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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Insurers must make out-of-pocket cost information public beginning Jan 2023
Final Rule Requires Health Plans to Make Negotiated Rates Public
Healthcare Dive | Shannon Muchmore | October 29, 2020
The biggest obstacle to Medicare for All? “…political will…”
Rolling Stone | Reed Dunlea | October 30, 2020
Blood on his hands. . . .
In Trump’s First 3 Years, 2 Million Americans Lost Healthcare, Thousands Died Prematurely
Healthline | Brian Mastroianni, Fact checked by Dana K. Cassell | November 3, 2020
Only 40% of physicians surveyed supported Medicare for All…
U.S. Physicians Split on Future of Payer Landscape, Survey Shows
MedCity News | Anuja Vaidya | November 3, 2020
“American medicine, like most American institutions, has served as a vehicle for white supremacy….”
Getting Our Knees Off Black People’s Necks: An Anti-Racist Approach to Medical Care
Health Affairs | Rupinder K. Legha, David R. Williams, Lonnie Snowden, and Jeanne Miranda | November 4, 2020
“Hospitalization and case counts have surged across much of the country, with the Midwest and the Southwest getting hit the hardest.“
COVID-19 Cases Break Record for Second Day in a Row, Topping 120,000
NBC News | Tim Stelloh and Austin Mullen | November 6, 2020
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