By Nymisha Desai (PZ ’25) On September 13th 2022, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham from South Carolina introduced a bill to ban most abortions nationwide after 15 weeks except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. Graham decided on the 15 week threshold because in his words, “the science tells us the nerve endings are developed to the point that the unborn child feels pain...
Lindsey Mattila (CMC ’17) The United States is currently the only developed country that does not have universal health coverage. While the Affordable Care Act provided access to healthcare for millions of people that would have otherwise been unaffordable, nearly 13 percent of the American population, ages 18 to 65, are still uninsured. Beyond extending coverage to all American citizens, a...
Lindsey Mattila (CMC ’17) In my last blog post, Reducing Healthcare Costs Through Pharmaceutical Policy, I analyzed the pharmaceutical industry and explained why it is the most promising healthcare sector to improve in order to decrease rising health care costs. To put a stop to rising costs, which are predicted to rise even more dramatically with the aging Baby Boomers, more will need to...
Claire Li PO ’19 As the GOP vows to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, uncertainty prevails around the future of the U.S healthcare system. As data indicates, in 2016, 70.6 million were covered by the free low-income medicare plan, Medicaid, the expansion of which was made possible through the ACA. In California alone, 13.5 million benefit from the plan under...
