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Talking Trumpcare
I chatted with Matt Bubala at WGN Radio in Chicago about Trumpcare, Obamacare, and real universal healthcare, available here.
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Interview with Sarah Jaffe, In These Times
I was interviewed by Sarah Jaffe for her great “Interviews for Resistance” series on the ongoing healthcare fight, up today at In These Times.
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Guardian: “The US healthcare system is at a dramatic fork in the road”
My latest for the Guardian on the AHCA and the revised Congressional Budget Office score.
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The New Republic: “The Devastating Effects of Dental Inequality in America”
I reviewed Mary Otto’s excellent, heartrending new book for the New Republic.
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Blog: A Brief Response to Dave Kamper’s “Taking Single Payer Seriously” in...
Yesterday in Jacobin, Labor organizer Dave Kamper had a good article arguing that single-payer supporters need to have a more robust plan ready to deal with the expected displacement of administrative...
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Lancet Podcast: The American Health Care Act
I joined Rebecca Cooney for a podcast to discuss new stats on the state of insurance coverage today, the American Health Care Act, and the road forward, up today at the Lancet.
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The New Republic: “How Medical Bills Harm Us All”
My latest in TNR: I review Elisabeth Rosenthal’s important new book, An American Sickness. .
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Health News Round Up, early June
Some recent notable healthcare news: The New York Times [06-01-17, Robert Pear] reported that the Trump administration is moving to revise a federal rule that could result in the loss of contraceptive...
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Health News from the Week, June 11-17
The ACA The New York Times [06-11-17, Reed Abelson] reports how repeal of the ACA would negatively impact a particular group that benefited from the ACA—those between jobs, or who for whatever reason...
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Jacobin: “The Washington Post Is Selling Snake Oil”
My brief rebuttal to the Washington Post’s anti-single-payer editorial yesterday, up today at Jacobin.
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Guardian: “Trumpcare is like a vampire, set on sinking its teeth into the poor”
I wrote about the Senate’s version of Trumpcare up at the Guardian today, and boy do I mix metaphors this time around: cyanide, vampires, and water crackers all come up.
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Healthcare News Week in Review
The ACA Repeal Multiple outlets reported on the release of the Senate’s Obamacare repeal bill, named the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). Like the House bill (the American Health Care Act, or...
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Jacobin: “The Case Against the Public Option”
This week I had an article in Jacobin making a case against the public option — from a Left perspective.
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“To Heal Humankind”— Published!
My book, To Heal Humankind: The Right to Health in History (Routledge), was published this week. Available here and here.
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Washington Post: “Charlie Gard’s case is tragic. But it’s not a warning about...
I wrote about Charlie Gard for Washington Post’s PostEverything.
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On “The Takeaway”
I was interviewed for a segment on The Takeaway that aired today on WNYC and elsewhere, on the Medicare-for-all fight.
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On the Majority Report, with Sam Seder
I was on the Majority Report yesterday discussing Trumpcare, Medicare-for-all, Josh Holland’s recent piece in The Nation, and more.
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Jacobin: Medicare-for-all Should be a Litmus Test
I wrote a rebuttal to Josh Holland’s piece in The Nation last week, as well as Paul Krugman’s Monday column, for Jacobin.
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Review of “To Heal Humankind” in the HHR Journal
Fran Quigley wrote a thoughtful and generous review of To Heal Humankind for the Health and Human Rights journal.
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