Sanders' Single Payer Vision Doesn't See Human Suffering
 
Newsmax | Sally Pipes
December 9, 2022

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is poised to head the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the new Congress, which will be seated January 3. He plans to use his new post to “focus on universal healthcare.”

That Sanders would devote his energies to advancing this policy is to be expected. After all, he is the nation’s leading advocate for single-payer health care. This past May, he introduced his latest bid for Medicare for All in the Senate.


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Republicans must grasp the opportunity for healthcare reform
 
Washington Examiner | Sally Pipes
December 10, 2022

Hospitals have been required to publish their prices since the beginning of last year, thanks to a rule issued during the Trump administration. But less than two-thirds of hospitals are compliant, according to research published in the third quarter of 2022 by Turquoise Health. The government recently fined two Georgia hospitals for failing to publish their prices. Republicans must ensure that hospitals are held accountable on a wider scale.


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