Daily Archives: September 12, 2021

2021-09-12: News Headlines

_____ (2021-09-11). Report: Among Richest Countries, US Last in Healthcare. popularresistance.org The U.S. health care system ranked last among 11 wealthy countries despite spending the highest percentage of its gross domestic product on health care, according to an analysis by the Commonwealth Fund. | Researchers behind the report surveyed tens of thousands of patients and doctors in each country and used data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Health Organization (WHO). | The report considered 71 performance measures that fell under five categories: access to care, the care process, administrative efficiency, equity and health care outcomes. Countries analyzed in th…

Chuck Collins (2021-09-11). Boost workers and tax billionaires. zcomm.org Congress should pay for infrastructure and other investments in a way that lifts up workers and reduces democracy-distorting wealth inequality…