Health Headlines for Wednesday, December 12
Study: 4.2 million uninsured people eligible for free ObamaCare coverage
The Hill
A new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that 4.2 million uninsured people are eligible for ObamaCare coverage at no cost at all.
Incoming Dem chairman open to hearing on ‘Medicare for all’
The Hill
The incoming chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), said Tuesday that he is open to holding hearings on “Medicare for all” next year.
Why Single-Payer Health Care May Not Pass in NY Even with Democrats in Control
Spectrum News NY1
With Democrats about to control both houses of the state legislature as well as the governor’s office, there is an opportunity for party leaders to work together in the upcoming legislative session by passing bills that had previously been blocked by a Republican-controlled state Senate.
Powerful NY Unions Could Complicate Push For Single Payer Health Care
Gothamist
For proponents of single-payer healthcare in New York, these are heady times.
This Killer Opioid Could Become a Weapon of Mass Destruction
Bloomberg
It would take only 118 pounds of fentanyl to kill 25 million people.