Bernie Sanders seeks new role to push Medicare for All
 
Washington Examiner | Sally Pipes
November 25, 2022

Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced his intention to chair the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the next Congress. He’s promised to “focus on universal healthcare.”

In other words, the senator’s long-standing quest for “Medicare for All” has new life.


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Medicaid Expansion Is Never Cheap
 
Newsmax | Sally Pipes
November 29, 2022

A South Dakota ballot measure expanding the state’s Medicaid program passed with 56% of the vote earlier this month.

Expanding Medicaid may sound like a smart way to get more people insurance coverage — especially when the federal government is picking up most of the tab, as it will in this case.


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Feeble cheer for California's nurse practitioners
 
Right by the Bay | McKenzie Richards
November 30, 2022

Unsurprisingly, California has historically been among the most restrictive states in the nation when it comes to nurse practitioners’ independence. But starting January 1, 2023, nurse practitioners can finally work toward receiving “full-practice” authorization in California as AB 890 (2020)  comes into effect.


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