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Steffie and David @himmelhandler

Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein are doctors, professors and members of the Shadow Cabinet who tweet @shadowingtrump and @swoolhandler .

Joined March 2017
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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

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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/10.1101/…

Missing Americans: Early Death in the United States, 1933-2021

We assessed how many U.S. deaths would have been averted each year, 1933-2021, if U.S. age-specific mortality rates had equaled those of other wealthy nations. The annual number of excess deaths in...

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

Long-Standing Racial Gaps in Health Care Are Widening - Public Citizen

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Black Americans receive much less care than their white counterparts, whether measured by doctor visits or by…

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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-nat…

What the Health Care Debate Still Gets Wrong

Contrary to the Obama administration, U.S. health care spending isn’t high because Americans use too much medicine. The real culprit is our fragmented and privatized system.

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

Add your name: We will not stop fighting for Medicare for All

The pandemic has made vivid the failures of our current health care system. And more people than ever before are expressing support for single-payer health insurance. That's why it's so vital we...

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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

The ACA gave more Americans insurance, but not the health care they need

Solutions to get Americans the health care they need that builds on the insurance industry is likely to impose costs that make health care unaffordable, even to the insured.

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Steffie and David retweeted
Dr. Rob Davidson MD, MPH@DrRobDavidson
31 Jan 2020
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
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How a Single-Payer Healthcare System Could Save Money in a Year healthline.com/health-news/a… via @healthline

Single Payer vs Medicare for All: Coverage, Cost, Funding, and More

Learn what Medicare for All and single-payer systems are and how they may affect healthcare.

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

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ACP's Endorsement of Single-Payer Reform: A Sea Change | Ann Intern Med | ACP | bit.ly/2R9XGbB
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Should Medicare for All be Democrats’ top priority? news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto… via @Harvard

Should Medicare for All be Democrats’ top priority? — Harvard Gazette

Health care experts discussed whether revolutionary change to a single-payer national health insurance plan or more incremental change from tweaking the ACA is preferable should Democrats pick up...

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Steffie and David retweeted
SUM@sum_research
13 Jan 2020
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-h…
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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-s…

The U.S. Spends $2,500 Per Person on Health Care Administrative Costs. Canada Spends $550. Here's...

Whether it’s interpreting medical bills, struggling to get hospital records, or fighting with an insurance provider, Americans are accustomed to battling bureaucracy to access their health care. But...

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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
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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/20…

U.S. health system costs four times more to run than Canada’s single-payer system

Health administration costs were more than four-fold higher per capita in the U.S. than in Canada ($2,479 vs. $551 per person), which has a single-payer system.

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One way to reduce the health toll of poverty is to make families less poor. Association of Receipt of Housing Vouchers With Subsequent Hospital Utilization and Spending ja.ma/2OSnCHK
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