Glenn Melnick

Director of the Center for Healthcare Finance Research at the USC School of Policy Planning and Development

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Glenn Melnick on KCRW

Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders introduced his Medicare for All plan in Congress today.

Is it Repeal-and-Replace all over again?

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Today’s  LA Times  reports that almost two dozen hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange Counties are in danger of bankruptcy or closure.

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