The week in healthcare reform
“I want to make sure we are stabilizing what we have before we start going down this expansion role,” Manchin said.
Manchin Fires Warning Shot on Plan to Expand Medicare
The Hill | Jordain Carney | September 23, 2021
“…the overall concentration of healthcare spending has remained steady, but there has been an increase in the concentration of prescription drug spending….”
High Healthcare Spending Shifts to Uninsured, Prescription Drugs
RevCycle Intelligence | Victoria Bailey | September 21, 2021
“In a contentious Zoom meeting last Friday with health care reform advocates who live in his district, [Rep. Scott] Peters (San Diego) refused to stop taking pharma money….”
The House Democrats Bought and Paid For by Big Pharma
Jacobin | Andrew Perez | September 21, 2021
“…vaccines intended for local Black and Hispanic … residents [went] to white people who drove there from out of town.”
Stat | Olivia Goldhill | September 21, 2021
“For the nearly 145 million Americans covered by government health programs, along with their families and communities, the investment in the nation’s services could make a difference in the quality of life for decades.”
Democrats Push to Retool Health Care Programs for Millions
Associated Press | Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Lisa Mascaro | September 19, 2021
“The pharmaceutical industry has spent over $4.5 billion on lobbying and campaign contributions over the past 20 years and has hired some 1,200 lobbyists to get Congress to do its bidding. They are the most powerful industry on Capitol Hill.”
So-Called Dem ‘Moderates’ Sabotage Medicare Power to Bargain Drug Prices
Peoples’ World | Mark Gruenberg | September 17, 2021
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