This Week’s Ugly Possibilities in TrumpCare (with Things to Do)
The Republicans may be seeking to pass their own version of TrumpCare quickly, before the July recess, with some resources to prevent that.
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Health Reform in the Age of Trump
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in 2010, was intended to address long- standing problems with the American system of health care and health insurance. This column, taken from a new VoxEU eBook, reviews the main provisions of the ACA related to insurance coverage and healthcare costs, including what is known so far about their impact. It also discusses the recent Republican attempt to ‘repeal and replace’ the law.
Read more...What’s the Cost of Keeping Corrupt Pharma-Stooge Senators Like Patty Murray in Office?
Why Democratic voters need to turf out Senators who put the profits of drug companies above their constituents’ needs.
Read more...Could Direct Primary Care Be a Key Part in Solving America’s Health Care Crisis?
By cutting out the insurance middleman and ending pay for procedure, direct primary care saves costs and produces happier doctors and patients
Read more...Republican Senators at Odds Over Medicaid in Obamacare Reform Push
Obamacare reform hits yet another roadblock.
Read more...Despite Wobbles, Theresa May Still Expected to Lead Conservative Win This Week
Despite Theresa May looking at risk in many UK polls, the distribution of seats in play may give the Tories the advantage.
Read more...Theresa May in Election Jitters Caught Lying About Tory Plans to Cut The NHS
Quelle surprise! The Tories are scheming against the NHS!
Read more...Dumb Things Politicians Say About Health Care Policy
Unintended self parody on health care…if only this were a joke.
Read more...Healthcare Inefficiency: “Low-Quality Drugs Diffuse More Quickly in the US”
Another way in which the US health care system is exceptional: minimally effective drugs find a market faster here than abroad.
Read more...VA Hospital Forcing Patients to Use Facebook and Twitter
So why is the VA promoting Rule by Facebook?
Read more...GOP Attack on Obamacare Won’t Slow Calls for Democrats to Back Single-Payer
TRNN interview with Physicians for a National Health Program’s Carol Paris, on the movement pressuring Democrats to back Medicare-for-All.
Read more...UN Panel Strives to Improve Access to Medicines: TRNN Interview with Celso Amorim
TRNN interview with Celso Amorim on which priorities should prevail when intellectual property protection collides with public health.
Read more...Democrat Disunity: Hypocritical Media Attacks on Sanders
The Democrats so can’t stand Sanders’ refusal to change his policies that they are undermining their own “Unity Tour” with press attacks.
Read more...Health Care “Reform” by Insiders Who Benefit from the Status Quo: Media Fails to Report Conflicts of Interest
Quelle surprise! The press regularly presents highly paid, well-connected health care insiders as independent voices on “reform”.
Read more...Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Medication Errors in Hospitals Don’t Disappear with New Technology.” Government: “It’s the Doctors’ Fault.”
Cybernetic supremacy vs. cybernetic sobriety in hospitals.
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