Into the Wood Chipper, A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID, Simon & Schuster, 2026, by Nicholas Enrich
It had started on Inauguration
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TrumpRx Drug Price Flimflam
At RFK Hearing, Warren Exposes TrumpRx Scam, YouTube – Senator Elizabeth Warren, April 22, 2026
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: After President Trump and the Republicans slashed health care
Single Payer Resurgence in Dem Primaries
This Bernie Sanders-backed idea is connecting Democrats winning midterm primaries, CNN, April 12, 2026, by Ronald Brownstein
Replacing private health insurance with a universal coverage system
Taxes Over Premiums to Fund Single Payer
National Health Expenditure Projections, 2024-33: Despite Insurance Coverage Declines, Health To Grow as Share of GDP, Health Affairs, June 25, 2025, by Sean P. Keehan,
Trump May Seek Primary Care Help from Cuba
La Verdad, Trump floats “Cuba care corridor” to address U.S. primary care shortage, April 1, 2026, by Clara Desvarío
Palm Beach, FL — At a private
HJM Reader Ideas
HJM readers are, unsurprisingly, well-informed and articulate. Our recent solicitation of ideas yielded a profusion of cogent observations and opinions. I did my best to
Trump Policies Harm to Lung Health
Implications of Year 1 Trump Administration Policies for Americans’ Lung Health, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, March 3, 2026, by Adam W.
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Sky High ACA Deductible Highlights Need for Universal Insurance
New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000, The New York Times, Feb. 26, 2026, by Reed Abelson
The Trump administration’s proposed new rules for
It’s the Prices and More
The US Health Spending Problem Is Still About Prices, Health Affairs Forefront, Feb. 18, 2026, by Irene Papanicolas, Jonathan Cylus, and Luca Lorenzoni
For more than
When Oh When Real Reform?
How Much Longer Will Americans Wait for Real Health Reform?, Health Care un-Covered, Feb. 20, 2026, by Trudy Lieberman
Kudos to Merrill Goozner, former editor of
Health Insurance Compromise – Virtue or Vice?
Failure to Account for Real-World Complexities in Health Policy, JAMA Health Forum, Feb. 5, 2026, by Lanhee J. Chen, Erin Duffy, and Atul Grover
Congress could
