA Today | Saranac Hale Spencer, FactCheck.org. | March 5, 2020
Government healthcare plan preferred by Democratic voters in Super Tuesday states
CNN Poll: Most Democrats in Super Tuesday states support Medicare for All-style plan
Yahoo | Yahoo News Video | March 4, 2020
Racial inequity in US healthcare remains a problem
House Democrats and Healthcare Experts Explain Why Medicare for All ‘Is a Racial Justice Necessity’
Common Dreams | Jessica Corbett | February 27, 2020
“Junk” insurance plans threaten US response to coronavirus
Short-Term Insurance Challenger Warns Plans Are a ‘Threat to Public Health’
Healthcare Dive | Hailey Mensik | February 27, 2020
Is Administration signaling a shift in thinking on health care?
The Coronavirus is Challenging What Our Politicians Think About ‘Medicare for All’
HuffPost | Matt Fuller and Arthur Delaney | March 3, 2020
“…a country full of people who won’t see a doctor unless they’re extremely sick”
Millions of Uninsured Americans Like Me Are a Coronavirus Timebomb
The Guardian | Carl Gibson | February 28, 2020
If we paid for fire departments like we pay for health care. . .
Meaww.com | Kunal Dey | February 28, 2020
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