Healio, November 10, 2020
POINT by Benjamin Sommers, M.D., Ph.D.
Yes.
A public option can improve health care affordability with continued private insurance and better access to quality
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HDHPs and HSAs are drivers of institutional racism
By Jacqueline Ellison, Paul Shafer, and Megan B. Cole
Health Affairs, November 2020
Abstract
With the rise in the share of privately insured patients covered by high-deductible health
AOC refutes centrists who blame M4A progressives for suppressing the blue tide
The same cannot be said for those more centrist lawmakers who continue to defend the nation's increasingly unpopular for-profit healthcare system.
By Jon Queally
Common Dreams, November
An anti-racist approach to medical care
By Rupinder K. Legha, David R. Williams, Lonnie Snowden, and Jeanne Miranda
Health Affairs Blog, November 4, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the racist structures, policies,
Sandro Galea’s wake-up call
The New York Times, November 5, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com...
Learning From November 3: A Wake-Up Call for Public Health
By Sandro Galea, M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
Milbank Quarterly, November 4, 2020
This
Private equity taking over women’s health care
By Joseph D. Bruch, B.A.; Alexander Borsa, B.A.; Zirui Song, M.D., Ph.D.; Sarah S. Richardson, Ph.D.
JAMA Internal Medicine, August 24, 2020
An influx of private equity
Rise in uninsured during the current administration
By Adam Gaffney, M.D., M.P.H.; David Himmelstein, M.D.; Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.
Health Affairs Blog, October 29, 2020
Findings of increasing uninsurance after 2016 accord with results
Phil Lee & Don Bechler: A tribute
By James G. Kahn, M.D., M.P.H.
Emeritus Professor of Health Policy, University of California, San Francisco
Last week saw the passing of two amazing leaders in the
Half of Americans are worried about medical debt
By Dan Grunebaum
HealthCareInsider, October 29, 2020
Concerns About Healthcare and Debt
56% of U.S. adults said they were either somewhat or very concerned that a health
Crowdfunding in Canada, the UK, and the US
By Sameh N. Saleh, M.D.; Ezimamaka Ajufo, B.M., B.Ch.; Christoph U. Lehmann, M.D.; Richard J. Medford, M.D.
JAMA Network Open, October 26, 2020
Key Points
Question: Why do individuals
Should we cover all children as a sequential step in reform?
By Joan C. Alker, Genevieve M. Kenney, and Sara Rosenbaum
Health Affairs, October 2020
Abstract
Expansion of Medicaid and establishment of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) represent
CMA adds ‘equity and justice’ to its mission statement
California Medical Association, October 24, 2020
The California Medical Association (CMA) House of Delegates today voted to edit the association's Articles of Incorporation and include in