Now I'm waiting for the American insurance rendition of "The Cell Block Tango"

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#unitedhealthcareceo

Trump Warns That if Kamala Harris Wins, ‘Everybody Gets Health Care’

Donald Trump repeatedly lied about single-payer health care — an idea he and Harris both previously supported but no longer do.

Rolling Stone
US Athletes Discover Joys Of Universal Healthcare In Olympic Village

This is one of those feel-good stories that is actually very depressing when you think about it!

Wonkette
How Harris Left Medicare For All Behind

Kamala Harris once championed a true universal health care plan, only to walk it back. Now, nobody knows where she stands.

The Lever

What has stopped Democratic states and localities from providing public health insurance to their workers and their families instead of dealing with private health insurance companies?

https://ericacbarnett.substack.com/p/facing-rising-costs-and-dwindling

(This question is not asked with snark.)

It seems like people being able to treat themselves and their families early on in a health problem would save a ton on healthcare costs in the longterm, which actually ought to matter to public entities.

A city/County like Los Angeles is bigger than most US states, and a state like Washington could make up for some of that by combining state employees with public employees of willing cities and counties.

This is not a "Are they stupid??" question. It's a "what issues (other than lack of political will by Democrats) make this more difficult than it sounds?"

#Seattle #SeattleWA #healthcare #UniversalHeathcare #LosAngeles #WashingtonState #HealthInsurance

Facing Rising Costs and Dwindling Reserves, King County Audits Employees' Health Care Coverage

"The County cannot support 4 percent to 5 percent wage increases alongside increased benefit contributions without some employee input," a county spokesperson said.

PubliCola

Nation's Beloved Health Insurance Companies Might Be Scamming Medicare? That Can't Be Right!

https://www.wonkette.com/p/nations-beloved-health-insurance?utm_source=post-banner&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true

"Medicare Advantage" is a racket. Stick with real Medicare.

#UniversalHeathcare

Nation's Beloved Health Insurance Companies Might Be Scamming Medicare? That Can't Be Right!

And therefore scamming us.

Wonkette

Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna reveal bill aimed at eliminating medical debt | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/08/bernie-sanders-ro-khanna-medical-debt-bill

#UniversalHeathcare #VoteProgressive

Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna reveal bill to ‘cancel all medical debt’

Exclusive: legislation creates a program to cancel all existing patient debt and block creditors from collecting past medical bills

The Guardian

Does It Count As A 'Post-Birth Abortion' When DeSantis Takes Away A Sick Child's Healthcare?

https://www.wonkette.com/p/does-it-count-as-a-post-birth-abortion

#UniversalHeathcare #WomensRightsAreHumanRights

Does It Count As A 'Post-Birth Abortion' When DeSantis Takes Away A Sick Child's Healthcare?

Just asking questions!

Wonkette

Nationalize drug development? "Operation Warp Speed" worked, initially, but then the companies took advantage of the system.

"Pharma giant Novo Nordisk, a company suing to stop Medicare drug price negotiations, spent a record $2.18M in lobbying in the 1Q of this year."
-Accountable.US

#UniversalHeathcare #CorporateGreed #BigPharma

Kroger has agreed to pay >$1B to settle lawsuits alleging it failed to monitor suspicious orders of addictive pain pills that fueled the nation’s opioid crisis. The co announced Fri it'll pay up to $1.2B to states & local govts, & $36M to Native American tribes over 11 years. The$ adds to >$50B billion in settlements obtained by state & local govts suing opioid-industry players alleged to have flooded the nation with addictive pills. #CorporateGreed #UniversalHeathcare https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/09/08/opioid-lawsuit-settlement-kroger/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social