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News Flash: Other Wealthy Nations Have Better Health Coverage Than US

Rethinking Health Care from a Global Perspective: Looking Abroad The Commonwealth Fund Blog MAY 2, 2024 By Aaron Carroll All other high-income countries have adopted a universal health coverage system, and many middle- and low-income countries are also moving in [...]

Philip R. Lee’s 1986 Call for National Health Insurance

This Date in UCSF History: National Health Insurance Ahead? UCSF Student Voices Synapse April 23, 2024 (Originally authored by Dr. Philip R. Lee — a UCSF professor of social medicine and director of the Institute for Health Policy Studies — and [...]

Cutting Back Medicare & Medicaid Would Kill Tens of Thousands

Study: Proposed changes to Medicare, Medicaid could cost thousands of lives Yale News April 22, 2024 By Mallory Locklear Proposed changes to the United States’ Medicare and Medicaid programs could lead to thousands of additional deaths each year, a new [...]

Medicare for All Individual Cost Calculator

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Email to supporters April 25, 2024 Republicans HATE Medicare for All and they’re doing everything in their power to protect Big Pharma and our private, for-profit health care system. This 100% free and accessible calculator compares the [...]

The Tragicomedy of Medicaid

Medicaid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (28 minute video) April 18, 2024 John Oliver discusses why millions of people have been kicked off of Medicaid, why Medicaid access was difficult even before the current “unwinding”, and what would [...]

Political Party Split vs Concurrence on Government Guarantee of Health Care

Changing Partisan Coalitions in a Politically Divided Nation Pew Research Center April 9, 2024 The combined effects of change and continuity have left the country’s two major parties at virtual parity: About half of registered voters (49%) identify as Democrats [...]

Cross-National Insurance Contrasts in Amusing 1-minute Videos

POV Losing Your Job in the US vs France YouTube Short Roya @royaventurera March 29, 2024 [American accent] “Does this mean I lose my health care too? … You’re lucky you’re insured, you can actually continue your coverage through a [...]

Latest Corporate Intermediary Scam, For Out-of-Network Charges

Insurers Reap Hidden Fees by Slashing Payments. You May Get the Bill. The New York Times April 7, 2024 By Chris Hammy MultiPlan is a little-known data analytics firm that works with UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, Aetna and other big insurers to [...]

May Day 2028 National Strike: Focus on Medicare for All

The UAW’S 2028 National Strike Should Center Medicare for All JACOBIN March 31, 2024 By Jonathan Michels & Will Cox United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain has called on unions to come together for a national strike on International Workers [...]