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Biden Plan to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age to 60 Faces Hostility From Hospitals

November 11, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Of his many plans to expand insurance coverage, President-elect Joe Biden’s simplest strategy

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First-of-its-kind examination shows how widely pharma showers campaign cash at the state level

October 15, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Lev Facher for STAT) By the time Will Guzzardi, a state legislator in Illinois, called a vote on his

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As Trump Touts His ‘Great’ COVID Drugs, the Pharma Cash Flows to Biden, Not Him

October 9, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Pharmaceutical giants Regeneron and Gilead Sciences got the kind of publicity money can’t

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New Research Suggests In-Person Voting May Be Less Risky Than Previously Thought

August 24, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By David Welna for NPR) Amid widespread alarm about the ability of the embattled U.S. Postal Service to deliver mailed

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Sanders releases ‘Medicare for All’ funding details

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., revealed a long-awaited funding plan on

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Newsom Touts California’s ‘Public Option.’ Wait — What Public Option?

February 11, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Ana B. Ibarra for Kaiser Health News) Several Democratic presidential hopefuls are pitching a federal “public option” as a

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It’s the insulin, stupid: How drug pricing’s simplest case study became a top issue for 2020 Democrats

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Lev Facher for STAT) WATERLOO, Iowa — Presidential candidates can’t stop talking about insulin. At a campaign stop here

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Democrats Debate Whether ‘Medicare For All’ Is ‘Realistic’

December 20, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Emmarie Huettman for Kaiser Health News) In the end, literally, the candidates returned to health care. The sixth Democratic

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Warren’s ‘Medicare for All’ funding plan: 8 things to know

November 4, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Molly Gamble for Becker’s Hospital Review) Nearly a week after promising a funding plan for her “Medicare for All” policy, Sen.

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Sanders on ‘Medicare for All’ funding: ‘I don’t think I have to do that right now’

October 31, 2019 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said he believes his $30 trillion

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