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.
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“…the electorate isn’t very enthusiastic about an Affordable Care Act (ACA) that has failed to protect millions of people from a burgeoning healthcare crisis.”
Common Dreams | Kenny Stancil | November 6, 2020
“For most of the 150 million people with employer-sponsored coverage … Biden’s plan does not allow them to use the money their employer pays for their insurance premiums … nor are the employers allowed to choose to put their workers on the government plan.”
Joe Biden’s Health Care Plan, Explained in 800 Words
Vox | Dylan Scott | November 6, 2020
“…every single congressional member this year who ran for reelection while supporting Medicare for All won (or was on their way to winning) their respective race.”
This Election Proved That Medicare for All Is a Winning Demand
Truthout | Jon Queally | November 7, 2020
“…striking down the ACA at a time when the system is struggling to respond to a pandemic would be a self-inflicted wound that could take decades to heal.”
ObamaCare Faces Supreme Court Test with New Conservative Majority
The Hill | John Kruzel | November 9, 2020
“…when the lawyers seeking to have the whole law struck down began to argue, they ran into real pushback, and not just from the court’s liberals.”
Supreme Court Appears Likely to Uphold Obamacare
NPR | Nina Totenberg | November 10, 2020
“…the health insurance lobbyists support upholding the law…The ACA has been very good for their profits as it not only sells their products in state and federal marketplaces, but it also subsidizes the purchases and reinsures them if insurers pay out more than a certain amount on health care.”
Supreme Court Challenge to ACA Highlights Why We Need Medicare for All
Truthout | Margaret Flowers | November 11, 2020
“Without COVID-19 and the ensuing economic meltdown in the spring, Trump would have likely enjoyed a landslide victory….”
The 2020 Data Says, ‘That Was Close’
The Hill | Sheldon H. Jacobson | November 12, 2020
“Despite the alarms sounded by policy experts, correctional officers, and prisoners themselves earlier this year, Covid-19 has been allowed to ravage prison populations, harming inmates, correctional officers, and the surrounding communities for months.”
80 Percent of Those Who Died of COVID-19 in Texas County Jails Were Never Convicted of a Crime
Vox | Jerusalem Demsas | November 12, 2020
“Most simply, [standing] requires the plaintiff to prove they have suffered actual harm. In this case, the individual plaintiffs are two Texas men who argue the ACA’s individual mandate forces them to buy insurance they don’t want even though there is no longer a penalty, or fee.”
No Leg to Stand On? Supreme Court Justices Harp on Key Legal Concept in ACA Case
Healthcare Dive | Samantha Liss | November 13, 2020
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