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"I have worked in other war zones. But what I witnessed in Gaza was not war — it was annihilation." latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Have you seen the news of city & state officials announcing medical debt jubilees? As someone who helped develop this tactic, you'd think I'd be thrilled. I'm not. For Washington Post Opinions Luke Messac & I break down why public officials can and must do more. 🧵 wapo.st/4bTZJHZ

An inspired campaign. If you are conflicted, read Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience or King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail or Break the Silence speech on Vietnam. If you think you are a moral person, you have to give a good long look at a tactic that finally gets Biden’s attention.

There are authors, like Orwell and Ehrenreich, whose work I try to read every word of. Astra Taylor is on that list, so I was grateful for the chance to write this with her. In the fight against medical debt, public officials can do much more than one-off debt purchases.

Rest in Power @Howard Hiatt! Howard Hiatt, champion of global public health and former Harvard dean, dies at 98 bostonglobe.com/2024/03/03/nat… via The Boston Globe

My colleague Adaira Landry, MD MEd has a great article on the human costs of medical debt in Forbes: forbes.com/sites/adairala…

In a recent episode of the Dig, Astra Taylor interviewed Luke Messac on the causes of the United States’ medical debt crisis, and the hospital as a site for labor organizing and mobilization. Their conversation is now available to read as a transcript. jacobin.com/2024/03/us-med…

I learned from @anshelpfeffer's book Bibi how much effort Netanyahu has put into cultivating US cable news personalities, and training to use TV to set the terms of political debate. In the early 80s, he hired coaches to learn TV skills and worked to become their favored guest.

Afrikaners in S Africa were put in concentration camps by the British decades before they instituted apartheid. Freed US slaves who emigrated to Liberia denied political rights to the native majority. The oppressed in one historical moment can oppress in another.

How can we build an economy enabling all people to have what they need to experience wellbeing? Excited to announce a new Health & Political Economy Project to tackle such questions. Darrick Hamilton Victor Roy, MD PhD Join us for our 4/2 launch event in NYC! bit.ly/newagendahealth

I don’t usually endorse quick fixes to societal ills, but here is one: presumptive eligibility for hospital financial assistance would avert billions in medical debt for low-income patients. The IRSnews has been too lax on hospitals since the 60s, but it can change course.

A statement by our faculty at Columbia and Barnard. More to come. I am behind every word.

Some day, when our grandchildren ask, most of us will have always been against the slaughter of so many babies, aid workers, journalists, doctors, mothers, and fathers. I am grateful for the brave students organizing peaceful protests to stop it, while we still can.

Ever wonder why your insurer charges a copay for statins (and other high-value meds)? Don’t they want to prevent heart attacks, strokes, etc? Copays never made sense to me. In this new paper in QJE, we show copays kill. 🧵 tinyurl.com/nhk4v93f

Just want to underscore the level of heroism underway here: Sen. Tammy Duckworth has been working to evacuate Dr. Adam Hamawy (who saved her life after her helicopter crash) from the hospital the IDF is besieging and bombing. But he and his colleagues have insisted they not leave

We are the only major country on Earth where an emergency visit to a hospital can cause patients to lose their homes and their life savings because of the high cost of medical care. Getting sick in America should not mean going bankrupt, losing your home, car, or life savings.

So great to talk with Maiken Scott about medical debt collection. Listen to 2nd half for a truly harrowing story of medical deportation, a problem I knew nothing about before hearing it here.

Millions of Americans are burdened by medical debt With negative consequences for their finances, healthcare access, and physical and mental health Since day one, Vice President Kamala Harris Kamala Harris has spearheaded The White House policy to reduce this burden

Grateful for the thoughtful review of Your Money or Your Life by Marianne Amoss in Health Affairs Forefront today:

Virtual: Tu, Sep 17 @ 12pm - "The Transformation of Medical Debt Collection and the Financialization of Health Care Delivery" Luke Messac Berkeley Public Health Oxford University Press - mailchi.mp/berkeley.edu/v…