UHCAN’s November National Call
Impact of the elections … Women’s health care in the bull’s eye … Can high drug costs be reined in? … Voting rights – What’s it have to do with health care? … The Political Determinants of Health
What’s the connection between Medicaid and voting?
When Medicaid Expands, More People Vote Obamacare didn’t just give more people health insurance. It also caused more people to vote. That’s the conclusion of a new body of evidence that strongly suggests that giving people coverage through expansions of the Medicaid...Medicaid’s big night – How health care fared in midterms
Quick overview of how health care fared in the midterm elections in this article – Medicaid expansion moving forward in at least 3 more states via ballot initiatives, and 3 more via gubernatorial victories, ACA repeal is off the table, but attacks on health care will...In States That Didn’t Expand Medicaid, Voters Might Do It Anyway
Ballot measures in Idaho, Utah, Nebraska and Montana will give voters a chance to decide given the failure of their elected leaders to do so.
UHCAN’s October National Call
Kavanaugh hearings – What is the path from outrage to action? … Public Charge Rule would redefine social safety net … Fighting for Health Care for All – Updates from the frontlines … High drug price issue is HOT, but also a stake in the “new NAFTA”
Medicare-for-All and Public Plan Buy-In Proposals: Overview and Key Issues
What does “Medicare for All” mean? This brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation summarizes key issues and legislative proposals as this policy debate has received renewed attention on Capitol Hill and on the campaign trail this year.
UHCAN’s September National Call
The midterm elections are a big deal for health care activists … Women’s health care IS health care …. Drug cost fights getting even hotter
5 Things To Know About Trump’s New ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Proposal
… this proposal punishes hard-working immigrant families — even targeting children who are citizens — for utilizing programs that provide basic nutrition and healthcare
Puerto Rico is being forced to cut Medicaid to reduce its debt
The federal government only pays 17% of Puerto Rico’s Medicaid costs to begin with, compared to 70% for the states, so further cuts will devastate the Island even more
Medicine’s Financial Contamination
The fall from grace last week of Dr. José Baselga, the former chief scientific officer of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, illuminated a longstanding problem of modern medicine: Potentially corrupting payments by drug and medical device makers to influential people at research hospitals are far more common than either side publicly acknowledges.