Plus, Boeing lays off some workers, and a dirty deal between Andrew Cuomo and the nursing home industry. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 28, 2020.
Pennsylvania
Posted inEconomic Policy
Hospital Bailouts Begin—for Those Owned by Private Equity Firms
Hospitals weighed down by debt to their private equity owners set to receive taxpayers’ dollars
Posted inPolitics
To Change Voters’ Sympathies, It’s Time to Go Deep
A new model known as ‘deep canvassing’ is being tested in the swing areas of Pennsylvania. Here’s an inside look.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Fighting the Fossil Fuel Economy in Appalachia
With the coal industry dying, public officials are promoting fracking and petrochemicals. Activists are working to demonstrate that the region’s real economic future is green.
Posted inPolitics
Swing County, Swing State
Erie—a struggling corner of Pennsylvania’s struggling economy—appears to be back in the Democratic column, but how can we be sure?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Private Equity Makes You Sicker
Investment firms have created consolidated hospital empires across America, leading to closures, higher prices, and suffering.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Ed Rendell’s Sloppy Attempt to Dislodge Elizabeth Warren Backfires. Spectacularly.
The former Pennsylvania governor’s long track record makes it too easy to unearth examples of his own hypocrisy.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin: Understanding Some Key Demographic Differences
Dan Balz’s lengthy article in The Washington Post is a useful summary of the 2020 electoral map. He identifies four states as being key to the upcoming contest: Florida and, quite properly, the Rust-Belt trio of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Let me focus here on that trio of states and run down some of the […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Will Trump Steal a March on Democrats in the Midwest?
It’s time for Democrats to begin their ground game in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Posted inTAP
Large Crowd Rallies to Stop Private-Equity Hospital Closure in Philadelphia
Health professionals, patients, and lawmakers savaged private-equity baron Joel Freedman for the proposed closure of Hahnemann University Hospital at a noontime rally in Center City, Philadelphia, today. What looked to be over a thousand supporters and activists turned out, shutting down part of Broad Street and condemning Freedman as a “coward” and a “disgrace” who […]
