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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“Pandemic travel restrictions have made Americans prisoners of their country … it has also cut off access to medicines and health care services that they can’t afford at home….”
With Canada and Mexico Borders Closed, Americans Are Trapped in Their Own Health Care System
CNN | Caitlin Hu | August 31, 2020
“Overall, [LA] county has seen a 23 percent increase in deaths in the first seven months of 2020 when compared to the same period last year … and ‘The worst of the hot weather, the worst of the dehydration, the worst of the cold weather is still to come.’”
Homeless Deaths Are Spiking in Los Angeles and Beyond
Capital & Main | Jessica Goodheart | August 31, 2020
“…if Joe Biden were to just come out in support of Medicare for All and promise to fight for it, he would be twenty points ahead.”
All Joe Biden Needs to Do to Win
City Watch LA | Lauren Martinchek | August 31, 2020
In spite of spending trillions, the U.S. healthcare system still fails to meet critical GAO benchmarks on COVID-19 response and preparedness.
US Government Has Spent Trillions on COVID-19 Health, Economic Relief
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) | September 1, 2020
“How is it that health insurance companies could be raking in massive profit during a pandemic that is seeing hospital capacity overwhelmed, people losing employer health insurance and unpaid health care piling up?”
Premiums More Than Double as Health Insurers Report Big Profits: Report
Insurance News Net | September 2, 2020
“When people are desperate, they’ll pay, whatever the cost, because these are things they don’t just want — they need.”
Lancet Study Finds U.S. Has, By Far, the World’s Most-Overpriced Medical Care
Modern Diplomacy | Eric Zuesse | September 3, 2020
“Latino Americans have the highest infection rate…out of the three demographics, but Black Americans still are nearly three times as likely to get sick from the virus than White Americans, who have the lowest infection rate.”
Democrats Unveil Plan Declaring Racism a Public Health Issue
The Hill | Marty Johnson | September 3, 2020
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