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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“Many Black Americans are literally hanging on to their livelihoods, worried at every turn whether they will get sick, lose their job, lose their home, and/or lose their life due to coronavirus.”

We Can’t Talk About COVID-19, Elections Without Talking About Universal Healthcare

Essence | J. Ama Mantey Ph.D. | October 9, 2020

“The president’s experience…shows us there is a better way.”

President Trump is Benefiting from Single-Payer, Single-Provider Health Care. We All Should

Stat | Rebecca Kolins Givan | October 10, 2020

“’The fact is that we’ve got to make sure that we have a health care system where no one can go without necessary health care and quality health care,’ Fauci said.”

UC Berkeley: Dr. Anthony Fauci Backs Universal Health Care, Expects Slow Return To ‘Normal’

Patch | Press Release Desk | October 10, 2020

“…the U.S. healthcare system’s response to the pandemic has revived interest in a more centralized, single payer healthcare system.”

Changed Fortunes: Under Scrutiny, Health Plans Should Show Their Value Now

Healthcare Dive | Peter Manoogian | October 12, 2020

“..a top Trump health official met with doctors pushing the controversial herd immunity approach.”

WHO Chief Calls Herd Immunity Approach to COVID-19 ‘Simply Unethical’

The Hill | Justine Coleman | October 12, 2020

 

 

“…Birx replaced a functional, if imperfect, CDC data system…with an error-ridden and unreliable filter on hospital needs…”

The Inside Story of How Trump’s COVID-19 Coordinator Undermined the World’s Top Health Agency

Science | Charles Piller | October 14, 2020

 

 

“Like Trump, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is a critic of Roberts’s decisions upholding most of Obamacare.”

Amy Coney Barrett’s Opposition to Obamacare, Explained

Vox | Ian Millhiser  | October 15, 2020

 

“Wisconsin and other states in the U.S. Midwest and beyond are battling surges in COVID-19 cases, with new infections and hospitalizations rising to record levels.”

New Coronavirus Infections Rise to Record Highs in U.S. Midwest and Beyond

Reuters | Lisa Shumaker, Maria Caspani | October 15, 2020

 

 

The Pandemic, in numbers.

COVID-19 Pandemic: Tracking the Global Coronavirus Outbreak

BBC News | October 16, 2020

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