The week in healthcare reform
This week’s special focus is on the Campaign for Medicare for All, the Unresolved and the Unregulated.
The Weekly News Roundup brings you snippets of news and brief commentary
on topics related to America’s failing healthcare system and how to improve it.
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The Campaign for Medicare for All
The most significant endorsement by an elected body for Medicare for All to date.
Common Dreams | John Queally | November 5, 2019
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Our focus should be on healthcare as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product.
Actually, ‘Medicare for All’ is the Only Affordable Option
The Hill | Lawrence Kotlikoff | November 8, 2019
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Rev. Jesse Jackson: It’s over three decades since I sounded the call for Medicare for All.
A Long Overdue Debate on Medicare-for-All
CounterPunch | Jesse Jackson | November 8, 2019
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The Affordable Care Act cannot bring healthcare for everyone.
Editorial counterpoint: Actually, Single-Payer Medicare for All IS the Only Answer
Minneapolis Star Tribune | John Marty | November 11, 2019
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Our focus should be on healthcare as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product.
Actually, ‘Medicare for All’ is the Only Affordable Option
The Hill | Lawrence Kotlikoff | November 8, 2019
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Fact-checking assertions about the cost of Medicare for All
Examining Claims About ‘Medicare for All’
The New York Times | November 9, 2019
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Link to presentations made at the 2019 Single Payer Strategy Conference
2019 Single-Payer Strategy Conference
Courtesy of Healthcare NOW
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The Unresolved
America’s healthcare system is broken and everybody knows it
Common Dreams | Jake Johnson | November 12, 2019
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U.S. remains an outlier when it comes to healthcare expenditures
13% of Americans Say They Know Someone Who Died After They Couldn’t Afford Health Care, Survey Says
CNN | Scottie Andrew | November 12, 2019
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The Unregulated
Your health data may be “safely” inside the cloud.
Google’s Health Care Ambitions Now Involve Patient Data
Rachel Lerman | Associated Press | November 12, 2019
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President seeks to eliminate protections, strip insurance from the poor.
Some of Trump’s Most Devious Lies Are About Health Care
The New York Times | Nicholas Bagley | November 12, 2019
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