The Health 202: Single-payer health care gets a second Captiol Hill hearing today.
The University of Massachusetts analysts reached mostly positive conclusions about the effects of Medicare-for-all once implemented -- although it's important to remember they had to make lots of assumptions that might not necessarily bear out in real life. Here’s a brief synopsis of their conclusions:
4. But costs overall would fall by 19 percent relative to the current system because a government plan could achieve savings that private insurers can’t. New York Attorney General Letitia James, shown earlier this year, is leading a lawsuit by multiple states and other jurisdictions against a Trump administration rule governing health-care providers, insurers and employers.
The lawsuit alleges the “conscience protections” favor health-care workers’ views over patient needs, our Post colleague. In a separate lawsuit, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra alleges the rule “impedes access to basic care” and “encourages discrimination against vulnerable patients,” such as women and LGBTQ individuals. The rule is scheduled to take effect in late July.
Just over a quarter of those surveyed said they have at some point in recent years not been able to get health care when they needed it, even as 87 percent said they had some sort of health insurance. Of the 26 percent who said they couldn’t get health care when they needed it, the poll found 45 percent couldn’t afford the care, while 23 percent said the location of health services was too far away or difficult to get to and 22 percent had trouble getting an appointment.
During a hearing about the law, set to take effect July 1, U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves pointed out that he had struck down a 15-week abortion ban just six months ago, suggesting the new law's passage “smacks of defiance” to the court, our Post colleague“And defiance may be the point,” Reis writes.
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