Steffie and David

Thanks @politico for quoting me and using our research on immigrant health workers in your report: The Crisis Facing Nursing Homes, Assisted Living and Home Care for America’s Elderly politi.co/3J9FKXX via

@AOC My (David Himmelstein) comment that AOC wouldn't likely carry the banner for National Health Service reform reflected Dan Riffle's words to me at a meeting in your office in February 2019. Would be delighted if that's not true.

Consequences of poverty, inequity, racism, gun culture, two tier health care, vaccine resistance: In 2021, 1.1 million US deaths – including 1 in 2 deaths under 65 – would have been averted if the U.S. had mortality rates as low as other wealthy nations. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Long-Standing Racial Gaps in Health Care Are Widening citizen.org/news/long-stan…

Our latest in @JAMANetworkOpen 60 Year Trends in Health Care Use Among Black and White Persons in the US ja.ma/3ObOvC6

What the Health Care Debate Still Gets Wrong bostonreview.net/science-nature…

US health insurers doubling profits in second quarter amid pandemic is a "scandal". Thanks for interviewing me for The Guardian. theguardian.com/us-news/2020/a…

I just took action with @theactionnet: Add your name: We will not stop fighting for Medicare for All. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/commit-t…

Our co-authors @mccormick and Laura Hawks: The ACA gave more Americans insurance, but not the health care they need statnews.com/2020/02/03/aca… via @statnews

1/2 I just ran into @VP Mike Pence at the Drake Diner in Des Moines. I confronted him about his damaging health care cuts because for me it's not about politics, it's about saving lives. #DrakeUniversity #IowaCaucus #TrumpRallyIA #MedTwitter

How a Single-Payer Healthcare System Could Save Money in a Year healthline.com/health-news/an… via @healthline

Health Care Administrative Costs in the United States and Canada, 2017 | One reason the nation's largest medical specialty society just endorsed single payer reform. Ann Intern Med | ACP | bit.ly/3artHDy

ACP's Endorsement of Single-Payer Reform: A Sea Change | Ann Intern Med | ACP | bit.ly/2G5gUsF Check this out #medicaltwitter #medicare4all

The nation's largest medical specialty society, the American College of Physicians, today endorsed single-payer reform: A Sea Change for the Medical Profession - | Ann Intern Med | ACP | bit.ly/2tt01Wa

ACP's Endorsement of Single-Payer Reform: A Sea Change | Ann Intern Med | ACP | bit.ly/2R9XGbB

Should Medicare for All be Democrats’ top priority? news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/… via @Harvard

The U.S.' health care system costs 4 times more to run than Canada's — & patients are footing the bill @Hunter_College Profs David Himmelstein & Steffie @swoolhandler unpack the consequences of the nation's multi-payer healthcare system in a new study. sum.cuny.edu/united-states-…

The U.S. Spends $2,500 Per Person on Health Care Administrative Costs. Canada Spends $550. Here's Why portside.org/2020-01-12/us-…

The health insurers' trade group responds to our study on high health administrative costs by saying 80% of premiums go to medical care. So explain why you keep the other 20% for yourselves. shar.es/a3xo21

U.S. health system costs four times more to run than Canada’s single-payer system - report on our new study in today's LA Times latimes.com/science/story/…