Cuba Sends Doctors, the US Sends Sanctions, JACOBIN, March 8, 2025, by Helen Yaffe
The United States calls Cuba’s medical internationalism “human trafficking” – but it’s
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Trump Voters Seek Robust Government Role in Health Care
Republicans Once Wanted Government out of Health Care. Trump Voters See It Differently, KFF Health News, Feb. 27, 2025, by Noam N. Levey
Government regulation of
Looming Medicaid Cuts & Pushback
FLASH BREAKING: Major news on Republicans CUTTING healthcare, YouTube video (8 min), Feb. 25, 2025, by Brian Tyler Cohen
Liberal Redneck – On Gutting Medicaid and
Modern Medicare vs. Single Payer
Bridging the Medicare Cost Gap: Knowing Your Options, The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2025, by Mark Miller
Medicare can cover most of your health care
USAID Attacked
U.S. Agency for International Development, Accessed Feb. 3, 2025
“This site can’t be reached”
U.S. Agency for International Development: An Overview, Congressional Research Service, Jan. 6, 2025
The
Trump Cripples US Foreign Health Aid
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid, The New York Times, Feb. 1, 2025, by Stephanie Nolen
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs
Ambitious Reforms of Current System: A Path to Single Payer?
From Laggard To Leader: Why Health Care In The United States Is Failing, And How To Fix It, Health Affairs, Jan. 22, 2025, by Donald
Private Equity Harms Patients & Providers
Changes in Patient Care Experience After Private Equity Acquisition of US Hospitals, JAMA, Jan. 9, 2025, by Anjali Bhatia, et al.
Conclusions and Relevance: Patient care
Americans Angry about Flawed Health Insurance
Americans Are Angry About Their Health Insurance – With Good Reason, Common Dreams, Jan. 1, 2025, by Claudia Fegan, MD (National Coordinator, PNHP)
As a physician,
Shareholder Dreams or Health Justice?
Health Insurers Gave $120 Billion To Shareholders While Denying Your Claim, The Lever, Dec. 11, 2024, by Veronica Riccobene
As rising health care costs and inadequate
Estimated US Deaths Associated with Health Insurance / Access to Care
This week, a careful reader asked me to justify this estimate from November 2021: “The US excess mortality age 20-64 is about 1.4 per 1000 per
The Flawed Corporate Health Care Model
UnitedHealth Group C.E.O.: The Health Care System Is Flawed. Let’s Fix It., New York Times, Dec. 13, 2024, by Andrew Witty, C.E.O. UnitedHealth Group, parent
