Hospitalization records for patients with health problems other than COVID-19 suggest that that Black adults have poorer access to outpatient care than their white counterparts. Above, an outpatient room at a UC San Diego Health clinic last year.(Kyle Dykes / UC San Diego Health)
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“I don’t think in a social revolution you can always retain support of the moderates.”
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“We stand with the grassroots activists who understand that the party must stand for extending Medicare to everyone.”
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Jake Johnson, staff writer
JULY 31ST,2020
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Imagine having to sneak out of the doctor’s office because you couldn’t afford to pay the bill, or having perfect strangers tearfully confide in you that they can no longer afford their mental health treatment. These are just two of the reasons people gave for supporting single-payer, government-financed health insurance during a pre-Democratic National Convention
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“In Canada or the U.K., there are no cracks of this sort: billing the patient like this is simply not allowed,” said Dr. Adam Gaffney, president of Physicians for a National Health Program.
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Jake Johnson, staff writer
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“Even before the pandemic arrived on our shores, our health care system was in crisis.”
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‘Seems Like a Good Policy!’ CBO Shows Medicare for All Could Cover Everyone for $650 Billion Less Per Year.
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Some Urban Hospitals Face Closure Or Cutbacks As The Pandemic Adds To Fiscal Woes Coronado may outlive the hospital that saved him. Founded 168 years ago as the city’s first hospital, Mercy survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 but is succumbing to modern economics, which have underfinanced hospitals serving the poor. In July, the
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