Merchants of Death.
The Men Who Killed Healthcare in America.
The United States doesn’t have a comprehensive healthcare “system.” It has a patchwork of coverage options that come with heavy price tags and complicated processes. Consistent GOP attacks have made the entire framework untenable, and the results speak for themselves. Healthcare coverage is deteriorating rapidly under Trump and there’s no going back at this point. This might be the opening we need to finally have a real conversation about Medicare for All. But there’s going to be a lot of pain between now and then.
Show Notes
Resources
- KFF: ACA Marketplace Enrollment Is Down By 3 Million After Big Jump in Premium Payments
- The New York Times: Uninsured Patients Rise Sharply, Hospitals Report, Citing Obamacare Cuts
- Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker: How much and why ACA Marketplace premiums are going up in 2027
- Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker: How much and why premiums are going up for small businesses in 2027
- American Medical Association: Changes to Medicaid, the ACA and other key provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
- Common Dreams: Nearly 2.5 Million Children Have Lost Medicaid and CHIP—So Far—During Trump’s Second Term
- STAT: The Trump administration is burying science and health care in paperwork
Book Love
- Abdul El-Sayed + Micah Johnson: Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide
- Steven Brill: America’s Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System
- Paul Starr: The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry
UNFTR Resources
- Video: Healthcare Is Broken—And It’s Not Getting Better.
- Healthcare Series.
- Episode: Medicare for All.
- Episode: Pharmacy Benefit Managers.
- 5 Non-Negotiables.
UNFTR Quick Links