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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“…as many as 122,000…deaths could be avoided with safety measures, including near-universal mask use….”
Key Model Predicts 400,000 Coronavirus Deaths in US by January
The Hill | J. Edward Moreno | September 4, 2020
“Black and Hispanic workers are so ‘essential’ that they must put their health at risk during the pandemic, but not ‘essential enough’ to be protected with health insurance.”
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Contributes to Structural Racism
The Hill | Rosemarie Day and Deb Gordon | September 5, 2020
“We’re talking about decades and centuries worth of distrust and systemic barriers that need to be uprooted.”
Triple Pundit | Mary Mazzoni | September 8, 2020
“The shutdown comes as the pandemic continues to kill; the U.S. is on the verge of 190,000 deaths….”
USAID to Shut Down Its Coronavirus Task Force
Politico | Nahal Toosi | September 8, 2020
“Personal care aides, nursing assistants and registered nurses represent the highest proportion of uninsured healthcare workers.”
More Than Half a Million Healthcare Workers Don’t Have Health Insurance
Becker’s Hospital Review | Morgan Haefner | September 8, 2020
“Medicare for All…is a necessary first step to address the racial health disparities that plague the South and our entire country.”
Medicare for All Would Help End Racial Disparities in the South
Common Dreams | Jason Williams & Amelia Parker | September 9, 2020
“…there is every indication that many Americans, or at least their current leaders, are willing to accept 40,000 new cases and 1,000 deaths a day….”
The Most Dangerous Phase of the US COVID-19 Crisis May Be Yet to Come
The Guardian | Barry Eichengreen | September 10, 2020
“Our study also reveals remediable social vulnerabilities—lack of health insurance and food insecurity—that could further compound the inequitable health impact of the coronavirus….”
Americans Sick with COVID Disproportionately Poor, Minorities, Uninsured and Food Insecure
Medical Express | Physicians for a National Health Program | September 11, 2020
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