What would Harris do? Do Not Resuscitate (This System) #356 Jul 26 2024

The week ending July 26, 2024, was pretty wild, so I'll try to catch up with what the new options in November might mean for healthcare policy. The Biden record wasn't great, which doesn't mean things can't get worse! But there were glimmers of positive news out there, so all is not lost. 

Here are the links to all the articles discussed in this episode: 

Nathaniel Weixel, “Where Kamala Harris stands on health care issues,” The Hill, Jul 22, 2024 https://bit.ly/3A4MTIs

Josh Nathan-Kazis, “What Kamala Harris’ ascendance means for healthcare investors,” Barron’s, July 22, 2024 https://bit.ly/3YdJUrm

Matt Stoller, “What would Kamala Harris do about corporate power?” BIG, Jul 23, 2024 https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/what-would-kamala-harris-do-about

Caitlin Owens & Adriel Bettelheim, “Biden’s fragile legacy on health care,” Axios, Jul 22, 2024 https://bit.ly/3WAkbbk

Clara Bates, “Pediatricians say Missouri children are losing Medicaid coverage at alarming rate,” Missouri Independent, Jul 21, 2024 https://bit.ly/4feUdBz

Sudhin Thanawala, “Judge refuses to extend timeframe for Georgia’s new Medicaid plan, only one with work requirement,” Associated Press, Jul 16, 2024 https://bit.ly/4diIqAv

Ian Randall, “US health care now unaffordable for nearly half of Americans,” Newsweek, Jul 17, 2024 https://bit.ly/3zWZnSD

Elisabeth Rosenthal, “Her hearing implant was preapproved. Nonetheless, she got $139,000 bills for months,” KFF Health News/NPR, Jul 17, 2024 https://bit.ly/4cUpfwO

Dave Muoio, “FTC probing DaVita, Fresenius Medical Care’s noncompetes for dialysis clinic medical directors,” Fierce Healthcare, Jul 15, 2024 https://bit.ly/3WANHxL

Michael Juliano, “DaVita agrees to pay $34.5m for kickbacks,” Benzinga, Jul 19, 2024 https://bit.ly/3zSLXqO

Joseph Choi, “Biden faces heavy lift with pledge to end medical debt,” The Hill, Jul 20, 2024 https://bit.ly/3LCYp0l

Julie Appleby, “Biden Administration tightens broker access to healthcare.gov to thwart rogue sign-ups,” KFF Health News, Jul 19, 2024 https://bit.ly/3YAyQ83

Julie Appleby, “HealthSherpa and insurers team up to curb unauthorized ACA enrollment schemes,” KFF Health News, Jul 16, 2024 https://bit.ly/4bWIvsy

Jakob Emerson, “15 health systems dropping Medicare Advantage plans,” Becker’s Hospital Review, Jul 24, 2024 https://bit.ly/3YkumSM

Sonali Kolhatkar, “Project 2025’s plan to gut Medicare and Medicaid,” Counterpunch, Jul 19, 2024 https://bit.ly/3y8MXXf

F. Douglas Stephenson, “Trump’s Project 2025 abolishes Medicare; We need to fight back and expand it,” Informed Comment, Jul 21, 2024 https://bit.ly/3ybqR6m

Wendell Potter, “Private Medicare plans and vertical integration yield UnitedHealth $15.8 billion in profits between January and June,” Healthcare Un-covered, Jul 16, 2024 https://bit.ly/3yq8Np7

Find my entire archive of article summaries and links at <www.nypan.org/single-payer-news-archive> You can also get my written digest direct to your inbox by writing me at tfrasca@yahoo.com

I'll be back next week with more on how we pay trillions to make intermediaries rich instead of improving our health!