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.
Lack of adequate public health insurance system associated with decreased life expectancy
Suicides and Overdoses Among Factors Fueling Drop in US Life Expectancy
Los Angeles Times | Melissa Healy | November 26, 2019
Politicians defend failed healthcare system as Americans die younger
Obama Privately Considered Leading ‘Stop-Bernie Campaign’ to Combat Sanders 2020 Surge: Report
Common Dreams | Jake Johnson | November 26, 2019
Patients abused by health insurers turn to Medicare for All
The Stunning Rise of Single-Payer Health Care
The Atlantic | Olga Khazan | November 21, 2019
Biden’s wrong. “The majority of Democrats do support Medicare for all.”
Did Joe Biden Overstate Democratic Voters’ Opposition To ‘Medicare For All’?
Kaiser Health News | Victoria Knight | November 26, 2019
Healthcare corporations defend cruel, unsustainable status quo
The Army Built to Fight ‘Medicare for All’
Politico | Adam Cancryn | November 25, 2019
Medicare Advantage is a private insurance scam
Beware of the Medicare Disadvantage Corporate Trap – Wake Up AARP
CounterPunch | Ralph Nader | November 25, 2019
Deregulation: Insurers profit while patients pay high price
Risky Business: Buying health insurance in the new age of deregulation
Houston Chronicle | Jenny Deam | November 27, 2019
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